Gallbladder disease is the most common and costly digestive disease in the United States. More than 800,000 hospitalizations annually at estimated cost of over five billion dollars are attributed to gallbladder disease. Over 20 million Americans have gallstones with approximately one million new cases diagnosed each year. Women are twice as likely as men to develop gallbladder disease. The higher prevalence of gallstones in women is thought to be caused by multiple pregnancies, obesity, and rapid weight loss.

Have you ever been diagnosed with gallbladder disease? What happened?

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Getting your first bra is often both exciting and embarrassing. It's exciting because getting to wear a bra means that you're growing up. Some girls feel embarrassed, for various reasons, when they get their first bra. What happened, and how did you feel, when you got your first bra? Share your story with the girls who are still waiting for their first bras.

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The Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants this week recommended new screening guidelines for cervical cancer. The new guidelines call for all women to have their first Pap smear screening for cervical cancer beginning at age 21. Women between the ages of 21 and 29 should have additional screenings every 2 years, while women aged 30 to 70 need Pap smear screening for cervical cancer every 3 years, if they have had three consecutive negative Pap smear screenings. Women aged 65 to 70 may discontinue additional screenings if they have had 3, or more, consecutive negative Pap smear screenings in the last 10 years.

Certain women, including those who have HIV or who are otherwise immunocompromised, as well as women who were exposed to diethylstilbestrol prenatally and those who have a history of cervical cancer should have more frequent Pap smear screenings as recommended by their doctors.

Young women who have been vaccinated against HPV should follow the same cervical cancer screening recommendations as other women.

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In the past, the subject of menstruation was often taboo. As a result, many of us were told things that were simply not true about menstruation. We were lucky if our moms told us the true facts about menstruation and prepared us properly for the day when our first periods started. What did your mother tell you to prepare you for menstruation?

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