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…
Women and Tension Headaches
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…
Women’s Health Linked to Environment
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…
Women’s Health Needs Guide
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…
Yeast Infections And Candidiasis
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…
Genital Herpes
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…
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
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,…
Women and Sleep
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…
Uterine Fibroids
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…
Heavy Uterine Bleeding
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…