Archive for March 12th, 2009
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WOMEN’S BODIES: HEPATITIS D, C, G, A AND E. TREATMENT OF VIRAL HEPATITIS
Hepatitis D This used to be called delta hepatitis. It is spread mainly by needle and syringe sharing, rarely by sex, and can only infect people who already have hepatitis B. Infection with both hepatitis В and D often causes more severe liver inflammation than HBV infection alone. Though there is no cure for hepatitis [...]
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WOMEN’S BODIES: URINARY PROBLEMS. STRESS INCONTINENCE
Stress incontinence is mainly the result of weakening and/or damage to the sphincter and pelvic-floor muscles or their nerve supply during childbirth. Anything that increases the pressure in the abdomen, such as coughing, sneezing, lifting or pushing things, jumping or bursting out laughing, can also increase the pressure on the bladder. Just before you start [...]
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WOMEN’S BODIES: MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR HIRSUTISM
If an overactive gland or a hormone-producing tumour is discovered, it will be treated by surgery or drugs so that excess hormone production stops. Two types of drugs are used to treat hirsutism: • drugs that reduce hormone production such as the contraceptive Pill and similar hormone combinations. These reduce ovarian production of hormones (including [...]
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WOMEN’S BODIES: MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS. QUESTIONS ABOUT PMS
What could cause PMS? There are many theories, often contradictory, but none has been proved. The most widely held theory is that PMS is due to hormone imbalances. But of which hormones? Many believe that the ovarian hormones oestrogen and progesterone are the culprits. Other hormones named as suspects are prostaglandins (widely distributed in the [...]
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WOMEN: HOW CAN MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS BE RELIEVED?
All menopausal problems due to a lack of oestrogen can be corrected by hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Germaine Greer won’t like me for saying this. We’ll discuss the philosophical arguments for and against HRT presently. Hormone replacement therapy Studies on many hundreds of thousands of women have proved that HRT relieves oestrogen deficiency symptoms and [...]