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Struggling to get pregnant? You’re not alone. More than one out of 10 women ages 15 to 44 years in the United States has some physical condition that makes it difficult for them to get pregnant or to carry a baby to term. Nore are fertility problems limited to women. While 7.4 million women will […]

If all the blood vessels in your body were stretched out into a straight line, they would stretch 100,000 miles — far enough to wrap around the Earth four times.

Arthroscopy of the knee is one of the most frequently performed medical procedures. The number of knee arthroscopies performed in the United States rose by 49% from 1996 to 2006; by 2006, arthroscopic knee procedures made up 51% of all procedures performed in outpatient medical centers. For many conditions, such as torn ligaments, arthroscopy has

Heart disease affects women almost as often as it affects men. One in 10 women aged 45 to 64 years — and one in five women ages 65 years and older — has some form of heart disease. Read more: https://yourmedicalsource.com/library/what-heart-disease#ixzz2s1kjooaA

For many women, pregnancy is a wonderful time… marred by heartburn. More than 50% of pregnant women occasionally experience heartburn. For 5% of pregnant women, heartburn occurs at least daily. Most of the time, simple lifestyle changes such as eating smaller meals, not eating before bedtime, and avoiding garments that fit tightly around the waist

Did you know that doctors often miss alcohol problems in their patients? Often, doctors do not receive enough training to recognize the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse, so they may not perform screening tests for alcohol problems. Symptoms from alcohol use often mimic those of other health problems. For instance, people with alcohol problems

Did you know that women who perform regular breast self-exams or get clinical breast exams do not have a lower risk of dying from breast cancer? Mammography screening is the only reliable way to detect breast cancers early, before they have spread. Women ages 50-75 should have a screening mammography exam every two years. Women

Did you know that angina — chest pain that occurs when the heart muscle doesn’t get enough oxygen — affects more women than men? Many people believe angina to be a “man’s disease.” Yet angina actually affects more women than men (13.9% versus 9.4%), and it is most widespread among women who are black (5.2%)

High blood pressure (hypertension) contributes to nearly 1,000 deaths per day in the United States. Many of those deaths could have been prevented. Hypertension affects about one in three adults — 68 million people — in the United States. Although most people with high blood pressure know they have the condition, about half of them

Researchers have long known that a diet high in inflammation-fighting omega-3 fatty acids can help reduce arthritis pain. Now research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts may reveal why. A study led by Charles Serhan, Director of the Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury at Harvard Medical School, Boston, examined the actions

It’s National Nurses’ Week in the United States beginnng May 6, which is National Nurses’ Day, and ending May 12, which is Florence Nightingale’s birthday. You might recognize Florence Nightingale as the founder of modern nursing. The shy but determined woman gained unsolicited fame during the Crimean War, where, by improving sanitation and living conditions,

Dietary fiber, especially soluble fiber, can help lower cholesterol levels by absorbing cholesterol from the gut before it gets to the bloodstream. Consuming  5 to 10 grams of soluble fiber per day has been shown to reduce both overall and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol by about 6 to 15%. Foods high in soluble fiber include oat