Let's face it. Life gets in the way. After making breakfast for the kids (then driving them to school), heading to work, driving home in rush hour traffic, assisting the children with their...
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According to the International Journal of Eating Disorders, childbirth, anorexia, and even depression can alter a woman's sex life. Researchers found that women who suffer from one or more of...
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It looks like it's time to start the safe sex campaigns again. Why? Because according to officials at the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, one million new cases of chlamydia were report....
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A few years ago, I asked my mother (whose a nurse) about human papillomavirus or HPV. I had never heard of it, but my doctor mentioned it to me. Unfortunately, it's a disease very few women know...
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It's time for my annual checkup. And as a woman you know what I mean, my annual gyno visit. Over the years, I've grown accustomed to these visits, but I still experience a little anxiety when...
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According to a recent study, one in every four women who seeks treatment for persistent yeast infections actually has one. A yeast infection is a fungus responsible for vaginal itching, a thick white...
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You itch - well - as my granddaughter would say - on your "privates" and you shouldn't ever touch your "privates" in public, no matter how miserable you feel. So what's...
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An article from Psychology Today makes an interesting statement. Women who don't use condoms are less depressed than those who do. The article says: The finding that women who do not use condoms...
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Most women have experienced the burning, itching discomfort of a yeast infection. Yeast infections can occur at any time and with little or no provocation. Medical News Today has this to say about...
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Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have been around for centuries. Now with the widening of sexual boundaries, there has been an upsurge in these infections, and they are becoming more difficult to...
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According to Wikipedia, a pap Smear is: In gynecology, the Papanikolaou test or Papanicolaou test (also called Pap smear, Pap test, cervical smear, or smear test) is a medical screening method...
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Cleanliness is essential. I'll agree with that. But is it possible to overdo the washing and the use of chemical-filled products in the bath and elsewhere? Could they be damaging our health?...
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Are you indulging in sexual activities far less often than you used to? Are you also enjoying it far less? If you're a menopausal or pre-menopausal woman the answer might be testosterone....
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About three weeks ago, I wrote an article on compulsory vaccination for HPV -human papillomavirus for women 9 to 26. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes HPV this way: Genital...
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We here so much about unsafe sex these days. Makes you wonder if there's an such thing as safe sex left. Despite all the ads and publicity, the urging to be careful and to use condoms, people...
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I've heard of syphilis, gonorrhea, genital herpes, and, of course, AIDS. However I'd never heard of HPV until I read the following news article from CBC News Canada: Immunize females aged 9 to...
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