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It would be easy enough to pass this off as just another women’s problem that gets swept under the carpet, but if something isn’t on a physician’s radar, it’s easily overlooked. It’s for this reason, the healthcare consumer and medical community need to work together to raise awareness on various health issues.
According to a population […]
Low levels of vitamin D in women - but not men - may be contributing to chronic pain.
According to a study published in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 7000 men and women were studied using pain scores and blood test results to measure their levels of pain and vitamin D. Although there didn’t […]
Being postmenopausal doesn’t mean no longer being sexual; many older women can attest to that. However the drop in estrogen levels can make sexual intercourse quite painful for some women. The official medical name for this is dyspareunia.
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, have been investigating treatments for painful sex because this can truly […]
Endometriosis is a painful condition where the tissue of the uterus is found outside of the uterus. It attaches on to internal organs. Whenever a woman menstruates, the tissue still acts as if it is in the uterus and can cause severe pain. It can also cause infertility.
Scientists think they’ve found a cause of the […]
When a woman has a chronic disease and finds out that she’s pregnant or wants to become pregnant, so many issues come up that it may seem frightening.
For diseases like lupus, it used to be that women were told not to have babies and if they did become pregnant, abortion was encouraged by physicians.
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Pregnancy brings on a whole mix of physical, psychological, and emotional issues, but what most women likely don’t expect are the aches and pains that can come with being pregnant.
Today, I’ll focus on abdominal pains that can pop up during pregnancy, some serious others not so serious.
Ligament pain: The ligaments are strong tissues, connective tissues, […]
I guess I’m lucky because, although having a mammogram isn’t the most comfortable procedure in the world, I can’t say they really hurt for me. But I know some women do have pain and some are afraid to go because they may have pain.
For those women, a new study found that using lidocaine gel, a […]
Company’s Calling, a popular Monday feature, hasn’t appeared for a while because I ran out of volunteers who wished to be interviewed. I would love to get the feature going again because I get emails (and comments) from people who appreciate learning how others have dealt with and who are dealing with their issues of […]
After my daughter’s brush with gall stones a couple of weeks ago, I now appreciate how painful they are. I think this is why this particular article caught my eye.
According to the HealthDay article, Hormone Replacement May Raise Women’s Gallbladder Risk, hormone therapy taken by mouth, as opposed to patches or gels, increases a woman’s […]
I don’t know about this one, but it’s a study and here are the results.
Acupuncture is gaining popularity in the Western world as people begin to learn more about the techniques and experience success with treatments. As a result, some women are also turning to acupuncture to help them manage their pain during labor […]
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