Women's personal health advice articles
Women's health & fitness guide
The exact cause of breast cancer isn't fully understood
and the risk of developing breast cancer increases with age with more than
half of the cases diagnosed occurring in women over the age of 65.
Finding a lump or any change to the breast has to
be the number one nightmare for all women, but the good news is that most
changes to the breast and indeed most lumps are normal and they can happen
for several different reasons.
There are many different methods of contraception
for women with all of them achieving the same goal, preventing the sperm
from fertilising the woman's egg which would result in pregnancy.
Woman make up for the biggest majority of people
who go on diets by a variety of means such as joining diet clubs, trying
quick fixes and fad diets; they also account for the main bulk of low calories
and diet foods buyers.
Periods and coping with them is something which every
girl and women will have to do and there are many downsides to having them,
while some women will be extremely lucky and only have very light periods
for a day or two with no problems some women suffer horrendously for a week
with heavy bleeding, severe cramps and a blinding headache.
Living a healthy lifestyle which includes daily exercise,
a good wholesome healthy diet with all the vitamins and minerals your body
needs, cutting down on smoking and alcohol and regular health checks when
they are needed are all essential to keeping you fit and healthy.
All women and girls from the age of around 20
should learn to perform a self breast examination, by getting to know what
your breasts feel like, the shape, weight and texture of the skin you will
be able to detect if anything feels wrong and this can catch diseases such
as breast cancer early.
Sometimes the cause of infertility isn't known and
research has shown that both men and women suffer from problems known to
cause infertility, with sometimes multiple factors playing a part in the
cause.
The menopause signifies the end of a woman's reproductive
period and as such is often called the change of life.
Every year there are hundreds of thousands of women
suffering from the devastating affects of miscarriage; while some get through
this time relatively easy for others it can be devastating, leaving the
women with many feelings such as grieving, guilt, inferiority and depression.
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