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Women's Health Blog with Tracee Cornforth October 2003 Archive

By Tracee Cornforth, About.com Guide to Women's Health since 1997

Will Your Child Live To Be 150 Years Old?

Friday October 31, 2003
Health in the New Millennium Have you had a baby in the last few years? Did you know your little one has the chance to live to be 150 or ... Read More

Cervical Freezing

Tuesday October 28, 2003
Cyrosurgery Of The Cervix - Cyrotherapy Cervical cryosurgery or cryotherapy is a gynecological treatment that freezes an abnormal section of the cervix. Watch out for hot flashes after this procedure -- ... Read More

The Pill and Cancer Risk

Tuesday October 28, 2003
Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk Oral contraceptives (OCs) first became available to American women in the early 1960s. A correlation between estrogen and increased risk of breast cancer has sparked ... Read More

How Much is Too Much?

Tuesday October 28, 2003
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding - Heavy Menstruation - Excessive Periods Tip: If you are soaking through enough sanitary protection products to require changing more than every one or two hours, or having ... Read More

Dr. John Lee Dies

Monday October 27, 2003
Dr. John Lee - The Death of a Pioneer Dr. John Lee died recently. He pioneered the use of natural progesterone and bio-identical hormones. Learn how to help continue ... Read More

The Pain of Being A Woman

Thursday October 23, 2003
Dysmenorrhea - What You Need to Know About Menstrual Cramps Over half of us experience menstrual pain for at least one or two days a month with our periods. Would ... Read More

The Most Common Vaginal Infection

Thursday October 23, 2003
Bacterial Vaginosis Many women mistakenly believe that yeast infections are the most common type of vaginal infection, but bacterial vaginosis is the most frequently occurring vaginal infection affecting from 10 ... Read More

Free Fat Diary

Thursday October 23, 2003
See no fat! Hear no fat! Eat no fat?Philip Lempert aka the Supermarket Guru talks about fat in America, and provides a free online fat diary with a simple plan ... Read More

Acne FAQs

Tuesday October 21, 2003
Acne - Pimples - Zits Whether you call it acne, pimples, or zits, acne is not a pleasant experience. Explore acne causes and treatments, and find answers to your questions about ... Read More

Withdrawl as a Method of Birth Control

Tuesday October 21, 2003
How effective is withdrawal as a birth control method?Learn whether withdrawl is either a safe or effective method of contraception.

Could I Have a Tubal Pregnancy?

Tuesday October 21, 2003
Symptoms of Ectopic Pregnancy - Tubal PregnancyA simple look at the signs and symptoms that can indicate a ectopic or tubal pregnancy.

Another Day of Pelvic Pain

Tuesday October 14, 2003
Pelvic Pain Sooner or later, as women, most of us experience some degree of pain in our pelvic region. How we respond to pain varies among us, some women are more ... Read More

Oh What Pain! Stomach Cramps and Running to the Bathroom Again

Monday October 13, 2003
Irritable Bowel Syndrome - IBS Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a term used to describe discomfort in the bowel (the colon, or large intestine). Symptoms of IBS may include crampy pain, ... Read More

Why Is My Face Sagging on One Side?

Saturday October 11, 2003
Bell's Palsy Bell's Palsy is a frustrating disease, with stroke-like symptoms, that afflicts approximately 40, 000 Americans each year. The cause of Bell's Palsy remains unclear; however, treatment is available, and ... Read More

DVT - Deep Vein Thrombosis

Saturday October 11, 2003
Deep Vein Thrombosis - DVT - Blood Clots in the LegsEvery year over 2 million Americans develop blood clots in their legs. This is a serious condition that causes death in ... Read More

Your Breast Cancer Risk

Friday October 10, 2003
Understanding Breast Cancer Risk Are you frightened, even worried, when you hear the statistics about breast cancer risk? For most women, her greatest cancer fear is breast cancer. But how many ... Read More

Cancer of the Ovaries

Friday October 10, 2003
Ovarian Cancer: The Silent Killer Ovarian cancer is often called the "silent" killer because many times there are no symptoms until the disease has progressed to an advanced stage. One-third of American ... Read More

Is Your Environment Killing You?

Thursday October 9, 2003
Environmental Toxins and Reproductive Health Fifty years after the introduction of toxic chemicals into our environment -- chemicals originally intended to enhance our lifestyles -- we must wonder if our lives ... Read More

Heart Disease and Women

Thursday October 9, 2003
The Truth About Heart Disease In Women Did you know that 1 of 3 women die of heart disease? Sadly, only about one-third of women know that heart disease is the ... Read More

Not Just The Blues

Sunday October 5, 2003
Depression and Women More than 17 million Americans experience depression every year -- over half of them are women. In fact, women experience depression twice as often as men and they ... Read More

Are You My Mother? Are You My Child?

Sunday October 5, 2003
Adoption Search and Reunion ResourcesAre you an adoptee? Or a birth mother? I'm both. Here's how I used the Internet to find my birth son. Find out how you can ... Read More

Signs and Symptoms Endometrial Cancer

Sunday October 5, 2003
Symptoms of Uterine CancerDo you know the signs and symptoms of endometrial cancer, aka cancer of the uterus? Here's a simple look at just the symptoms of this dreaded gynecological ... Read More

Do Women Enjoy Anal Sex?

Friday October 3, 2003
Women's Health Forum Visitor asks: "I have only in the last year returned to the "single life" after 15 years of marriage. I had never had anal sex with ... Read More

Signs and Symptoms of Skin Cancer

Friday October 3, 2003
Symptoms of Skin Cancer - Malignant Melonoma - Basal Cell Carcinoma - Squamous Cell CarcinomaDo you know what signs and symptoms you should be looking for that can indicate skin ... Read More

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