Archive for the ‘Women's Health’ Category
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PROSTAGLANDINS—THE NEW HORMONES
Prostaglandins, newly understood hormones, were first discovered and named in 1935 by Dr. U. S. von Euler, a distinguished professor and researcher at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Dr. von Euler originally believed that these hormones were produced solely by the prostate gland in the male, which is his reason for naming them as he [...]
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COPING WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS: DIET
Lifestyle and diet play an important role in this holistic approach. A poor diet can result in mineral deficiencies which can burden the lymphatic system with waste. Often the food we eat does not have the nutritional quality necessary for good health.
If you don’t have access to organically grown fruit and vegetables (and being realistic, [...]
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DOES PREGNANCY CURE ENDOMETRIOSIS AND IS ENDOMETRIOSIS CANCEROUS
Many women are told by their doctors that the cure for endometriosis is pregnancy. Unfortunately, this is a myth which continues to be perpetuated in medical as well as popular literature.
The mistaken belief that pregnancy cures endometriosis appears to have arisen from the impressions and speculations of some of the [...]
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CHECKING FERTILITY: TEMPERATURE TAKING
The temperature rise around the middle of the cycle confirms that ovulation has taken place, though it cannot predict it in advance. But charting your temperature each day tells you that you are ovulating and when. So this is another way to identity when you are likely to be fertile in future cycles.
If your cycle [...]
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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 D, [...]
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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 these [...]
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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 androgens) but [...]
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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 body [...]
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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 can prevent [...]
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WOMEN’S BODIES: YOUR FIRST ANTENATAL CHECKUP
Even if you’ve confirmed your pregnancy with a home test and have developed pregnancy symptoms, it’s best to plan your first antenatal checkup no sooner than four weeks and no later than eight weeks after the first missed period. However, if you’ve had any bleeding, pain or other worrying symptoms earlier, see a doctor as [...]