About eighty-five percent of all women suffer from PMS or PMDD at some point in their lives. Premenstrual Syndrome is a dreadful condition that precedes your period and causes uncomfortable symptoms like backaches and cramps. Luckily, there are a number of tried remedies to live happier with PMS.
Depression, cramps, and headaches are some of the symptoms that mark the onset of the "Oh So Dreadful" days as most women associate with. These are the days when women suffer from Premenstrual Syndrome or PMS. It has become such a common term these days that it needs no introduction. Premenstrual Syndrome is a group of signs and symptoms that affect women during the week preceding the start of their period.
Women in the UK will be able to purchase Gina 10 mg vaginal tablets without prescription from September from their local pharmacies, announced the Medicines
and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) product, Gina 10 microgram vaginal tablets (containing estradiol) are used for the treatment of vaginal symptoms such as
dryness, soreness, itching, burning and uncomfortable sex caused by oestrogen deficiency in postmenopausal Women aged 50 years and above who have not had a period
for at least one year.
The decision to reclassify these vaginal tablets follows a safety review by the MHRA, independent advice from the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM), and a public
consultation.
The UK regulator sought views from patients, pharmacists, prescribers and a wide range of stakeholders including the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists,
the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, the British Pharmacopoeia Commission and the British Menopause Society.
Women's health company Hertility has acquired the Netherlands-based fertility and hormone testing company Grip, increasing their market share in the Women's health space and positioning them for rapid international expansion.
Hertility said the acquisition will expand its own dataset and help them reach their goal of drastically cutting down the time to diagnosis of female health conditions.
The UK start-up, launched in September 2020, offers a machine-learning healthcare solution, giving Women insight on their reproductive health, through an at-home
hormone test, individual results and a route to care. Founded by scientists and powered by an (all female) research team, Hertility is building a science-backed eco-system of care around every woman.
Hertility is planning on launching in Ireland this summer and the Netherlands before the end of the year and is already offering end to end gynae and fertility care with a team of over 30 experts.
"This acquisition is a coming together of Women who are on a mission to drive real change in Women's health. We are over the moon to have taken Grip under our wing, and will be taking Hertility into new markets, starting with the Netherlands," Dr Helen O'Neill, founder of Hertility, commented.
In a unified effort to improve women's healthcare, four leading organisations-the Company Chemists' Association (CCA), the National Pharmacy Association (NPA),
the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), and the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH)-are calling for the commissioning of a National Emergency
Hormonal Contraception (EHC) service in England.
They are proposing that this service be provided free of charge through community pharmacies to women of all ages across the country.
They emphasised that such a service would "not only transform access to care for all women, but directly tackle health inequalities and vastly improve health
outcomes."
Hip problems can be a huge pain. Most regular movements are made possible by the hip joint, so problems in the area can make daily activities difficult. For some reason, women are increasingly affected with hip problems.
Bikini Season is round the corner and it is time for the women to shape their body by working on their abs. We will tell you about a few awesome workouts w
Women are advised to be in touch with their breasts due to increased risk of getting the breast cancer as the risk is same for Women around the globe so they asked to enlighten their awareness on regular basis and it is possible by staying in touch with this part of the body so that they can become familiar with their breasts as several changes take place in this part of the body throughout the life. breast awareness
As breast cancer is known as a silent killer so most of the times there are no outwards sign of this cancer; however some of the outward signs are lumps, thickening of breast tissue or a dimple in breast and some of the uncommon signs are redness, swelling or enlarged lymph node in the armpit although in presence of these signs it's not confirm that a woman has breast cancer because these signs can take place in case of other abnormalities as well as women breasts are prone to change throughout the life so women should be aware of the certain changes which normally take place during the course of life so that she can identify abnormal changes that may be diagnosed as breast cancer symptoms at some stage of life.
According to Fitness magazine reports, NOT just overweight people (especially women), but about 90% of women have cellulite. Cellulite is a skin that shows up on the thighs and rear.
A Canadian researcher involved in a study that uncovered a drug capable of significantly reducing the risk of breast cancer in high-risk, postmenopausal women calls the finding a "landmark" discovery. The American Society of Clinical Oncology announced that a massive international clinical trial has found the drug exemestane cuts the risk of cancer for such women by about two-thirds.
According to a research, it was found that almost 43% percent of women suffer from the sexual dysfunction, while this percentage is 31% in men. There are lot of concerns, which are raised regarding the women's sexuality and maintaining its integrity.
In the past, women did not use to talk about their sex life, but now they are coming out of the shadows and expressing concerns about their sexual desires and looking for ways to boost up their libido. Many women have also made confessions that they do need sexual boost occasionally in the bedroom. During the phase of menopause, body of a woman goes through lots of psychological, physical and hormonal changes
Although every hormone plays an important role in the body of women, but Testosterone Hormone plays a major part in making them healthy and with better sexual function as well. It boosts up the appetite of women, fuels up the immune system, and assists the development of muscle tissue in the body
Testosterone is recognized as the hormone of desire: it makes muscles for boys and turns them into sexually functional men. However, testosterone is very important to a woman, therefore testosterone treatment has its significance for the hormone deficient women. She produces increased amounts of this hormone in her puberty, because testosterone is the precursor to estrogen. Without testosterone, there would be no "woman."
Most of the healthcare providers believe that HRT plays an important role in making a woman look younger. However, it responds differently in various conditions. Similarly HRT which is taken by women with POF is quite different from the hormone therapy that women adopt who have passed through the menopause phase.
Lauren Fant, left, 18, winces as she receives her third and final application of the HPV vaccine administered by nurse Stephanie Pearson at a doctor's office in Marietta, Ga. A new study finds that 7% of participating men and women ages 14 to 69 have oral HPV. The HPV vaccine is one recommended type of protection. (John Amis / Associated Press / December 18, 2007)