Essays on Women's Health

Mental Illnesses in women have only recently been accepted and understood. In the mid 1800s, women with any form of mental disease were diagnosed with “hysteria” or “neurasthenia,” isolated from her family and her normal life, and submitted to cruel and unusual treatment. Charlotte Perkins...

Critical Analysis of Women’s Health – Emergency Contraception The website I will be analyzing is under the URL womenshealth.gov meaning that it is run by a government agency, specifically the Office on Women’s Health, and focuses on emergency contraception, also known as emergency birth control....

Things Essential For Women`s Health As women we are always trying to find a good balance between the demands of our family and work which often leads to neglecting to nutritional needs allowing them to be put on the back burner. Your probably like me...

Women should have the control over their own body to protect themselves from any physical or mental harm. Many women endanger their lives for continuing the pregnancy or they are not ready for the change that the baby will make in their lives. This research...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a complex endocrine metabolic disorder that affects how a woman`s ovaries work. It primarily involves ovarian hyperandrogenism and linked with insulin resistance. (Minerva Pediatrica, 2010) Associated with polycystic ovaries, menstrual dysfunction, anovulation, ovulatory dysfunction and other metabolic disturbances. Also known...

At the point when the word abortion is heard, it is constantly connected with many negative things, such as murder and inhumanity. However not authorizing abortion makes a large issue for woman not only here in the Philippines but around the world. Having a child...

"Your outlook having a sense of optimism and purpose seems to be predictive of health outcomes," says Dr. Laura Kubzansky, professor of social and behavioral sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Our health completely depends on our state of health. Each emotion...

An Introduction to Female Genital Mutilation Female genital mutilation also called as the circumcision of the Female genital cutting or the semi or complete removal of the external female genitalia or even injuring the female genital organs for non-medical, culture or some fanatical religious reasons....

The increasing incidence of caesarean sections and maternal age globally predisposed more to the incidence of placenta praevia in the obstetric population (Ikechebelu & Onwusulu, 2007). Uncomplicated cases of placenta previa should be delivered by elective cesarean section between 36 and 37 weeks. Reported risk...

What is it like when becoming a mother? This is a difficult question to answer because it depends on the person who is going through it. Being a mother can be a joyful but stressful as in same time. However, it is life changing. Many...

Urinary Incontinence (UI) is defined as accidently leaking of urine at an inappropriate time and in an inappropriate place and is associated with reduced quality of life for older adults. It is common in aging women and it is not surprising to consider that UI...

Although menopause is not a disease, however, there are many drugs available for the treatment of such symptoms. Many women are uncomfortable with the risks and side effects associated with these drugs. Fortunately, there are a lot of natural remedies that can be used to...

Depo-Provera is a brand name for Medroxyprogesterone acetate, a female contraceptive injection that contains progestin hormone. Ideally called the injection or DP, it was approved in 1992 by the Federal Drug Administration as a type of contraception (Shoup, 2012). The progesterone in the infusion is...