Family Health Articles

Endometrial carcinoma is a malignant tumor affecting the corpus of the uterus, i.e. the tumor stemming from the lining of the uterus (the endometrium).After the cancer is confirmed, doctors take...

Emergency contraception stands for methods which can be used for successful prevention of pregnancy up to 5 days after the unprotected sex. Yet, none of these methods can be effective...

Adult people can easily get infected with Herpes simplex virus and develop fever blisters but this condition is not commonly seen in babies or small children. However, it can happen...

IntroductionEndometriosis is a painful condition characterized by the presence of endometrial cells outside the uterus. Endometrium is the lining of the uterus that grows thicker each month to accommodate the...

Cancer can appear at very young age. Thus, it is very important to know which are the signs of cancer in children.Even though most of the symptoms which will be...

Hormonal types of oral contraception can successfully prevent pregnancy, provided that they are taken properly, with the user following the instructions correctly. As far as Australia is concerned, there are...

When a child has an urge to urinate more often than it is normal, it is called frequency or frequent urination. Since the bladder in the children are smaller and...

Leukemia is a type of cancer affecting white blood cells (leukocytes) characterized by an abnormal increase in number of these blood cells. This is not a single disease. Instead it...

Genital herpes is a persistent viral infection which can be transferred through unprotected sex or some other methods. Either way, a successful treatment for this infection is long and it...

Uterine fibroids and endometriosis are the most frequently reported problems of women in their reproductive years. The incidence of both conditions has reached epidemic portions so that more that a...