Breast cancer is basically a type of cancer that tends to develop and multiply in the breast tissue of the woman. Breast cancer cells are known to multiply and expand to other parts of the body as well by invading the tissue surrounding the...
If you are a first-time-mom, it is only natural for you to find breastfeeding a bit difficult, awkward and uncomfortable at first. Fortunately, breastfeeding should get easier with practice. When it comes to positions for nursing your baby there...
Premature babies or infants who are born before their due date usually require extensive special care. If you have a premature baby, he may be placed in intensive care, where his tiny body is hooked up to tubes and monitors that help him breathe....
The pericardium is a double layered membrane covering the heart. The pericardium has several important functions, including protecting the heart from injury, acting as an anchor to keep to heart attached to the chest muscles and as a lubricant to...
It’s hard to deny that menopause is a trying time in many women’s lives. In addition to almost a lifetime of monthly menstruation and maybe a pregnancy (or two), the female body now does a sharp about turn and proceeds to ‘shut...
Why do kidney stones appear in women during pregnancy? Kidney stones have been seen to appear rarely in pregnant women; however, they are not that impossible an occurrence. Kidney stones are formed when certain chemicals or the calcium oxalate in...
Pregnancy is a wish fulfilled almost each time. However, some women might have difficulty in conceiving because of a variety of reasons. There are quite some numbers of reasons why a woman cannot get pregnant; these might be because of physical...
Bacterial Vaginosis is yet another type of infection occurring in the vaginal area of women, bacterial vaginosis can occur due to warm weather, bad hygiene conditions and usage of device like the intra uterine device for birth control, etc. Women...
Ovarian cancer is a disease accompanied by the abnormal proliferation of the ovarian cells, resulting in tumors. Occurrence of ovarian cancer is visualized in one or both the ovaries. Ovaries in women produce ova or egg and sex hormones, namely...
Pregnant women with intrauterine infections can transmit the infection to the baby via the placenta. If this is not transmitted while the baby is in the womb, the infection can be acquired by the baby along the birth canal during birthing. This...