Women's Health
72 Articles & Excerpts
Speaking Our Truth
 Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing
by Christiane Northrup, M.D.
During the month after this book was initially published, I had a series of nightmares that someone was in my bedroom about to kill me. For five consecutive nights I woke up screaming in terror, scaring my children as well as myself.
Chapter One
 The Good Body
by Eve Ensler
When I was a little girl people used to ask me, What do you want to be when you grow up? Good, I would say. I want to be good. Becoming good was harder than becoming a doctor or an astronaut or a lifeguard. There are tests to pass to become those things
Autoimmune Diseases
by Women's Health Information Center
Our bodies have an immune system that protects us from disease and infection. But if you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system attacks itself by mistake, and you can get sick. Autoimmune diseases can affect connective tissue in your body
Taking Care of You
 The Doctor's Complete College Girls' Health Guide
by Jennifer Wider, M.D.
Did you ever play that game: What three items would you take if you were stranded on a desert island? Or what would you need if you got stuck in a cave or buried in an avalanche?
My Story
 Time Off for Good Behavior: How Hardworking Women Can Take a Break and Change Their Lives
by Mary Lou Quinlan
Sister, Sister, call on me! I can still hear my high-pitched first grade voice, shouting those first Type A good girl words to Sister Thomas Anice. It was the fall of 1959 in St. Helena's School in Philadelphia and I was already in a hurry to succeed.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
by George M. Gould, M.D., Walter L. Pyle, M.D.
Baudeloque speaks of a case of superfetation observed by Desgranges in Lyons in 1780. After the birth of the first infant the lochia failed to flow, no milk appeared in the breasts, and the belly remained large. In about three weeks after the accouchement
Sexually Transmitted Diseases for Women
by Women's Health Information Center
The United States has the highest rates of STDs in the industrialized world. In the United States alone, an estimated 15.3 million new cases of STDs are reported each year. Women suffer more frequent and more serious complications from STDs than men.
The Body and Soul Reunion
 Consciously Female: How to Listen to Your Body and Your Soul for a Lifetime of Healthier Living
by Tracey W. Gaudet, M.D., Paula Spencer
Tracey W. Gaudet, M.D., is director of the Duke Center for Integrative Medicine at Duke University Medical School and a practicing, board-certified Ob-Gyn. She was the founding executive director of Dr. Andrew Weil's Program in Integrative Medicine
Doctor and Patient
by S. Weir Mitchell, M.D.
A good many years ago I wrote a short paper, meant to capture popular attention, under the title of 'Camp Cure.' I have reason to think that it was of use, but I have been led to regret that I did not see when it was written that what I therein
Girls and Women
by Harriet E. Paine
Mr. Clapp says enthusiastically that we cannot imagine Rosalind or Portia or Cordelia or Juliet with neuralgia or headache. And I believe that Shakespeare's women have now taken the place of the more lackadaisical and sentimental heroines of the past
Spring
 An Arrow Through the Heart
by Deborah Daw Heffernan
There is a weight on my chest. Right between my breasts, pressing on my breastbone — as though the atmosphere ripped open a shaft from the heavens to me and the sky poured down onto this one spot. Observant, detached, slowing down, breathing careful
Toxic Shock Sydrome: Reducing the Risk of TSS
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Tampon users 15 to 19 years old are the most frequent victims of toxic shock sydrome. Using low-absorbency tampons is one way to reduce the risk of this rare but sometimes fatal illness. Women taking the necessary measures to prevent menstrually-related
Structure and Stricture
 Pain Free for Women: The Revolutionary Program for Ending Chronic Pain
by Pete Egoscue
Whether you suffer from back or neck pain, joint discomfort or sore knees, or need more stamina, improved balance, and extra strength, here is a revolutionary and proven approach to self-care that promises optimal health through a simple set of exercises
Menstruation and the Menstrual Cycle
by Women's Health Information Center
Menstruation is a woman's monthly bleeding. It is also called menses, menstrual period, or period. When a woman has her period, she is menstruating. The menstrual blood is partly blood and partly tissue from the inside of the uterus (womb).
The Mind
With The V Book, women will learn everything they need to know about the basics of vulvovaginal-or 'V'-health, an essential yet often overlooked area of women's health. Dr. Elizabeth G. Stewart, the nation's foremost expert in vulvovaginal care and sexual
Recognizing Your Postreproductive Problem
 Ever Since I Had My Baby
by Roger Goldberg, M.D., M.P.H.
Pelvic-floor disorders are much more common than you might think - millions of women suffer from one or more symptoms of pelvic-floor injury. These problems often stem from the strain placed on the body during pregnancy and childbirth, although symptoms
Women Are At Greater Risk for Depression than Men
by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Major depression and dysthymia affect twice as many women as men. This two-to-one ratio exists regardless of racial and ethnic background or economic status. The same ratio has been reported in ten other countries all over the world.
Women in Second Adulthood
 Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood
by Suzanne Levine
My first step into Second Adulthood was backward off a ninety-foot cliff. On impulse, I had signed up for an Outward Bound program and found myself poised in full rappelling gear - harness, helmet, and guide rope - to walk down the face of what could just
Wake-Up Call
 Take It to Heart: The Real Deal On Women and Heart Disease
by Pamela Serure
Blindsided by her sudden bypass surgery, Pamela Serure turned her life-altering experience into a personal mission to help educate other women about this dangerous and far-reaching disease.
Women with Disability
by CDC
As many as one in five women in the United States are living with disabilities. Disability is a broad term that encompasses a sizable range of conditions and diseases.
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