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Overview - Abortion Contents Overview What happens Risks An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. It's also sometimes know...View Article
Overview - Abortion Contents Overview What happens Risks An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. It's also sometimes know...View Article
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Breastfeeding Promotion, Protection and Support Breastfeeding helps both mothers and babies stay healthy. The U.S. Surgeon General and most experts recommend that babies be fed only breast mi...View Article
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Women's Health: Birth Control, Emergency Contraception, & STDs/STIs Birth control methods fact sheet What is the best method of birth control (or contraception)? What ar...View Article
Women's Health: Birth Control, Emergency Contraception, & STDs/STIs Birth control methods fact sheet What is the best method of birth control (or contraception)? Wha...View Article
Breastfeeding may be natural, but it's also a skill that takes practice. Learn what makes a good latch, see different breastfeeding holds, and find out how to tell if your baby is getting enough b...View Article
Date rape drugs are powerful and dangerous. They can be slipped into your drink when you are not looking. The drugs often have no color, smell, or taste, so you can't tell if you are being...View Article
About 20 percent to 80 percent of women develop fibroids by the time they reach age 50. Fibroids are most common in women in their 40s and early 50s. Not all women with fibroids have symptoms. Women w...View Article
BV and vaginal yeast infections are both common causes of vaginal discharge. They have similar symptoms, so it can be hard to know if you have BV or a yeast infection. Only your doctor or nu...View Article
Unlike people with anorexia or bulimia, people with binge eating disorder do not throw up their food, exercise a lot, or starve themselves. People with binge eating disorder are often overweight or ob...View Article
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are also called sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs. STIs are usually spread by having vaginal, oral, or anal sex. More than 9 million women in the United Sta...View Article
PMS, Periods, Heavy Periods, and Painful Periods Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) fact sheet What is premenstrual syndrome (PMS)? What causes PMS? What are the ...View Article
You can prevent some of the health problems caused by STIs and pregnancy with regular prenatal care. Your doctor will test you for STIs early in your pregnancy and again closer to childbirth, if ...View Article
You can prevent some of the health problems caused by STIs and pregnancy with regular prenatal care. Your doctor will test you for STIs early in your pregnancy and again closer to childbirth, if ...View Article
People with OCD repeat these rituals in the hope that their obsessive thoughts will stop. But the rituals give only short-term relief. Ignoring the urge to do the ritual makes people with OCD very anx...View Article
Chronic or long-term insomnia makes it difficult to accomplish routine tasks like going to work or school and taking care of yourself. Insomnia can lead to or contribute to the development of other he...View Article
PTSD happens when people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event continue to experience symptoms for more than a month that make it difficult to live their lives normally. Traumatic events...View Article
Incontinence can happen when the bladder muscles suddenly tighten and the sphincter muscles are not strong enough to pinch the urethra shut. This causes a sudden, strong urge to urinate that you may n...View Article
Women's Health: Mental and Emotional Health Bundling HIV Prevention with Prenatal Care Reduces Risky Sex Behaviors Among At-risk Mothers February 22, 2010 • Science Update ...View Article
Women's Health Glossary A acupuncture a form of complementary and alternative medicine that involves inserting thin needles through the skin at specific points on the body to ...View Article
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