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Women's Health

Antimicrobial Resistance and Women: The Time to Act Is Now

+ Flipbook text1: Why is AMR a dangerous public health crisis? When you take medication for an infection, sometimes whatever is making you sick ha...

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Your Period: What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

Menstrual cramps and heavy bleeding are often seen as “just part of having a period,” but they can also be signs that something’s not quite right with...

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Overactive Bladder 101

It’s hard enough finding time to get together with our girlfriends between family responsibilities, work and (trying to) squeeze in a workout. We shou...

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I Paid for My Lifelong Love of Tanning with a Melanoma Diagnosis — at Age 26

As told to Erica RimlingerI used to be the person who showed up to the Christmas party every year bronzed and glowing with a fresh tan. A tan was part...

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Atherosclerosis and Heart Disease

+ Flipbook textSlide 2 What is atherosclerosis? Atherosclerosis happens when plaque (a sticky substance made mostly of fat and cholesterol) slowly bui...

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Is Multitasking Harming Your Brain?

Sitting at my desk one afternoon, I was on hold with my insurance company for 20 minutes, half listening to their repetitive music. I was also researc...

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Immunotherapy for Melanoma, Explained

Melanoma is one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer. This is mostly because it spreads more aggressively than other skin cancers. While melanoma rep...

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Statement on FDA Removal of Blackbox Warnings on Estrogen-Based Hormone Therapy Products for Menopause

As a leading voice in women’s midlife health, HealthyWomen recognizes the important step taken by the FDA to improve access to hormone therapy (HT) pr...

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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: How to Share a Sexual Fantasy with Your Partner

Emily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, author and podcast host. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex.When Camilla...

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Caregiving for a Partner with Prostate Cancer and Lymphedema

November is National Family Caregivers Month.Lymphedema is a build-up of a watery fluid in your body called lymph, causing chronic swelling, usually i...

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Is Multitasking Stressing You Out?

Sitting at my desk one afternoon, I was on hold with my insurance company for 20 minutes, half listening to their repetitive music. I was also researc...

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Caregiving for a Partner with Prostate Cancer Can Be Harder Than We Admit to Ourselves

November is National Family Caregivers Month.Shay Greenwood, a wife and mother of five children, said she was exhausted and developing a pretty big ch...