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Silent No More
Want in on a secret? You aren't the only one. Literally millions upon millions of women live with the perceived shame of frequent urination, excessive sweating, vaginal odor, gas, and other embarrassing conditions. They just don't want to talk about it. "The most embarrassing conditions are the toil
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Drug May Boost Women's Sexual Desire
Nov. 19, 2009 -- An investigational drug that didn't perform well as an antidepressant appears to slightly boost sexual desire as well as the number of satisfying sexual encounters in women with lagging libidos, a study shows. The research was presented this week at the 12th Congress of the Europea
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Preeclampsia Linked to Reduced Thyroid Function
Nov. 17, 2009 -- Pregnant women who develop preeclampsia may have an increased risk for reduced thyroid function later in life, new research indicates. About 3% to 5% of women experience preeclampsia, characterized by high blood pressure and protein in the urine that develops during the second half
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FDA OKs Menstrual Drug Lysteda
Nov. 13, 2009 -- The FDA today approved Lysteda tablets (tranexamic acid), the first non-hormonal product cleared to treat heavy menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia). Lysteda works by stabilizing a protein that helps blood to clot. Heavy menstrual bleeding is reported each year by about 3 million U.S. w
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Living With Amputation: Gracie Rosenberger's Story
In 1983, I fell asleep while driving and slammed into a concrete abutment. The only memory I have of the wreck was seeing both of my legs pushed over my right shoulder. The damage was catastrophic: My ankles were pulverized, every bone from the waist down was broken (one surgeon counted nearly 200 f
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Healthy Fast Food at Home –- In a Flash
It’s tempting to cruise the dollar menu at McDonald’s or Burger King and choose to feed your family of four with a $10 bill. But most dollar menu fares will run up the calories, grams of fat, and milligrams of sodium at lightning speed. The Spicy Chick ‘n Crisp Sandwich from Burger King’s dollar men
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Mammograms Cut Risk of Breast Cancer Death
Oct. 6, 2009 -- Three-fourths of deaths due to breast cancer occur among women who do not undergo regular screening mammograms, a large study shows. Researchers studied 6,997 women who were diagnosed with breast cancer in Massachusetts between 1990 and 1999. Surveys indicated that 80% had regular ma
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IUD Mirena OK'd to Treat Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Oct. 1, 2009 -- The FDA today approved the intrauterine device Mirena to treat heavy menstrual bleeding in women who use intrauterine contraception as their main form of pregnancy prevention. Mirena is the first intrauterine device (IUD) approved by the FDA for this additional use. The FDA approved
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Susie Essman's New Book Takes on Anger, Menopause, and More
On hiatus from playing ever-furious, always-funny Susie Greene on the HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm, comic Susie Essman was visiting her mother one weekend when the phone rang. It was series creator and star Larry David. "Listen, I have a sinus infection," he said without preamble. "What sh
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Women's Weight Tied to Healthy Aging
Sept. 29, 2009 -- For women, the odds of being healthy at age 70 are best for those who don't gain a lot of weight between ages 18 and 50 and who aren't obese at 50. That news appears in the "Online First" edition of BMJ. But millions of middle-aged women are overweight and obese, and they can't go
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