What is Hypoparathyroidism?
Your doctor will test your blood and your urine for calcium, PTH, phosphorus, and magnesium. As long as you get enough calcium and vitamin D and ha...
Mehr lesenYour doctor will test your blood and your urine for calcium, PTH, phosphorus, and magnesium. As long as you get enough calcium and vitamin D and ha...
Mehr lesenAlso called Hashimoto's disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease, a disorder in which the immune system turns against the body's o...
Mehr lesenSoreness, swelling, heaviness, shooting or burning pangs, tightness -- whatever the feeling, breast pain hurts. That pain, along with other breast ...
Mehr lesenSome of these also can be signs of other serious medical conditions, like appendicitis or an ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy that happens outside th...
Mehr lesenBacterial vaginosis (BV) is an infection of the vagina. If your lactobacillus levels drop, more bad bacteria move in, and you get BV. A new sex par...
Mehr lesenThe vagina normally contains a healthy balance of bacteria and yeast.
Mehr lesenMore than one-third of all cases of toxic shock involve women under 19, and up to 30% of women who have had the disease will get it again. People w...
Mehr lesenThrough the hormones it produces, the thyroid gland influences almost all of the metabolic processes in your body. The most common thyroid problems...
Mehr lesenResearchers are studying the incidence of breast lumps in women using hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Taking both hormones was shown to increase...
Mehr lesenThis can make your vagina dry, a condition called atrophic vaginitis. Although they may have different symptoms, a diagnosis can be tricky even for...
Mehr lesenA Pap smear, also called a Pap test, is an exam a doctor uses to test for cervical cancer in women. If your test ends up being scheduled for that t...
Mehr lesenIn some women, their ovaries make a lot of small cysts. Other nonfunctional cysts may be caused by cancer. Ovarian cysts in women after menopause (...
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