Women’s health

Women’s health

Health issues and subjects specific to women, such as menstruation, contraception, maternal health, child birth, menopause and breast cancer. These issues are often related to the female human anatomy such as female genitalia and breasts or to conditions caused by hormones specific to females.

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Follicle

Health care; Women’s health

Each month, an egg develops inside the ovary in a fluid filled pocket called a follicle. This follicle releases the egg into the fallopian tube.

Assisted reproductive technology

Health care; Women’s health

Technology that involves procedures that handle a woman's eggs and a man's sperm to help infertile couples conceive a child.

Hormone

Health care; Women’s health

Substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect a function of the body, such as growth or metabolism.

Spina bifida

Health care; Women’s health

Spina bifida is the most common of all birth defects. Its name means "clef spine," or a failure of a foetal spine to close the right way when it is developing before birth. It occurs very early in ...

Stroke

Health care; Women’s health

Stoppage of blood flow to an area of the brain, causing permanent damage to nerve cells in that region. A stroke can occur either because an artery is clogged by a blood clot (called ischemic stroke) ...

Gallstone

Health care; Women’s health

Solid material that forms in the gallbladder or common bile duct. Gallstones are made of cholesterol or other substances found in the gallbladder. They may occur as one large stone or as many small ...

Arthritis

Health care; Women’s health

Swelling, redness, warmth, and pain of the joints, the places where two bones meet, such as the elbow or knee. There are more than 100 types of arthritis. The two most common types of arthritis are ...