Who, then, is most likely to be a genetic candidate for the disease? Ten to twenty years ago (perhaps longer), the implicit assumption was that endometriosis was a disease carried by and exclusive to white middle-class women who were under stress and career-oriented. No real data was collected on the incidence of the disease within [...]

Menstruation is a normal part of a girl’s development. Some girls start having periods at the age of nine while others do not have a period until they are fourteen or older.

At the time of their period some girls develop bad stomach cramps or pains. Because pain is nature’s way of telling us that something [...]

When you have your laparoscopy you will be in hospital for one or two days. An increasing number of hospitals are now doing laparoscopies as a day procedure, which means that you will be admitted early in the morning and discharged later the same day.

After you have been admitted to the ward a medical history [...]

Farmers give their cattle antibiotics to speed their growth as well as hormones to increase the supply of milk per cow. A generation ago, an individual cow would produce approximately 9 liters (2 gallons) of milk per day; now it yields 56 liters (12 gallons) per day. These hormones must surely end up in the [...]

This is a loose term that describes a variety of mood disturbances during the first 12 months after childbirth. Postpartum depression is common, affecting one or two out of every ten mothers. The degree of mood disturbance ranges from mild and transient to bouts of profound depression, fortunately uncommon, that may recur throughout life.

In most [...]

As with any surgical procedure, there are some risks and possible complications though with modern techniques abortion is probably the least risky of all operations (and the most often performed, worldwide). Today you have more chancel dying from a single injection of pent than from a lawful abortion.

In general the earlier on in the pregnancy, [...]

Advantages of an IUD

• It is highly effective.

• There are no side-effects on the rest of the body.

• It is a reversible method of contraception.

• It is independent of intercourse.

• Only one action (insertion) is needed for long-term contraception.

• There is no expense after the initial outlay.

Disadvantages of an IUD

• It may cause menstrual side-effects, [...]

Sexual excitement

As attraction develops further it leads to sexual excitement, during which all our senses as well as our intellect and emotions contribute to a need for sexual gratification. Feelings of excitement and tension are concentrated in our genital organs but also involve the whole body and mind. Things that lead to sexual excitement are [...]

Putting on fat is one of the normal developments of puberty for girls. Many teenage girls worry that they’re becoming too fat. Surveys tell us that around half of all Australian girls (and a quarter of the boys) in the senior years of high school have tried to reduce their weight by dieting.

How much fat [...]