Women's Health Features
- When the Diagnosis Is Cancer
Should you join a peer support group? Probably. Just make sure you choose the right sort.
- How'd She Do It?.
After battling broken bones, a difficult birth, and even cancer, triathlete Karen Smyers is finally on the road to recovery. What's her secret?
- When Pain Is All You Have
Some people in great emotional pain turn to cutting, burning, and other types of self-abuse. How can you recognize this cry for help?
- Gynecology for Guys
Want your man to know you better? A crash course in how a woman's body works might just help.
- Unwanted Pregnancies
Abortion rates are down. Why Americans aren't having less sex, but they are doing a better job of family planning.
- RU-486 Approval Expected
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- Computer-Assisted Second Readings
Considered by some to be the stealth technology of women's health care, the computer-aided second reading is now regarded as a reliable way for doctors to look for breast abnormalities that the naked eye may have missed.
- Spousal Stress
It's no surprise that sickness in the family can lead to lots of stress. But why do women suffer more than men?
- Tips to Help Women Cope
How can you, as a female patient or caregiver, better cope with the stress and emotions that you face? Here are some tips that may make your life easier.
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Tips to Help Women Cope
- Tips to Help Women Cope.
Tips to Help Women Cope
- Email Health Scares
The Internet has made it simple for women to spread health information with a click of the mouse. Some of these health claims gain steam as women discuss the alleged dangers of everyday products.
- The State of Women's Health
Ten years ago, a woman suffering a heart attack was too often misdiagnosed. Without the chest pains commonly seen in men, her symptoms of dizziness or back pain were often dismissed as unimportant.
- Taking Medications Correctly
Taking prescription drugs in a wrong way can lead to serious problems -- even poisoning.
- Pap Technology
Women have been going to their gynecologists for Pap tests for more than 50 years. And their vigilance has paid off: Mortality rates from cervical cancer have dropped 70%, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. But a woman's chance of getting a false negative -- a result that says she's healthy when she really has cancer or pre-cancerous cells -- is still between 10
- Menopause: What it is, What to do
Information on how to cope with menopause and where to go for additional information about it.
- Natural Childbirth Options
Although the numbers are small, more and more women are choosing a self-directed approach to birth.
- Why Cigarettes are a Woman's Worst Enemy
Sure, cigarettes can harm anybody, men and women alike. But some of smoking's ill effects, from ectopic pregnancy to premature menopause, are reserved for women only.