women’s health

With so many supplements on the market, it can be difficult knowing where to begin in finding one that suits your body and needs. A new range of female-targeted supplements known as femMED have been released that take the confusion out of…

With teenagers surrounded by sexual imagery and liberal handouts of contraceptives, it is natural to assume that young people will have sex. Unfortunately, this has its own share of problems, such as the risks of…

Once women pass the age of 40, the dreaded menopause becomes a ticking time bomb of worrying for them. With so many myths surrounding this stage in a woman's life, it's easy to understand why so many women worry about what's to come. Most…

The ups-and-downs of birth control are as lucid as they are useful, with sexually-active couples taking advantage of a clean and healthy method to preventing problems. With teenagers, being sexually-active is as familiar to them…

While the amount of blood each women passes during a period varies significantly, some women experience extremely heavy periods - this is characterised by passing more than 80ml of blood each period. Naturally, the ability to measure how…

You might be the buff bunny in the gym, the weekend warrior or simply the humble dietician – but the truth is, you could also be missing out on some important ingredients in your lifestyle. For women, living healthily is almost becoming a…

It can be easy to think of hormones as being something that we have no control over. But the reality is that your lifestyle does actually have a very important role to play in keeping your hormones balanced and your symptoms in check.…

You may never have heard of vaginismus but is a psychological condition that causes sexual problems for a large number of women across the UK. The condition is characterised by a powerful physical response. Whenever there's an attempt to…

If you are still a young woman, the word ‘menopause’ might not feature very often in your thoughts. However, there are many women like you who don’t consider menopause to be a problem yet in their life, but are already experiencing symptoms…

According to the latest UN reports, around 800 women die every day during pregnancy and childbirth, and for each of these deaths, another the wellbeing of another 20 is affected by lifelong suffering due to injury, infection, disease or…

There are many things that we associate with increasing our risk of arthritis symptoms. Too many repetitive tasks that use the joints are often blamed, and this can be one of the strongest triggers for the condition. Another problem is…

Accounting for just four percent of cancers in women, ovarian cancer can be treated far more easily if it is caught early. This form of cancer is caused by an uncontrolled growth of aberrant cells in the ovaries, of which the severity is…

Experiencing the onset of the menopause at a younger age than you might expect can be an upsetting experience, especially if you do not feel that the fertile time in your life is complete. There are many psychological and physical wellness…

The idea of the menopause can be quite daunting, as you look ahead to a time of turbulent hormonal changes which will occur and the associated psychological factors associated with this change in your life which can cause physical and…

Going through the menopause is something that many women dread. Despite its inevitability it can still cause an awful lot of stress. Now it seems, however, that women who begin the menopause early may have more to worry about than the…

Arthritis is known as one of the most common health concerns, affecting millions of people across the world. It’s most likely to occur later in life, but the disease can attack anyone at virtually any time. There are a number of different…

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a problem in the lives of many women. Causing discomfort and pain, PMS can interfere with daily routines and affect wellness in general. It’s no surprise, then, that women are always interested in finding new…

Going through the menopause can be a stressful time for any woman. One common complaint that makes things even worse is hot flushes. A very high percentage of women going through the menopause suffer with regular hot flushes and night…

Having a hysterectomy means that for the first four to six weeks, you will be in recovery and advised not to have any sex. After this time, if you feel ready both physically and emotionally, you can then embark on reintroducing sex into…

Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory condition which generally affects the joints but can also cause inflammation in organs too. It’s an autoimmune disorder which means that the body misinterprets a threat where there isn’t one and…

Diabetes is an epidemic that affects the wellbeing of people all over the world, regardless of whether it comes as an autoimmune disorder or from lifestyle and eating habits. However, you might not know this but there is a type of diabetes,…

When you have pre-diabetes, not only is your wellbeing at risk to diabetes further down the line, but you’re also at a higher risk of developing gestational diabetes, which affects the wellness of not only you, but your little one too.…

Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from an anxiety disorder. This alarming statistic raises a lot of questions for medical science and mental health. Is this something that can be blamed on hormones alone? And could it also be…

None of us idealise getting older, but it seems that this is a phenomenon even harder for women than men. The cultural ideal of female beauty becomes even harder to live with when you start to get on in years, as we are daily reminded by…

The symptoms of vaginitis affect most women at some point in their lives - the itching, burning pain, and discharge that comes with a yeast infection are uncomfortable and undesirable no matter what age you are unfortunate enough to develop…