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PCOS and weight
September 13, 2023/Pregnancy & Childbirth

Getting Pregnant With PCOS

… your ovary.People with ovulation issues usually report having unpredictable menstrual bleeding patterns and/or intervals between periods that last longer than 35 days. To be diagnosed with PCOS, most people have at least two …

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November 28, 2023/Lung

Why Sex Hormones Can Help (or Hurt) Your Asthma

… severe asthma,” she adds.Cue another role reversal. Males tend to bear the brunt of their asthma later in life, probably because their testosterone levels decline with age.Can hormones affect your breathing?“The current …

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April 1, 2022/Diet, Food & Fitness

Weight Gain During Pregnancy: How Much Is Too Much?

… growing the most, after all.) In general, you’ll gain about a pound a week during this period.The risks of too much pregnancy weightSo, what happens if your weight gain climbs higher than it …

Woman holding a pregnancy test.
January 17, 2023/Pregnancy & Childbirth

Can Birth Control Cause Infertility?

… possible that being on birth control could hide other health problems that affect your fertility — like irregular periods and symptoms of PCOS and endometriosis. In fact, birth control is often a treatment for those health …

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July 3, 2023/Women's Health

Menopause Weight Gain Is Normal — Here’s How To Combat It

… your physical, mental and sexual health.When you’ve gone 12 consecutive months without your menstrual cycle (period), you’ve hit menopause and enter a period of postmenopause. When you enter menopause will vary, but …

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May 3, 2024/Sleep

Why Do People Talk in Their Sleep?

… your sleep unless you wake yourself up while speaking or someone else informs you of the occurrence later on.Talking in your sleep is a kind of parasomnia, or a disruptive sleep-related disorder that …

A child blowing a bubble with bubble gum
April 25, 2022/Digestive

What Happens if You Swallow Gum?

… seven days.“If you’ve swallowed a piece of gum, it’ll come out about 40 hours later in your stool,” Czerwony assures. “Because it can’t be digested, it comes right out whole.”That …

woman suffering from depression
April 13, 2020/Mental Health

Does Someone You Love Have Serious Anxiety or Depression?

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States. Each year, they affect 40 million adults aged 18 and older, or 18.1 …

Person showing stretch marks on hip.
February 23, 2023/Skin Care & Beauty

Cocoa Butter Won’t Help Stretch Marks, but These Options Can

It turns out that the tips and tricks you might’ve heard about how to treat stretch marks are … well, a bit of a stretch.Stretch marks, or striae, are actually a form of scarring …

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June 24, 2022/Women's Health

What To Know About Uterine Fibroids After Menopause

Uterine fibroids are incredibly common — up to 80% of women and people assigned female at birth (AFAB) will develop them by age 50 — and can cause a variety of different symptoms, from incredibly mild to …

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