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Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:Why is folic acid important during pregnancy?Folate is an essential vitamin that your baby needs in order to grow. Consuming enough folate at... Full Post -
Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:How do I meditate?The steps of meditation are as follows: Assume a comfortable position and close your eyes. Take a... Full Post -
Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:What are the symptoms of an eating disorder?The following are signs of potentially disordered eating: Change in personality or behavior: More... Full Post -
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Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:What is postpartum hemorrhaging?In about one in twenty births, the woman experiences heavy bleeding after giving birth... Full Post -
Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:What is restless leg syndrome (RLS)?Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a neurological disorder characterized by uncomfortable... Full Post -
Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:What is the rationale behind widespread hormone treatment for menopause?Some medical researchers, health care providers, and drug companies have defined menopause as a... Full Post -
Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:What causes depression?Historically, theories have varied about whether depression and other upsetting emotional states... Full Post -
Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:What is vacuum aspiration?In the United States, vacuum aspiration (also called suction curettage) is the method used for... Full Post -
Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:What are the symptoms of HIV?Many people who are infected with HIV experience a set of flu-like symptoms -- such as high fever, sore throat, swollen glands, extreme fatigue, and rash -- within one month of infection. After the initial reaction to HIV infection (called acute seroconversion), most people feel fairly healthy for
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Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:What is acupuncture?Acupuncture is one component of traditional Chinese medicine, which includes a complex system of herbal medicine, diet, exercise, and tuina, a form of massage. In traditional Chinese medicine, symptoms are attributed to alterations in the flow of qi (energy) by trauma, stress, disease, or other f
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Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:What causes early menopause?There are several possible causes of early menopause, including surgery, medical treatment, and early changes in ovary function. The various causes of an early menopause are:
- Surgical menopause
- Removal of both ovaries (bilateral Oophorectomy)
- Removal of the uterus(hysterectomy)
- Treatment-induced
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Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:What is a multiple gestational pregnancy?Pregnancy loss and complications are more likely in multiple gestation pregnancies, in which there are two or more embryos or fetuses. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of multiple gestation pregnancies in the United States over the past twenty years. More women are conceiving after
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Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:What changes occur during the third trimester of pregnancy?In the third trimester, your baby is growing a tremendous amount. Your belly and for some of us, other body parts, too will be getting very big.
Your growing belly may elicit comments from well-meaning others who have opinions about your size relative to other pregnant women.
Many people like to
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