Women’s Health

Try Self-Help Strategies to Reduce Urine Leakage

Mar 24, 2021 · · Women's Health
Urinary incontinence (UI) is very common among postmenopausal women: According to a national poll, 43 percent of women in their 50s and early 60s had experienced urine leakage (incontinence), while 51 percent of the women over age 65 sometimes had leakage. However, two-thirds of the women who had urine leakage … Read More

Mammograms: To Test or Not to Test?

Feb 23, 2021 · · Women's Health
Estimates indicate that since 1989, hundreds of thousands of women’s lives have been saved by early detection through mammography and improvements in breast cancer treatment. The American Cancer Society (ACS) reports that most incidences of breast cancer are found in women over the age of 45. The ACS expects that … Read More

Noteworthy Newsbriefs: Female Chromosomes Confer Alzheimer’s Protection.; FDA Issues Breast Cancer Drug Alert.

Oct 19, 2020 · · Women's Health
Female Chromosomes Confer Alzheimer’s Protection. A recent study out of UC San Francisco offers a look at how sex chromosomes affect vulnerability to Alzheimer’s and helps explain why women survive longer and with less severe symptoms than men during early stages of the disease. Women have a second X chromosome, so they … Read More

Put a Stop to Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

Sep 22, 2020 · · Women's Health
If you’ve ever had a urinary tract infection (UTI), you are familiar with the symptoms: an urgent, frequent need to urinate and a painful, burning sensation during urination. UTIs are the second most common infection in the U.S., accounting for more than 8 million doctor visits each year, according to … Read More

Study Suggests Why Alzheimer’s More Common in Women

Aug 21, 2020 · · Women's Health
About two-thirds of people living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are women, and for many years the explanation has been that women simply tend to live longer than men. But recent research, published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggests that hormonal changes due to menopause—specifically … Read More

At What Age Should Screening Mammograms Stop?

Aug 21, 2020 · · Women's Health
For many women, regular breast cancer screening is standard medical protocol. But for older women, should it be? Clinical trials have shown that screening women in their 50s and 60s decreases breast cancer deaths. However, the point at which women can safely stop screening because it no longer decreases breast … Read More

Treatment Options for Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Jul 17, 2020 · · Women's Health
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) occurs when the muscles and tissues of the vagina can no longer support surrounding organs (uterus, bladder, and rectum). As a consequence, one or more of the organs protrude (prolapse) into the vagina. It sounds frightening, but it’s rarely life threatening. It is, however, quite common: … Read More

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