Only 1 in 7 Cancers Are Caught Through Cancer Screenings
FRIDAY, Dec. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Just 14% of all cancers diagnosed in the United States are detected through routine screening, a new analysis finds — pointing to many missed opportunities to catch cancer early.”It’s surprising, but true,” s…
Learn MoreObesity Might Lower Milk Production in Breastfeeding Moms
THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While 8 of 10 mothers breastfeed their newborns for a short time, the number plummets despite recommendations from experts, in part because milk production falls off.Researchers investigating why that happen…
Learn MoreFDA Updates Guidance on ‘Morning After’ Pill, Making Clear It Does Not Cause Abortions
FRIDAY, Dec. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For many years, Plan B One-Step and its generic equivalents — collectively known as “morning after” pills to prevent a pregnancy — included information in packaging that suggested that the pill might work by…
Learn MoreCambios de humor, problemas de memoria: el precio mental de la menopausia
MIÉRCOLES, 21 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La menopausia y los años que la preceden puede hacerla sentir como si estuviera perdiendo la cabeza.Algunos de estos sentimientos son cambios que ocurren naturalmente en esta etapa de la vida, per…
Learn MoreAerobic Exercise Tied to Better Sleep, Mental Health in Perimenopausal Women
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Aerobics training is tied to improvement in self-reported anxiety, depression, and sleep quality among perimenopausal women, according to a study published online Nov. 24 in Frontiers in Psychiatry.Yan Zhao…
Learn MoreMood Swings, Memory Troubles: Minding the Mental Toll of Menopause
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Menopause and the years before it may make you feel like you’re losing your mind.Some of those feelings are changes that occur naturally in this stage of life, but other factors contribute, too, according t…
Learn MorePelvic Inflammatory Disease: Prevention and Treatment
What is pelvic inflammatory disease?Pelvic inflammatory disease, or PID, is a serious infection of a woman’s reproductive system. Every year it’s contracted by about a million women in the United States. The disease is most likely to harm your Fallopi…
Learn MoreVaginal Dryness: What It Is, Symptoms, Treatment & More
WEDNESDAY, Feb, 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Vaginal dryness. It happens to most postmenopausal women, but few talk about it and even fewer get treated for it.Vaginal dryness is a painful condition that occurs when the lining of the vagina does not pro…
Learn MoreVulvodynia: What It Is, Symptoms, Treatment & More
MONDAY, Feb. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For reasons that can’t always be explained, some women experience pain in their external genital area.Called vulvodynia, this term encompasses everything from localized pain at a specific spot, such as on the …
Learn MoreCondoms for Men
What’s so great about condoms? The condom, a thin rubber sheath that fits over your erect penis, traps your semen during sex and keeps you from impregnating a female partner or infecting your partner with a sexually transmitted disease. It can also p…
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