Breastfeeding: Rewards and Challenges Feb 01 04:28am Breastfeeding is in vogue again and for good reason. It's a wonderful, natural way to supply necessary and nutrient-rich milk to a newborn. But while many women are able to breastfeed so easily they make it seem an instinctual process, even more... Read more

Hot Flashes: Turning Down the Heat Jan 31 05:19am As a child, I remember sitting in the backseat behind my grandmother on car rides and wondering why, in the middle of winter, she would suddenly turn beet-red and roll down the window to let in the icy air. Years later, I saw my mother, after... Read more

The Pill: Not Just for Birth Control Jan 29 09:24am Women choose to take oral contraceptives for many reasons besides birth control - to reduce the number of periods they have per year, for example, or to lessen cramps during menstruation. And so I was surprised recently to meet a young woman who had... Read more

Bone Up on Bone Health Jan 19 12:26pm A dear, close friend of mine has broken a few bones in her time. As a child, she had the uncommon misfortune of being born with a dislocated hip, what's now referred to as developmental dysplasia of the hip, a condition more common in females... Read more

What Causes Female Belly Pains? Jan 16 11:43am It's amazing all the aches and pains that can crop up inside a woman's belly! I've written before about urinary tract infections, a common cause of lower abdominal pain. Let's run through a few other possible sources of pain, going... Read more

Urinary Infections: Are They Unavoidable? Jan 11 02:48am The female body is a beautiful design, but the location and pathway of the urethra - the tube through which urine flows out of the bladder - is a set-up for infections. Unlike that of men (which is situated along the entire length of the penis), in... Read more

Counting Sheep Too Often? Jan 04 12:13pm Most women have bouts of insomnia-the failure to fall asleep or stay asleep or both-at some point in their lives . I recall the experience of one woman I knew: Several weeks before her wedding, she began a nightly ritual of lying awake for hours,... Read more