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… body, but there’s something you might not realize that it can affect: Your cardiovascular system.Most women’s hearts can tolerate the stressors of pregnancy, but the added demands on your body can be …
… benign growths do change over time.“We don’t know why they form,” says Ob/Gyn and women’s health specialist Linda Bradley, MD, “but we do know they usually form when your body is …
… of overlap of symptoms between PCOS and untreated CAH.“It’s very common they’ll visit a women’s health provider with concerns like insulin resistance, excess hair growth, irregular periods and acne, all of …
… vulva can benefit from reduction surgery to make it smaller,” she says.Vaginal variationsLike the external structures, women’s internal anatomy also varies. The average length of the vagina (the stretchy tube) is 4 inches …
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… dowager’s hump” from the slightly rounded hunch you might see at the base of an elderly woman’s neck.This condition, which is medically called kyphosis, results from a chronic, forward-leaning posture that …
… passed down and repeated.To get true, science-based answers, it’s best to hear from a healthcare professional. Women’s health specialist Sara Youngblood, CNP, answers your most pressing questions about using tampons and …
… re not. But either way, they’re a pain. So, what’s a perimenopausal person to do?Women’s health specialist Alexa Fiffick, DO, explains why you may have such bad cramps during this time …
Have you ever felt a little bit self-conscious about your body and “sucked in” your stomach to try to look thinner? Most of us have, at one time or another.What you might not …
Have you ever heard the phrase “The vagina is a self-cleaning oven”? It’s true.Your vagina, with its complex balance of bacteria, is constantly washing away its own naturally renewing cells and microorganisms …
Doctors, midwives and childbirth classes help prepare you for just about anything that can happen during labor and delivery.But afterward? Some postpartum discomforts might take you by surprise.For example, if you’re about …
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