Women’s health

Women’s health

Health issues and subjects specific to women, such as menstruation, contraception, maternal health, child birth, menopause and breast cancer. These issues are often related to the female human anatomy such as female genitalia and breasts or to conditions caused by hormones specific to females.

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menopausal hormone therapy (MHT)

Health care; Women’s health

Replaces the hormones that a woman's ovaries stop making at the time of menopause, easing symptoms like hot flashes and vaginal dryness. It involves using man-made estrogen alone or estrogen with ...

anxiety disorder

Health care; Women’s health

Serious medical illness that fills people's lives with anxiety and fear. Some anxiety disorders include panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social phobia ...

sexual harassment

Health care; Women’s health

Sexual advances (like touching, grabbing) or sexual comments (that can be offensive and/or joking) that are not wanted or appropriate. This can happen in the workplace and a person can feel like they ...

incest

Health care; Women’s health

Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry; also: the statutory crime of such a relationship.

viruses

Health care; Women’s health

Small microscopic organisms that often cause disease.

ductules

Health care; Women’s health

Small milk ducts in the breast leading to the mammary or lactiferous ducts.

gallstone

Health care; Women’s health

Solid material that forms in the gallbladder or common bile duct. Gallstones are made of cholesterol or other substances found in the gallbladder. They may occur as one large stone or as many small ...