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It’s a fact that women gain weight during pregnancy. You are growing another human being who, in the end, usually weight anywhere from six to nine pounds when he or she is born. The saying “eating for two” is a myth. You only really need to eat a few hundred more calories [...]

My name is Julie Cottle from NaturalTransition.com and these are my Top 10 tips for happy breastfeeding technique. There are many more suggestions available at my site.
- Make sure you are comfortable. Whether you choose to feed lying down or sitting up make sure you are comfortable and will be able to remain comfortable if [...]

Most people commonly associate hypertension with men. It is as if women could not develop the disease. It is because most information on hypertension center around excessive drinking, smoking, and sedentary lifestyle as the primary causes of developing hypertension. It is scarcely believable to think of women having the same lifestyle portrayed on men who [...]

Urinary incontinence refers to a condition when a person has great difficulty holding one’s urine from flowing out. As such, the condition entails an involuntary leakage of urine. Because of this condition, a person feels embarrassment and it has a profound impact on one’s lifestyle as well as on one’s personality.
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Interstitial cystitis is a disease among women that is also commonly known as painful bladder syndrome. It refers to a disease in the urinary bladder whose cause may remain unknown. The disease is characterized by pain during urination, urinary frequency as often as every 10 minutes, and pressure in the bladder or in the pelvis.
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Urinary tract infection or UTI is one of the most common infections that affect women. In the course of her lifetime, a woman may encounter more than one case of urinary tract infection. Despite repeated warnings from health experts that urinary tract infections by themselves are not something women should be concerned about, the infection [...]

A woman’s blood pressure is one of her most reliable clues in determining if her cardiovascular system is in good condition. Blood pressure is monitored with the aid of an instrument called sphygmomanometer, which measures the pressure or force per unit area exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels. It is worthy [...]

It is a sad reality that most women consider death from heart diseases as second only to breast cancer as the main cause of death. While it cannot be denied that breast cancer is also a top killer in women, it is wrong to think that heart diseases do not affect women that much. This [...]

Heart attack is one of the leading causes of death in the world. It occurs when there is an interruption of the blood supply to a part of the heart which causes some heart cells to die. The interruption in the supply of blood is most commonly due to a blockage in any of the [...]

A woman who has bladder problems may find her life adversely affected. This is because any problem with the bladder can make it difficult to engage in daily activities. One common bladder problem is urinary incontinence wherein a woman is unable to hold her urine from leaking. As a result, a woman feels alone and [...]