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Until past menopause, birth control necessary to prevent unwanted pregnancy
Tribune Media ServicesDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 44 and would like to discontinue taking birth control pills. Do I need to use another form of contraception if I want to avoid getting pregnant? At what point is it safe to assume that won't happen? ANSWER: Many women wonder if...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Mayo Clinic, Physical Conditions, Gynecology, Plan B (drug)
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Fort Meade VA Outpatient clinic advances effort to serve women veterans
When retired Master Sgt. Sheryl A. Webb left the U.S. Army in 1997, she was scarcely aware of services that U.S. Veterans Administration hospitals offered specifically for women. That was well before women became the fastest growing demographic group...
Tags: Fort Meade (military base), Osteoporosis, U.S. Army, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics
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Manopause Is Male Menopause, Without The Hot Flashes
The Hartford CourantMenopause, from a male perspective, is when a woman undergoes a change of life during which she experiences flashes that are often warm but not particularly fuzzy. Married men who have survived a menopause report that the condition's symptoms usually go...Tags: Physical Conditions, Erectile Dysfunction, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Women should be concerned about low libido
Low libido can not only ruin a women's sex life but could also cause her to miss out on some key health benefits. Dr. Valerie Omicioli, a certified menopause practitioner and clinical assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, High Blood Pressure, Chemical Industry, Healthy Diet, Gynecology
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She needs to recharge her low sex drive
Q: My hubby thinks I don't love him because of my lack of interest in sex. I am in menopause and have lost my sex drive. I know it is not fair to him, but when I do plan to have sex with him, he gets on my nerves or we fight about something, which turns...
Tags: Symptoms, Physical Conditions, Erectile Dysfunction, Sports, Golf
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Why would her desire go from torrid to tame?
Q: I love my boyfriend, and I want to spend the rest of my life with him, but our sex situation might be ruining our relationship. When we started dating three years ago, we enjoyed sex quite a bit. After a year it slowed down. Now we have sex only...
Tags: Authors, Advice Columns and Columnists, Physical Conditions, Ruth Westheimer, Viagra (drug)
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Heart disease and symptoms different for women
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.It began for Nellie Hyacinth Davis with a cough. "I had this terrible cough," said Davis, 79. "But I didn't get no tightness or nothing where I could say it's my heart." Barely able to breathe, she eventually ended up at Georgia Regents Medical...Tags: Symptoms, Sleep Apnea, Physical Conditions, Diabetes, Weight
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Coordinated Health opening women's center
HealthThe Lehigh Valley's newest health care facility specifically for women is hosting an open house this evening. Coordinated Health, the integrated hospital network, is welcoming the public to visit its new Women’s Health facility at 1405 Cedar Crest... -
Study finds women who undergo early menopause face increased risk for heart disease and stroke
A recent study has found that females who stop having their periods before age 46 had a higher incidence of heart disease and stroke. Doctors have long suspected that women who undergo early menopause might be at an increased risk for those medical...
Tags: Vanderbilt University , Hysterectomy, Physical Conditions, Diabetes, Rush University Medical Center
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Not everyone with thinning bones will develop osteoporosis
The Medicine CabinetQ: My doctor just told me I have thin bones. She calls the problem "osteopenia." Does this mean I'll definitely develop osteoporosis? A: Osteopenia means "too little bone." Osteoporosis, on the other hand, is an advanced form of osteopenia in which the...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Osteoporosis, Vitamin D, Calcium, Boston
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Treatment options can offer relief from vaginal atrophy
Medical Edge from Mayo ClinicDEAR MAYO CLINIC: What exactly is vaginal atrophy? Are there any effective treatments for it, or is it just another part of aging that I will have to live with? ANSWER: Vaginal atrophy (atrophic vaginitis) is the thinning and inflammation of the...Tags: Mayo Clinic, Gynecology, Urinary Tract Infection, Cancer, Breast Cancer
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Menopause study has the skinny on belly fat
Lynda Powell is the chairperson of preventive medicine at Rush University Medical Center and the architect of its nearly 20-year-old menopause study that has been following a diverse group of women in Chicago's Beverly/Morgan Park neighborhood. I...
Tags: Heart Disease, Physiology, Diabetes, Physical Conditions, Rush University Medical Center
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