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Increased weight increases risk for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and joint problems. However,...Full Answer -
New studies, although often with small numbers of participants or for limited duration of time, do...Full Answer
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Bleeding pregnancy always requires an evaluation. You should call your health care provider.
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Food safety and pregnancy is a frequently discussed topic. The goal is to maximize the quality of...Full Answer
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For many years we told women that hot flashes would last on average for 5 years. This is true, when...Full Answer
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In a hot flash the temperature regulation in the brain becomes too narrow, signaling that the body is...Full Answer
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In specific medical terms, menopause in the last menstrual period. When a health care provider asks...Full Answer
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Estrogen taken alone increases the risk of endometrial cancer in a woman who still has a uterus....Full Answer
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Whether or not it is safer to use hormone treatment after surgical menopause has been questioned...Full Answer
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Findings from the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study showed a doubling of the risks for signs of early...Full Answer
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While weight-bearing exercise does not increase bone strength postmenopause, it does increase balance...Full Answer
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Female ejaculation is a controversal concept and may represent distinct physiological phenomena. There...Full Answer
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Smaller doses of vaginally delivered estrogen have a local effect. This dose and route help with...Full Answer
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An international meeting of experts reviewed hundreds of studies on the effect of soy in menopause. The resulting...Full Answer
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In 2002 a large study on hormone use after menopause, the WHI, demonstrated an increased risk of...Full Answer
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The risk of endometrial cancer is lowest in women using a combination of estrogen and progesterone...Full Answer
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Bioidentical hormones is a term that originates with consumers and has come to mean hormones with a similar...Full Answer
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The effects of missing a birth control pill depend on when in the package the pill is missed, what...Full Answer
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Women should begin having pap tests at age 21. If the pap tests are normal, she should repeat the...Full Answer
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A woman over 30 years old, who has had normal pap smears and negative HPV tests, should continue...Full Answer
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Remember sex education in primary school? For me, this occurred in the fifth grade, with all the boys in one...Full Answer
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There are several different groups of medications that reverse osteoporosis. The first choice is...Full Answer
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Birth Control pills and other hormonal contraception such as the vaginal ring absolutely reduce the risk...Full Answer
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Progestin only birth control is available as pills, injectibles and implants. All progestin only...Full Answer
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Menopause is one year without vaginal bleeding. However, what a woman usually wants to know, while experiencing...Full Answer
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While hypothyroidism, or low thyroid, can develop during or after pregnancy, some women will have...Full Answer
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Birth control pills prevent pregnancy. Most pills contain the two hormones progesterone and estrogen....Full Answer
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Low dose birth control pills can help menopause symptoms, particularly in the woman who is in the early stages...Full Answer
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Sleep problems are a very common symptom around the time of menopause, experienced by about the same...Full Answer
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WWhen menopause occurs in women 40 years old or younger, it is "premature." This may be caused by surgical...Full Answer
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The first prenatal visit is usually scheduled as a longer appointment in order to do a complete physical as...Full Answer
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This is such an important question! About 75% of people, including health care providers, think that...Full Answer
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Birth control prevents pregnancy. Some methods are very highly effective at preventing pregnancy...Full Answer
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Simply put, sex is designed to cause pregnancy. This means not having sex, or having the penis ej...Full Answer
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The problems caused by osteoporosis can be life threatening. The weakening of the bones, along with...Full Answer
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TThe most obvious complication of osteoporosis is breaking bones. If the vertebrae in the spine break,...Full Answer
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There are now vaccinations that prevent you from catching the most common strains of HPV (human p...Full Answer
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Pap test guidelines have changed repeatedly and dramatically over the last 10-15 years. This is because...Full Answer
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A woman who has had normal Pap smears and negative HPV tests should continue to have Pap smears every...Full Answer
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A woman who is no longer having menstrual periods, and has had normal Pap tests and negative HPV...Full Answer
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It is highly recommended that women continue to take prenatal vitamins while breastfeeding. A baby...Full Answer
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You absolutely may continue to take prenatal vitamins after delivery. It is recommended that women...Full Answer
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Some prenatal vitamins have a stool softener such as docusate sodium added to them. This may cause loose...Full Answer
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BBirth control pills do not shrink fibroid tumors. These tumors are clusters of the fibrous connective...Full Answer
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It is safe to skip your periods when using hormonal contraception such as pills or the vaginal ring. Some women...Full Answer
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Technically menopause is the specific time that menstrual periods stop. The time leading up to that last period,...Full Answer
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Stop taking Yaz if you become pregnant. Call your health care provider.
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Activella is a tablet that contains an estrogen in the form of estradiol and a progestin called n...Full Answer
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Lo Loestrin FE contains norethindrone/ethinyl estradiol. Technically, this is it's generic name. It is...Full Answer
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Lo Loestrin Fe contains 10 micrograms of ethinyl estradiol and 1 miligram of norethindrone in the...Full Answer