Water retention due to your period is annoying and really not necessary, when you think about it, yet many women still experience it. While you can't completely stop your body's tendency to hold onto water at that time, you can reduce the effects of the water retention and make your life a little easier. The habits that will help you stop the water retention are good
- Menopause is called the big change for a reason, even though some women experience few symptoms. For others, one of the symptoms can be downright terrifying—and gross. It's called menopause flooding. Imagine, if you will, a faucet suddenly turning on, no matter where you are or what you are doing. Hopefully, if this happens to you, you won't be out in public. Here's w
- One of the ways to best prevent you from becoming pregnant if you're sexually active is taking birth control pills. You will need to get a prescription for these from your medical provider. Of course, it's essential for you to be healthy to take this medication. It's important to know specific things about these pills that may be helpful to you. Effectiveness Birth co
- If you're trying to have a baby, there are certain things that you know that you should probably do to increase your chances of getting pregnant and having a healthy pregnancy. You might give up smoking or drinking alcohol, exercise more, and take more care to eat a healthy diet, for example. But there could be some other factors affecting your fertility and making it
- Men are fortunate in one regard--they only experience anal prolapses. Women, on the other hand, can have everything drop out the bottom, from their bladders to their anuses. When weird flaps of something start hanging out "down there," and/or you are finding it very difficult to urinate, it is time (ladies!) to see your gynecologist. Here are the three kinds of prolap