Women’s Coronary Health
Welcome to February, which is National Heart Disease Awareness Month. But this campaign is not just for the United States: heart disease prevention is the world’s problem, especially with increased…
Welcome to February, which is National Heart Disease Awareness Month. But this campaign is not just for the United States: heart disease prevention is the world’s problem, especially with increased…
Many women lead stressful, fast-paced lives. It’s no wonder that tension headaches are so common. Just like migraine headaches, tension headaches have specific symptoms, triggers, and risk factors. But tension…
On their June 4 2008 post entitled, “Ten Facts on Preventing Disease through Healthy Environments” the World Health Organization (WHO) cites the environment as a major link to illnesses and…
Dr. Nieca Goldberg’s Complete Guide to Women’s Health explores the range of medical problems that might bring a woman to a doctor’s office, from hormonal imbalances to heart disease. The…
Candida albicans is a yeast that normally lives in the intestines. Its function is to break down undigested food particles before harmful bacteria can start growing on them. In most…
What is Genital Herpes? The Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) causes a recurrent, incurable viral disease that has two forms, HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-1, generally appears as cold sores around the…
Some 56 million Americans have an STD other than AIDS and many more are infected each year. The causative bacterial, viral, or parasitic agents are spread primarily by sexual contact,…
Some form of sleep disturbance will affect the majority of us at some point in our lives. In most cases we’ll get over it, but for some people ongoing sleep…
What are fibroids? Fibroids (also know as uterine fibromyomas, leiomyomas or myomas) are non-cancerous growths or lumps of muscle tissue that form within the walls of the uterus (womb). Fibroids…
What is heavy uterine bleeding? Heavy uterine bleeding (also known as menorrhagia) is a common problem in the 30-50 year age group. For about 50 per cent of women with heavy…