Women Health

While most women do undergo some form of pre menstrual stress to a greater or lesser extent, the term pre menstrual syndrome actually applies to a collection of physical and emotional symptoms related to a woman’s menstrual cycle that only about 2 to 5% of women may actually have. Pre menstrual syndrome risk factors There [...]

The medical termination of a pregnancy or abortion is a subject that evokes strong reactions from people due to their political or religious beliefs, personal convictions and so on. While the pro-life (anti abortion) lobby is at pains to outline the many grim consequences of abortion, the pro-choice lobby presents a different view. What are [...]

It seems rather unfair that cramps, other aches and pains, mood swings and all manner of other bothersome symptoms seem to be our lot and something that women are supposed to just learn to live with. So it is with menstrual headaches as well; are they also something that women are expected to pretty much [...]

If a woman has made the admittedly difficult decision of going through with an abortion, she is then confronted with various questions about how does an abortion work? She is likely to be assailed with all sorts of doubts and questions regarding methods of abortion, cost of abortion, recovery times, possible problems and complications. Here [...]

It is termed as Oligomenorrhea, a condition where a woman experiences irregular, infrequent of very light periods; meaning that a woman has a cycle longer than 35 days and has only 4 to 9 periods in a year. A woman may have had regular periods in the past, so what causes irregular periods to occur [...]

Vaginal atrophy is also known as atrophic vaginitis and is characterized by shrinking and thinning of the vaginal tissue, along with a typical vaginal dryness and inflammation. The main reason for this problem is thought to be insufficient estrogen production in the body. When does vaginal atrophy occur? In general, this problem is seen to [...]

Second trimester abortion is an issue that is not only controversial in political terms but also has legal implications, and health implications that go beyond beliefs and personal politics. Reasons and indications There may be a number of reasons for a second trimester abortion– confirming a pregnancy, taking the decision of an abortion, miscalculation of [...]

Ovarian cancer is a very dangerous disease simply because it is a disease that shows subtle or few signs and symptoms in its early stages. It is very often only in the later stages of ovarian cancer that it is detected and for this reason a very significant proportion of ovarian cancer sufferers have a [...]

Most of us know that a hysterectomy is considered a serious operation not only because the surgery itself but also because of the side effects that it could have. The side effects of hysterectomy can be very serious in themselves so it is advisable to weigh these against the benefits that a woman hopes to [...]

To understand what are the symptoms of anemia one needs to understand actually what happens in the body when we say that a person has anemia or is anemic. Anemia is said to exist when there is a lesser proportion of red blood cells and lower than normal quantity of hemoglobin in the body. What [...]