CNN – Thirty-eight-year-old Rosy Devi’s body aches most of the time, short walks have become difficult, she loses her breath easily, has chest pain and feels her health is generally getting worse.
It has been a gradual decline, she says, since her hysterectomy in 2019 which led to her prematurely going through menopause.
“I am walking and suddenly feel intense heat in my body and start sweating. And I get chest pain, like someone has hit...
International Society for Sexual Medicine – A yeast infection is the overgrowth of the naturally occurring fungal species, candida, and can occur for a variety of reasons.
Yeast infections often present in the mouth or vagina, and on occasion can grow under the foreskin of uncircumcised penises.
These are quite common in women, with 3 out of 4 reporting at least one yeast infection in their lifetime, usually in women of reproductive age.
Common Symptoms and Causes
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A growing body of research suggests that vitamin D may play a subtler role in mood than previously assumed, becoming most influential only when levels drop to the low end of the spectrum.
Food Safety News – The company linked to an outbreak of infant botulism closed one of its manufacturing plant this year after federal inspectors found numerous safety violations, according to a story by the New York Times.
ByHeart Inc. is implicated in the outbreak because a sample of its powdered infant formula collected from a California patient’s home tested positive for the same strain of botulism that is making babies sick.
The company has recalled all...
Heard on Morning Edition – Conservative podcast host Alex Clark urges her listeners to reconsider hormonal birth control, which she says is overprescribed, and calls it a band-aid that can mask more serious underlying issues, like endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome, which can affect fertility long term.
"I feel like women haven't been given true informed consent when it comes to the hormonal birth control pill," Clark said.
"I don't think that they're being told that...
MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK, ROCHESTER, Minn. — A new study from Mayo Clinic underscores the widespread impact of menopause symptoms on midlife women — and raises concern that most are navigating this stage of life without medical care to help manage those challenges.
The study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, was based on responses from nearly 5,000 women ages 45-60 who were surveyed across four Mayo Clinic primary care locations. More than 3 out of 4 respondents experienced menopause symptoms, with...