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Dilation and Curettage (October 2011)
Dilation and curettage (also known as a D&C) is a minor inpatient or outpatient procedure to diagnose and treat menorrhagia (heavy periods) and other conditions.
Lose That Over-40 Belly Fat Fast
Blame the pooch on the shifting hormones and slowing metabolism that come with age. Here are the new rules of weight loss after 40, with three easy ways to get rid of belly fat.
You Can Tell THAT by the Way a Woman Walks?!
The Journal of Sexual Medicine reports that you can tell whether a woman has a history of orgasms by watching her stroll down the street.
3 Stinky Body Parts and How to Fix Them
Americans spend $4 billion a year battling bad breath, stinky arm pits, and more personal aromas. If you do have a stinky body part, there's usually something amiss that you can fix.
Killer Clothes -- 4 Wardrobe Blunders That Can Make You Fat, Sick, or Both
These wardrobe selections could affect your health as well as your social standing.
Want a Pleasure Boost? Exercise Your Love Muscle
Want to boost the intensity of your partner's pleasure -- and your own? All it takes is strengthening your love muscle.
Success Story: Sheila Turn
Meet Sheila Turn, and find out how a trip to an amusement park pushed her to have bariatric surgery, overhaul her lifestyle, and drop 170 pounds.
Tone Your Bones
Staying physically active and exercising is more important than ever if you have osteoporosis. Learn how to tone your bones safely.
4 Great Foods for Healthier Bones
Increase your knowledge about diet and bone health to prevent bone loss and osteoporosis.
Top 5 Things to Know About Your Bones
Osteoporosis can sneak up on you because there aren't really any obvious symptoms. Improve your bone health with these five things you need to know about your bones.
Bad Bones? On Your Feet
Reducing the risk of falls is critical if you have osteoporosis. Find out how to protect your bones and stay on your feet.
Treating Your Bones Right
When diagnosed with osteoporosis, you have treatment decisions to make. Learn about medications, exercises, and lifestyle changes that may help prevent a bone break.
Success Story: Kim Feth
Meet Kim Feth, and find out how signing up for a triathlon helped her lose 40 pounds.
7 Weight Loss Challenges and Tips for Women Pages: 2 3 4
With time-tested weight loss tips for women, RealAge.com can help you overcome your biggest weight loss challenges and transform your shape.
Success Story: Laney Solomon (2011-02-14) Pages: 2
Meet Laney Solomon, and find out how she lost nearly 90 pounds and regained her self-confidence, her happiness, and her health.
Latest Mammogram Screening Guidelines
The new USPSTF mammogram screening guidelines have women asking when to start, and how often. Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen summarize the results for you.
Treatment for Heavy Periods
Heavy menstrual bleeding can make it difficult to get through the day. Discover effective treatment for heavy periods.
Why Is My Period So Heavy?
Heavy menstrual bleeding and prolonged periods can be disabling. Discover what causes heavy periods.
Q: Is there anything I can do to relieve my morning sickness?
A couple of things could be happening to make you feel so queasy.
Q: Should I be reading or talking to my baby while he's still in my belly?
Can my baby hear anything inside the womb? Should I be reading or talking to him while he's still in my belly?
Q: Is it safe to have sex while I'm pregnant?
Thanks to pregnancy-related mood swings, one minute you may crave nothing more than a steamy sex session, and the next, you may feel about as sexy as clay.
Q: How can I fall asleep, and stay asleep, in a position that's safe for baby?
When it comes to sleep, you just can't impose your will on your body.
Q: I know I'm supposed to avoid exposure to toxins. What are the major offenders?
The last thing you want to provide your bubby with is an in-womb environment that resembles a landfill.
Q: Will my body ever be the same again?
Nine months. Nine beautiful months. Nine months in which your body has been kicked, torn, stretched, jiggled, and run through the gauntlet of all gauntlets.
Q: Any pointers on helping my baby adjust to life on the outside?
As warm and wonderful an experience as parenthood is, the bleep hits the fan (and the diaper, and the onesie, and the receiving blanket) pretty much the moment bubby enters the outside world.
Q: Any pointers on getting Dad more involved in the pregnancy so that we all might feel more connected?
While it's true that Dad has little control over the physical course of your pregnancy, we're sure that he does harbor a lot of emotions about pregnancy, fatherhood, and YOU, so finding ways to keep him involved and invested is vital.
Q: Is there anything I really should (and shouldn't) be eating while I'm pregnant?
Now's the time to really start thinking about food as medicine (if you don't already). Everything you eat will be broken down into smaller molecules that will be transported from your blood to your baby's.
Q: What should I look for in prenatal vitamins?
Below is a rundown of the optimal daily amounts of key nutrients that we recommend to support a healthy pregnancy and grow a healthy baby.
Top 10 Questions Moms-to-Be Ask Us Docs
Being pregnant is a lot like standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon: On one hand, it's the most breathtaking thing you've ever experienced.
Try These 3 Kitchen Cures for Aging Hair (2009-10-22)
Let's face it. It's not all about vanity when it comes to wanting shiny, shipshape hair. Our manes say a lot about us.
Older, Wiser . . . Sexier? (2007-04-01) Pages: 2
Being intimate is a natural part of life, but in midlife, sex isn’t the same as it was in your younger years. Read about sex and aging – and find out why you're never too old to have good sex.
Breast Cancer FAQs
Breast Cancer FAQs
Overactive Bladder Resources
The following is a list of incontinence and overactive bladder resources and Web sites that you might find helpful.
Kegel Exercises to Strengthen Pelvic Muscles
Kegel exercises to strengthen pelvic floor muscles can help prevent incontinence. Here's how to do them.
Reducing Symptoms: What You Can Do
Reducing symptoms of incontinence and overactive bladder: What you can do. Prevent accidents and keep your bladder healthy with these tips.
Treatments for Incontinence and OAB
Treatments for incontinence and overactive bladder, include Kegel exercises, biofeedback, bladder training, medications and surgery.
Tests to Diagnose What's Causing Incontinence
Tests to diagnose incontinence or overactive bladder include urinalysis, postvoid residual measurement, stress test, ultrasound, and cytoscopy.
What to Expect at the Doctor's
Diagnosing incontinence or overactive bladder involves a full physical exam, a urine sample, a review of your symptoms, and possibly tests . . .
Finding the Cause of Incontinence
What causes overactive bladder and incontinence?
Risk Factors
What are the risk factors of overactive bladder and incontinence?
Types of Incontinence
There are several types of incontinence, and it's important to get the right diagnosis.
Symptoms
What are the symptoms of overactive bladder and incontinence?
How Common Are Incontinence and Overactive Bladder?
If you are living with incontinence or overactive bladder (OAB), you're not alone. Both men and women can be affected, but women are twice as likely to have bladder problems.
Does Deodorant Cause Breast Cancer? (2009-06-01)
Family History and Genetic Risk
How family history and genetics factor into your risks of getting breast cancer.
Eliminate That Embarrassing Itch (2004-06-01)
Why are yeast infections so itchy and what can I do to get rid of one? How do I get a yeast infection?
Symptoms of Thyroid Problems (2004-06-01) Pages: 2
Thyroid problems affect approximately nine percent of the population. Learn about the symptoms of thyroid problems and find out when to talk to your doctor.
7 Ways to Better Sex
What can I do to improve the quality of the sex I'm having?
Detecting Ovarian Cancer (2009-06-01)
How is ovarian cancer, the silent cancer, currently being screened and what are the symptoms?
Hidden Heart Attack Symptoms in Women (2009-03-01) Pages: 2
Get the facts about heart attack symptoms in women. With details on heart attack signs and early warning symptoms, you can increase your chances for survival and lead a healthier life.
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