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Women's Health Archive
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* The Childbearing Years
Contraception
Pregnancy
- Postpartum fitness
- Medications and pregnancy
- Pregnancy and sleep: a contradiction in terms?
- The debate over rising rates of cesarean delivery
- Pregnancy and housework: could you be putting your baby at risk?
- Eating for appropriate weight gain during pregnancy
- Rh explained
- Group B strep screening: don’t wait until it’s too late
- New dimensions in prenatal ultrasound: 3D and 4D
- Is it safe to eat fish during pregnancy?
- In-home pregnancy tests: your questions answered
- Pregnancy skin: glowing, stretching, darkening and more
- One couple's triumph over infertility
- The labor dispute: epidural or natural childbirth?
- Watch out for pregnancy pitfalls after age 40
- Mommy massage: for a healthy, relaxed pregnancy
- Breastfeeding and working: you can do it
- Birth control for breastfeeding women
- Is a cesarean delivery right for you?
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* Health
- In her own words: living with scleroderma
- Weight loss: what are your options?
- Tips on coping with anemia related to chemotherapy
- High blood pressure linked to inflammation
- True or false: depression and suicide rates rise during the holiday season
- Epilepsy: new perspectives on an old condition
- How to wash your hands properly
- Are cellular phones dangerous to your health?
- Ulcers and the bacteria that causes it
- Easing a headache the natural way
- Protect your skin: how to avoid sun exposure
- Irritable bowel syndrome: strategies for managing a complex condition
- Tips for getting a good night sleep
- When a loved one has chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia
- Napping: medicine for the weary
- Understanding seasonal affective disorder
- Sunless tanning: What are your options?
- In her own words: living with glaucoma
- The latest in breast cancer screening: computer-aided mammography
- Safe bet: seat belts improve your odds
- Sun exposure: finding a balance
- Male versus female intelligence: does gender matter?
- Health is the whole…body, mind, and soul
- Treating latex allergy
- Health problems linked to where you live
- Coping with hair loss from chemotherapy
- Coping with fatigue from chemotherapy
- Cancer tests that can save your life
- Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables
- Folate
- The hygiene hypothesis: how valid is it?
- The American Heart Association’s guidelines for women
- There is sex after breast cancer
- Symptoms of menopause: could your thyroid be the cause?
- Living with mitral valve prolapse
- Hysterectomy: when is it necessary?
- Diabetes in the elderly: the power of the mitochondria
- Healthy chocolate: too good to be true?
- Preventing liver disease
- Can salons spread infection?
- Variant angina: heart spasms
- Foot problems: could you be wearing the wrong shoes?
- Dealing with hair loss in women
- Understanding migraine headaches
- FluMist: a painless option to the annual flu shot
- Your body fat percentage: what does it mean?
- Watch your back
- Treating and preventing osteoporosis
- Do women handle stress better than men?
- No more breast self-exams?
- A look at thyroid disease
- Ghrelin, the hunger hormone: could it be the key to weight loss?
- Treating urinary incontinence
- Brush your teeth—it’s good for your heart
- Cholesterol and your heart: what's new?
- Tips to help you stop smoking
- Value of breast self-exam questioned
- Insulin resistance syndrome: bad for your heart
- Diabetes and cardiovascular disease: what’s the link?
- Causes of thyroid disease
- Preventing medical errors
- In her own words: living with fibromyalgia
- Tips for preventing secondary lymphedema
- Boutique options offer greater choice in medical care
- In her own words: living with breast cancer
- Ordering your own lab tests
- In her own words: living with lupus
- Skin self-exam
- Achieving and maintaining a healthful weight
- Health screenings for women
- Is hospitalist care in your future?
- In her own words: living with migraines
- Cosmetic surgery: a rundown of procedures
- Cosmetic "non-surgery"
- In her own words: living with premenstrual syndrome
- Antibacterial products: can you be too clean?
- In her own words: living with rheumatoid arthritis
- Kegel exercises
- Mammography: lifesaver or not?
- Good intentions gone awry: how to keep your health habits in balance
- Asthma and allergies: is public hygiene partly to blame?
- Exercise helps people with chronic disease
- Heart attack in women (myocardial infarction)
- Managing interstitial cystitis
- Fluoride and your bones: a mixed bag
- Cancer screening for women - are you missing opportunities to prevent disease?
- How to fend off urinary tract infections
- Autoimmune disease and women
- Hay fever: should you move to escape the misery?
- Anemia: how food and vitamins can help
- Are you allergic to your jewelry?
- Women's health myths
- A family's guide to tackling eating disorders
- Women, men and medicine: we're not equal
- Resolving conflicts at work and at home
- Liposuction: weighing the risks and benefits
- Chronic fatigue syndrome: an elusive disease
- Genetic testing: look before you leap
- In search of the perfect physician
- Making sense of sciatica
- Domestic violence: recognizing abuse
- Colon cancer: common and curable
- Health check-ups for women
- How your clothes protect you from the sun
- Can nail salons spread infections?
- The role of family medical history in your health
- Mastalgia
- Preventing and treating varicose veins
- How to live with eczema
- Alpha hydroxy for skin care
- Appendicitis: what you need to know
- Organ donation: the gift of life
- Questions about Pap tests and pelvic exams
- In her own words: living with asthma
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* For Women Only
- Silicone breast implants: are they safe?
- In her own words: living with menopause
- Breast self-exam (BSE)
- In her own words: living with endometriosis
- Understanding PMS
- Reclaiming sexuality after gynecologic cancer
- Understanding hair loss
- When your best friend has breast cancer
- When a woman loses desire: sexual dysfunction in women
- Do we really need to have monthly periods?
- Coping with endometriosis
- Dealing with miscarriage
- Premenopausal syndrome: what's it all about?
- Foods designed for women: healthful snacks or a marketing ploy?
- Facts about fibroids
- Cancer treatment and fertility in women
- Fighting period fatigue
- Dating safety: reducing the risk of date rape
- Hirsutism: it is treatable
- Toxic shock syndrome: tampons and more
- Stay safe and sound with self-defense
- Women, men and medicine: we're not equal
- Polycystic ovary syndrome: mysterious and serious
- Fibrocystic breast changes: lumps that are normal
- What is vulvodynia?
- Permanent makeup: why and how?
- Mastalgia: benign breast pain
- Medical care for the DES daughter
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* Expert Column: Practical Prevention
- The latest on nutrition and menopause
- New drugs help foil the flu
- Reducing your risk of heart disease when you have diabetes
- Cancer tests that can save your life
- 60 minutes to a healthier heart
- Learn your diabetic ABCs
- Thyroid trouble: more common than you might think
- Bone mineral density testing: who needs it?
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* Treatments and Medication
- Botox for the treatment of frown lines
- Cold medicines
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- High-dose chemotherapy for breast cancer: no better than traditional chemotherapy
- Herceptin—hope for women with advanced breast cancer
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT): does it reduce heart disease risk in postmenopausal women?
- Developments in breast cancer hormonal treatments
- Bariatric surgery: losing weight surgically
- Treating uterine fibroids: more options, more choices
- Islet-cell transplants: the end of insulin shots?
- Antibiotics: use with caution
- Botulism: killer or wonder drug?
- Hormone replacement therapy: a look at the options
- Faslodex–another option for breast cancer treatment
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* Improving Your Lifestyle
- Health spending accounts: a complement to regular health insurance
- Health clubs: getting the most for your money
- Health insurance: choosing the plan that's right for you
- Taking risks in love and life
- Interpreting prescription drug advertising
- Natural tips for better sleep
- Computing in comfort
- Feathering your empty nest
- Sleep: are you getting enough?
- Just how much food is on that plate? Understanding portion control
- New recommendations to prevent high blood pressure
- Teeth whitening: what are your options?
- Using cosmetics safely
- In the kitchen with rosacea
- Now it's time to say goodbye: ending friendships
- Surviving the holidays with your children's grandparents
- Supermarket savvy
- Resolving conflicts at work and at home
- Get moving: disabled doesn't mean inactive
Last reviewed June 2005 by EBSCO Publishing Editorial Staff
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
