Post your pregnancy or childbirth story!
Hi all,At RH Reality Check we are asking women to share your (short) pregnancy and/or childbirth stories to help a fabulous group, Raising Women's Voices, advocate for women's health car ...
Help with bleeding after sex
Please help I am a 55 yr old female have not been sexually active for almost 2 yearsand yester I had sex and it was sooo sorei actually bled what is the problem and what can I do to make it better. I ...
Birth weight 'sets future health'
Blood vessel changes linked to poor health later in life can be spotted within a few years in boys born small, say scientists. Eight-year-olds who were smaller at birth were more likely to have "vasc ...
Mom gives birth to sextuplets, then trains for...
I saw a story on TV last night about a woman who gave birth to sextuplets, and after coming home with the babies and they started to grow, began training for a marathon with walks ...
Obese Women Have Higher Risk of Giving Birth to...
Women who are obese before becoming pregnant have a higher risk of giving birth to babies with congenital defects, such as missing limbs or underdeveloped spinal cords, according to researchers at the ...
Folate-Rich 'Super Tomato' Could Cut Birth Defects
You say tomato, scientists say "fewer birth defects."
U.S. researchers say they've created a folic acid-enriched "super tomato" that could cut the rate of birth defects, anemia and other folate def ...
Bleeding issues and Quikclot
I have read a couple of blogs regarding excess bleeding associated with Coumadin use, including nose bleeds. I have used a product that has helped ...
Excess Weight Can Cause Cancer
According to American Cancer Society women who gained 21-30 lbs after they turned 18 are 40% more likely to develop breast cancer than women who gained only five po ...
Pancreatic Cancer Linked to Excess Weight
In a study of 144 pancreatic cancer patients and 429 people without the disease, a group of patients with low levels of the protein IGFBP-1 were at about twice the risk of developing pancreatic cancer ...
