What Is Macular Degeneration?
Macular degeneration is a group of eye diseases that affects central vision. According to the National Eye Institute, it is the leading cause of severe vision loss among people age 60 and older, especially among Caucasians. The disease tends to occur more often in women than in men. Macular degeneration often is called age-related macular […]
What Is a Hysterectomy?
What Is a Hysterectomy? A hysterectomy, or surgery to remove the uterus, is the second most common major surgery among women in the United States, second only to cesarean section. About one-third of American women will have a hysterectomy by the time they are 60. A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove a woman’s […]
What Is Menopause?
The change of life. The end of fertility. The beginning of freedom. Whatever people call it, menopause is a unique and personal experience for every woman. It’s a natural event that marks the end of fertility and childbearing years. Technically, menopause results when the ovaries no longer release eggs and decrease production of the sex […]
Medication Safety
Women typically are the safekeepers and managers of their families’ health. Women often purchase their families’ medications, take their children and sometimes their parents to medical appointments and frequently make most of the family health care decisions. If this describes your role, there is much to know about how to keep yourself and your family […]
What is Hypnosis?
What is Hypnosis? People have been pondering and arguing over hypnosis for more than 200 years, but science has yet to fully explain how it actually happens. We see what a person does under hypnosis, but it isn’t clear why he or she does it. This puzzle is really a small piece in a much […]
What Is Homeopathy?
What is Homeopathy? Homeopathy is a medical science developed by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann(1755-1843), a German physician. It is based on the principle that “like cures like”. In simple words, it means that any substance, which can produce symptoms in a healthy person, can cure similar symptoms in a person who is sick. This idea is referred to as […]
What is High Blood Pressure?
Overview High blood pressure is also known as hypertension. Blood pressure is the amount of force exerted against the walls of the arteries as blood flows through them. If a person has high blood pressure it means that the walls of the arteries are receiving too much pressure repeatedly – the pressure needs to be chronically elevated […]