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Sunday, 07 September 2008 |
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With the number of anecdotal reports from women who claim to have suffered from NuvaRing blood clots on the increase, attorneys and lawyers are investigating the possibility of starting a NuvaRing class action suit against the manufacturers of the drug. |
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Sunday, 07 September 2008 |
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Much attention was given to the risk of developing a NuvaRing pulmonary embolism after the death of a New Jersey mother after using the birth control way. However, NuvaRing side effects go beyond that risk. |
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
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Yeast infection of the vagina is caused by excessive growth of Candida Ablicans. The general approach has been to look for drugs over the counter to get this treated. |
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
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It is a myth that yeast infection is only general in women. Men are just as likely to acquire yeast infections as women. It regularly occurs in the genital region as sores, redness and rashes in the penis. It also occurs as rashes in the other parts of the skin and as oral thrush in the mouth. |
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 |
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Menopause is one of the worst feelings women can face and it is defined as the end of a woman's monthly menstrual periods. Women regularly start the process of menopause around 40-55 years old! Many people view menopause as the beginning of old age. |
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 |
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Anti ageing products have become very popular in the last decade, making them some of the top customer products that women buy. However, did you know that about 1 in 5 customers are unsatisfied with the results of their anti aging creams? |
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 |
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Menopause comes from 2 Greek words that mean “month” and “to end,” and the present medical definition of menopause means precisely the same: the absence of menstruation for twelve months. Menopause can happen between late thirties and late 50s, and not a single woman can avoid this period. |
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Friday, 15 August 2008 |
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Leukorrhea (US) or leukorrhoea (Commonwealth) is positively a medical term that denotes a thick, whitish vaginal discharge. It is a natural defense mechanism that the vagina uses to maintain its chemical balance, as well as to preserve the flexibilty of the vaginal tissue. |
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Thursday, 14 August 2008 |
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Anovulation is absence of ovulation when it would be generally anticipated. Ovulation is the result of a maturation process that occurs in the hypothalamic pituitary ovarian (HPO) axis and is orchestrated by a neuroendocrine cascade terminating in the ovaries. |
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
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Treatment of yeast infection does not cause yeast infection, but treats the yeast infection. Re-infection occurs if the treatment course is not completed, or if one partner with an active yeast infection is not treated. |
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
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The availability of over-the-counter (OTC) yeast infection treatments has made self-treatment very popular among women owing to cost-effectiveness and convenience. In the United States alone, antifungals are one of the top ten OTC drugs, with yearly sales of about $250 million dollars. |
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Saturday, 05 July 2008 |
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Many women who like wearing makeup do so for many reasons. Sometimes it is to cover up blemishes and imperfections of the skin. Sometimes it is just to highlight facial features to add a touch more beauty. |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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Many women who have concern conceiving are desperately searching for ways to determine the best times to have sexual intercourse. A home fertility monitor helps to resolve the difficulty. |
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Friday, 23 May 2008 |
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A popular known remedy for yeast infections is yogurt. It can help decrease the itching and burning symptoms, and keep yeast infections away if eaten regularly. Knowing how this yeast infection treatment works, and what to be careful of is meaningful to guarantee you get maximum effectiveness. |
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Friday, 25 April 2008 |
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Women have reported that when they decrease the amount of chemical based toiletries and household cleaning products, they start to see a reduction in their symptoms of endometriosis. |
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Friday, 11 April 2008 |
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data on post partum depressive symptoms (PDS) among mothers in America from 2004 to 2005 and found that young, unmarried women with lower levels of education, who were on Medicaid when delivered of their babies were the most likely to... |
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Friday, 11 April 2008 |
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health on Wednesday by voice vote permitted a measure (HR 5613) that would impose a moratorium on seven new Medicaid regulations for one year, CQ Today reports. |
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health is expected on Wednesday to mark up a measure (HR 5613) aimed at blocking seven new Medicaid regulations that could decrease health care coverage for pregnant women, low-income children, nursing home residents and other groups, CQ Today... |
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
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The New Jersey Senate on Monday voted 21-15 to pass a bill (S 786) that would provide workers with partial wage replacementfor six weeks while the worker is on leave to care for a newborn, newly adopted child or a sick family member, the Bergen Record reports. |
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
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Nearly 60,000 women aged 55 years and older have enrolled in a landmark, multi-national study that will focus on the management of osteoporosis across the globe. |
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 |
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Women ages 40 and older have more contraceptive options than in preceding years, during which their contraceptive options were frequently limited to tubal ligation surgery and condoms, the AP/Google.com reports. According to the AP/Google. |
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 |
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Women who took conjugated equine estrogen, a regularly prescribed form of estrogen, had more than twice the risk of developing special types of benign breast disease as women who took a placebo, according to a randomized controlled trial published online April 8 in the Journal of the National... |
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
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Studies have shown that exercise has a positive effect on mothers-to-be, and no detrimental impact on their developing offspring. A new study further extends the knowledge of research in this area and has found that not only do women benefit from exercise in pregnancy, but their fetuses do too. |
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
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The Planned Parenthood Federation of America on Thursday announced that Planned Parenthood of Greater Miami, Palm Beach and Treasure Coast will buy 2 of five clinics that were previously operated by Planned Parenthood of South Palm Beach and Broward Counties, the Miami Heraldreports (Samuels, Miami... |
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
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Endometriosis is a poorly understood condition that incapacitates and affects the productivity and lifestyle of millions of women around the world. In the US, it affects approximately six million women and adolescents at a cost of some $1.6 billion per year. |
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
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Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich. |
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
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Women whose kidneys are poor at filtering impurities from the blood are at heightened risk of sudden cardiac death, according to a report published in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. |
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
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Women who carry excess fat around their waists were at greater risk of dying early from cancer or heart disease than were women with smaller waistlines, even if they were of normal weight, reported researchers from Harvard and the National Institutes of Health. |
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
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Low-income women and girls in developing countries receive "small justice" when it comes to issues like HIV/AIDS-related stigma, property rights, and sexual and domestic abuse, Michael Gerson, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a columnist for the Washington Post, writes in a... |
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Monday, 07 April 2008 |
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A recent CDCstudy that found 48% of black U.S. girls and young women ages 14 to 19 have at least one of four frequent sexually transmitted infections, compared with 20% of white and Hispanic teens, is "[s]adly" not a "new trend," Yolanda Young, host of the video blog spadeproject. |
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