… implant is ready to be removed, you can get it taken out sooner.Nonhormonal methods of contraceptionSome women prefer to avoid hormonal contraception. Or they may have a health condition that makes it risky to …
They don’t call menopause “the change” for nothing. This time of life, which begins 12 months after a woman’s last period, triggers changes throughout her body. You may welcome some of these changes …
Sorry, skinny fans: A study has linked tight pants to vulvodynia, a condition that causes chronic pain in a woman’s external genital area.But preventing vulvodynia probably isn’t as simple as swapping your …
If you have uterine fibroids and experience pain or heavy bleeding, you’re not alone. Up to 80% of all women develop fibroids before they hit menopause.But do you have to accept uterine fibroids …
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Life with lupus can be unpredictable. With this condition, your immune system can’t tell the difference between foreign invaders and healthy tissue, which can lead it to inappropriately attack and destroy healthy tissue. This …
The secret to longer, stronger and shinier hair might be in your kitchen cupboard.Using rice water to boost hair health is a concept that dates back centuries in Asian culture. In more modern times …
The media often portrays miscarriages as obvious and dramatic moments. Movies and TV shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Reign and Antebellum show women experiencing painful cramps and heavy bleeding that indicate that they’ve miscarried …
“Battered woman syndrome” is the terminology that’s often used to describe why people stay with an abusive partner.One in three women in the U.S. has been abused by an intimate partner …
Life changes during the transition between adolescence and adulthood may reveal something unexpected — early signs of schizophrenia.The onset of the mental health condition typically begins in a person’s 20s. Schizophrenia tends to appear …
Sadness that won’t go away. Episodes of crying. Dwelling on bad feelings. All of those familiar mood-disorder symptoms are common in women with depression — but not so much in men.“When men are …
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