Women's Health Blog with Tracee Cornforth January 2005 Archive

Can I Get Pregnant While Breastfeeding? Learn the answer to this question and discover how the Lactational Amenorrhea Method or LAM could be the natural contraceptive choice for you.

Bacterial Vaginosis Learn what the signs and symptoms may indicate the presence of bacterial vaginosis, and find out what to expect during diagnosis and treatment. Includes prevention tips.

U.S. Surgeon General Rolls Out 2005 Agenda: The Year of the Healthy Child The importance of women's health is highlighted with tips for women's health improvements that impact the future ... Read More

Smoking: Women's Health Perspective Despite the fact that smoking is the most preventable cause of death in the country, over 140,000 women die each year in the U.S. as a ... Read More

What is the treatment for bladder control problems? Learn when surgery is right for treating urinary incontinence, and discover non-surgical treatments for bladder control problems including medications, devices, and self-help ... Read More

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 are truly ... Read More

New Treatment Guidelines for Pregnant Women with Asthma The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) is issuing the first new guidelines in more than a decade for managing asthma ... Read More

Gallstones - 5 Tests to Diagnose and Evaluate Gallbladder Disorders Are you worried you might have gallstones? Has your doctor suggested you could have a disorder of the gallbladder such ... Read More

Are All Diets Unhealthy? Do you have a diet mentality? Are you constantly on a diet? Find out if you could be a Runaway Eater, and learn how to conquer ... Read More

How long does it take to get pregnant after Depo Provera shots?" "I've been on the Depo shot for 1 year and 9 months... I haven't had my period ... Read More

Urine Test Could Predict Preeclampsia in Pregnancy A substance found in the urine of pregnant women can be measured to predict the later development of preeclampsia, according to research from ... Read More

Perfectly Normal: Living and Loving with Low Libido Sexually, we like to think that we have it together, that we are more sophisticated and sexually aware now than at any ... Read More

Eating at Fast-food Restaurants More than Twice Per Week is Associated with More Weight Gain and Insulin Resistance in Otherwise Healthy Young Adults A look at a recent study that ... Read More

Menopause and Testosterone When we think of testosterone we usually think of this androgen as a male hormone. There's even some discussion that men experience a time similar to menopause ... Read More