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Painful Periods
While pain during menstruation could indicate several conditions, the most common gynecologic cause is endometriosis. More >>
Breast Self-Exams
A study recently generated a lot of media attention surrounding the usefulness of breast self-exams. More >>
Incontinence
Don't let embarrassment, fear or wrong information about incontinence keep you from getting help. More >>
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Toxic shock syndrome is a rare infectious disease caused by a bacteria commonly found on the skin. More >>
Colon Cancer Screening
A colonoscopy is the most accurate way to screen for and also prevent colon cancer. More >>
Antibodies as Treatment
Antibodies have the ability to treat breast cancer. They latch on to specific bacteria, viruses or toxins in our bodies and neutralize them. More >>
Hidden Heart Disease
In this condition, cholesterol plaque spreads evenly within the walls of the arteries rather than forming major blockages. More >>
The Food and Drug Administration in June 2006 approved Gardasil, a vaccine manufactured by Merck and designed to prevent the viral infection that leads to cervical cancer. More >>
Breastfeeding and Diabetes Risk
Breastfeeding reduces a mother’s risk for developing diabetes by 15 percent, and your baby benefits, too. More >>
Herceptin Therapy
An editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine reported promising news about Herceptin, an antibody used with chemotherapy for breast cancer treatment. More >>
Osteoporosis
The key to healthy bones is getting the appropriate amount of calcium and vitamin D, and doing weight-bearing exercise. More >>
Stroke
Stroke is a “brain attack”—it affects the brain just like some heart attacks affect the heart. More >>
First Gynecologic Exam
We recommend your daughter have her first exam at least age 18 or when she becomes sexually active. A gynecologist or nurse practitioner can care for your daughter. More >>
Excessive Sweating
If excess sweating rules your life and causes you to feel embarrassed, you could have hyperhidrosis. More >>
Pap Smears
Having regular Pap smears is the best thing you can do to detect cervical cancer early. Your Pap smear can find changes in your cervix before they become cancer. More >>
Teeth Whitening
Everyone wants to have a nice smile, but over the years most people accumulate intrinsic stains which won’t brush away. More >>
Pelvic Pain
Chronic pelvic pain – defined as discomfort below the navel lasting for greater than 6 months - affects 15 percent of women during their lifetime. More >>
Genital Warts Protection
The cervical cancer vaccine, called Gardasil, is effective against genital warts, vulvar and vaginal lesions, and some types of cervical cancer. More >>
Blood Sugar Testing
While 18 million people have diabetes, nearly one-third of them don’t realize it because they’ve never been screened. More >>
Women's Knee Replacement
There is a knee replacement which has a specially designed part to match the unique size and shape of a woman’s knee. More >>
Auto-immune Diseases
An autoimmune disease occurs when your immune system mistakes healthy cells for harmful invaders and attacks them. More >>
Organ Donation
There are two categories of donation - living and deceased. There are nearly 100,000 people awaiting organ transplants in the United States. More >>
