Decrease in fertility? Increase in casual sex!
American psychology graduate students conducted a study into women's attitudes towards casual sexual encounters as they age, and their biological clock starts ticking. This interesting new study seems to indicate...
When is fallopian tube removal necessary?
Salpingectomy is the medical term for the operation that removes one or both fallopian tubes in a woman. Removal of the fallopian tubes prevents eggs, released from the ovaries, from...
Iron supplements fight fatigue in women
Iron supplements can help women who aren't anemic feel more energy, according to Swiss researchers. Women who have low iron levels, but who don't qualify for the diagnosis anemia, can...
Menstrual cycle getting shorter! What now?
Women sometimes experience changes in the menstrual cycles. Menstrual periods may get heavier or less heavy, can last longer or shorter, or the luteal phase of the cycle can vary...
Mother's high blood pressure in pregnancy leads to lower IQ?
Are you suffering from pregnancy-induced hypertension? According to a new study, you'd better get that under control or it could affect your baby's IQ for the rest of his life...
How often should women have a mammogram?
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women in the United States, besides skin cancer. It is also among the leading causes of death in younger women...
Irregular Periods and PCOS: Is this Connection a Myth?
There are different reasons a woman might have irregular periods, but the link between irregular periods and PCOS is not absolute. Many times woman does not know the exact reason...
Blocked Fallopian Tubes: What Does that Mean?
For a woman to understand what a blocked fallopian tube is, she must first know what a fallopian tube is. Fallopian tubes are present in the female body and are...
Is Ovulation Bleeding Normal?
When a woman ovulates it means that a mature egg is released by the ovarian follicle into the fallopian tube. Once the egg is released, it can then be fertilized...
Women Who Go Through Childbirth More Than Once are More Likely to Have a Stroke
The latest study that was published in the journal Neurology and conducted by Korean scientists from Seoul National University Hospital suggests that women who go through childbirth more than once...