Women's Health. Find daily tips on women's health from Dr. David Samadi. Discover latest news and health benefits for common issues related to women's health such as breast cancer, cervical cancer, female cancer screenings and prevention,
Each year, women spend around $2 billion on purchasing disposable sanitary pads or tampons that are contributing to landfill waste. There have been few alternatives for women to choose from other than tampons or pads over the decades.
Read MoreThe man-made ovaries were actually a bit of serendipitous by-blow of the researchers' principal experiments designed to boost hormone production and restore fertility in mice.
Read MoreA decade-long study conducted at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center shatters long-held beliefs about uterine fibroids being a cause of miscarriages.
Read MoreThose older women who do conceive do it at an increasing risk of giving birth to children with congenital anomalies.
Read MoreEarly menopause is defined here as the cessation of ovarian function before age 45. It affects about 10 percent of women and is associated with higher risk of osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and early cognitive decline.
Read MoreIt's not a statistic that is talked about often, but more than 10 percent of the babies in the U.S. are born prematurely. What can be done?
Read MoreOne way to care for yourself is by getting routine health care in your 50s and beyond. The goal of this is to develop and maintain the doctor-patient relationship, encourage a healthy lifestyle, screen for disease, assess medical problems and update immunizations. In general, routine health care for people 50 and older include the following:
Read MoreCertain foods a woman should avoid while pregnant as they may be harmful to the mom or her baby because of the way they are cooked or because of germs or chemicals they contain.
Read MoreAccording to the Plastic Surgery Statistics Report, in 2015, there were 279,143 “breast aug” or “boob jobs” performed that involved using breast implants to increase the size and or fullness of a woman’s breasts.
Read MorePrevious research shows the association of estrogen deficiency in disc degeneration, but this is the first to compare age-matched men to menopausal women.
Read MoreHere are 4 symptoms a woman should watch for indicating she might be having a heart attack.
Read MoreIron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world affecting around 2 billion people – over 30% of the world’s population.
Read MoreEndometrial cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women in the United States, Canada, and Australia, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Read MoreResearch shows that more than one cup of coffee a day increased estrogen in women between the ages of 36 and 45 in the first stage of the menstrual cycle.
Read MoreAddyi is a drug approved only for use in premenopausal women and not for postmenopausal women or for men
Read MoreEndometriosis is an often painful disorder women experience with symptoms varying from woman to woman. The condition is where tissue that normally lines the inside of the uterus - the endometrium – grows outside of the uterus. The endometrium is the tissue that thickens each month in preparation for possible implantation of an embryo. If there is no implantation, then the lining or tissue will bleed known as a woman’s menstrual cycle.
Read MoreHere are 6 truths women need to know helping to inform and enlighten them on assessing their heart disease risk and what they might be able to do to avoid any unnecessary surprises in the future:
Read MoreBoth women and men have health disparities we might not think a lot about. There are the obvious biological health differences such as the fact that only men can develop prostate cancer or only women can develop uterine cancer.
Read MoreWomen have many physiological factors making them at a greater risk of excessive alcohol consumption for the following reasons:
Read MoreOne of the most common gynecological conditions affecting up to 70% of women are uterine fibroids. Women who do develop uterine fibroids will do so by the age of 50 but most will not be aware of them.
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