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Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Do you suffer from pelvic organ prolapse? You are not alone. Pelvic organ prolapse is more common than you might think, and its incidence increases after having children and as women get older. In fact, believe it or not, it is estimated that almost 50% of all women between the ages of 50 and 79 […]

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Why You Should Consider a Midwife for Your Delivery

Did you know? While midwives are typically only associated with pregnancy and delivery processes, a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) is also able to provide a host of other services for female gynecological health. These services include, but are not limited to, contraception, preconception planning, annual exams, infections and laboratory testing. The use of midwives has […]

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Urinary Incontinence Solutions

Did you know that 56% of all postmenopausal women experience urinary incontinence at least once a week? And across the United States, more than 11 million women of all age groups deal with urine leakage on a regular basis. As common as urinary incontinence is, it’s not normal, even though many women accept it as […]

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Single-Site Robotic Hysterectomy: Virtually Scarless With a Quick Recovery

Hysterectomies are the second most common major surgery for women of child-bearing age, with almost 600,000 of them being performed in the U.S. each year. The reasons why women undergo this procedure to remove the uterus vary, from cancer or fibroid tumors to prolapse or endometriosis. Up until recently, all options for hysterectomies – vaginal […]

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What Women Need To Know About Hormonal Imbalances

What comes to mind first when you think of the phrase hormonal imbalance? If you’re like most women, you immediately think of pre-menstrual syndrome or menopause. And while those are definitely two instances where hormonal imbalances occur, they are by no means the only ones. Women can experience problems stemming from hormonal issues at any […]

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Menopause: What To Expect

It’s something that’s joked about and whispered about, feared and dreaded. It’s got all kinds of euphemistic names – the change of life, the silent passage, the middle-age spread, that time of life. And it does mark a significant milestone in any woman’s life. But menopause does not have to be a negative experience for […]

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Safe Sex and STD Prevention

We have all heard about the importance of having safe sex, whether it was from our middle school health teacher, our parents or siblings, or even from a book or video that was given to us in hopes that we’d learn about “the birds and the bees.” However, while we have all heard about how […]

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What is The Best Method Of Birth Control?

When it comes to planning a family, every woman is different. Some envision having eight kids, while others only plan to have one. Some women don’t want to start planning to have a baby until long after they’re married, while others want to get started with having a family right away. However, if having kids […]

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Why Women’s Preventative Health Care is So Important

When it comes to women’s health, you can never be too cautious or too careful about caring for your body and taking preventative steps to ward off common dangers. After all, it is easier to fight a potential problem in the early stages, rather than wait until the problem fully develops into something more serious. […]

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What Women Need to Know About STDs and Bacterial Vaginosis

For many women all over the world, the idea of safe sex simply means protecting yourself from having a baby if you are not yet ready for one. This is why many women choose to use helpful aids like birth control medication, implantable birth control or permanent contraception when they are sexually active, as they […]

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