Women's Health. Find daily tips on women's health from Dr. David Samadi. Discover latest news and health benefits for common issues related to women's health such as breast cancer, cervical cancer, female cancer screenings and prevention,
Over the years, a woman’s sex drive can often wax and wane due to many complex components. Low libido in women can be a contentious sore spot when your partner wants to engage in sex but she has little to no desire.
Read MoreUp to 85 percent of women experience recurrence of high-grade serous ovarian cancer — the most common subtype of ovarian cancer — after standard treatment with the chemotherapy drug carboplatin.
Read MoreDo an online search for “how to detox” and there are almost 12 million hits up and ready to give out advice on ridding your body of toxins.
Read MoreDoctors, nutritionists and other health nuts all sing the praises of a vegan diet for everyone – with one notable exception of the population: pregnant women.
Read MoreOnce again, the Mediterranean diet appears to be a major player in possibly reducing the risk of breast cancer returning.
Read MoreAs just one function of many in your body's attempt to keep you warm, your heart will actually beat faster in cold weather.
Read MoreWomen who exercise regularly tend to focus on aerobic or cardiovascular fitness making them more of a priority rather than focusing or investing much time in weight lifting.
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For a woman living in the United States, heart disease is the leading cause of death and the earlier in her life a woman takes steps to reduce her risk, the less likely she’ll face that scenario.
Read MoreEach year there are between 100,000 to 200,000 ACL ruptures in the United States. Injury to the ACL is the most common knee joint injury among particularly among athletes.
Read MoreWomen who exercised were less likely to have a C-section than those who did not. The study was published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Read MoreIt is not uncommon for many women to have some sort of sexual problem at some time during their life.
Read MoreWho can forget the soft, subtle fragrance of baby or talcum powder. We associate it with innocence, purity, babies, and …..ovarian cancer?
Read MoreDoctors have long recommended that women do not douche, yet the practice continues, inexplicably.
Read MoreAs the legalization of smoking marijuana in some form or another has steadily grown across the United States, pregnant women have been given the warning not to participate.
Read MoreThere are several reasons why you may be itchy “down there,” and they could all be vaginitis.
Read MoreAny woman will tell you after just having delivered a baby the size of a football, the last thing on her mind is sex.
Read MoreWith a few suggestions on how to keep your love life hot and satisfying, sex post-menopause can be some of the best sex you’ll ever have.
Read MoreFDA has approved Flibanserin, the experimental Viagra for women. The drug can be found under the name of Addyi. In 2010 it rejected the pill for female libido over side effects concerns. Some of the side effects included nausea, dizziness and fainting. Flibanserin is for post-menopausal women who experience a low sex drive. It is produced by the pharmaceutical company Sprout Pharmaceutical.
Read MoreCervical dysplasia is a condition that women can develop before developing cervical cancer. The condition is precancerous and is characterized by the growth of abnormal cells on the lining of the cervix or endocervical canal. Cervical dysplasia is also known as intraepithelial neoplasia. This condition is often associated with HPV, or human papillomavirus, which is a sexually transmitted infection. The condition is most common among women who are younger than thirty years old. However, women of any age can develop it.
Read MoreA new survey titled the 2015 SKYN Condoms Millennial Sex Survey asked 2,814 women and 2,302 men between the ages of 18-34 a series of questions about their sex lives and found that millennial women are orgasming from sex almost as often as men. nearly 90% of women surveyed said they reach an orgasm during sex, compared to 97% of millennial men. Even further, 44% of women say they typically have at least two orgasms during sex compared to 36% of men.
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