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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Endometriosis

Health care; Women’s health

A condition in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows in other areas of the body, usually inside the abdominal cavity, but acts as if it were inside the uterus. Blood shed monthly from the ...

Hemochromatosis

Health care; Women’s health

A condition in which too much iron builds up in the body over time. Without treatment, this extra iron can damage the organs, mainly the liver, heart, and pancreas, and cause organ failure. ...

Trisomy 18

Health care; Women’s health

A condition in which a baby is conceived with three copies instead of the normal two copies of chromosome #18. Children with this condition have multiple malformations and mental retardation due to ...

Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)

Health care; Women’s health

A condition marked by excessive worry and feelings of fear, dread, and uneasiness that lasts six months or longer. Other symptoms include being restless, being tired or irritable, muscle tension, not ...

Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS)

Health care; Women’s health

A condition in which abnormal cells are found in the breast lobules. Since these cells have not spread outside the breast lobules, it's called "in situ," which means "in place." With LCIS, there are ...

Infertility

Health care; Women’s health

A condition in which a couple has problems conceiving, or getting pregnant, after 1 year of regular sexual intercourse without using any birth control methods. If a woman keeps having miscarriages, ...

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)

Health care; Women’s health

A condition in which abnormal cells are found in the lining of breast ducts. These cells have not spread outside the duct to the surrounding breast tissue. DCIS is not cancer. But some cases of DCIS ...