Browsing: Women’s Health

Breastfeeding fosters a strong bond and offers numerous health benefits for both mother and baby. It provides optimal nutrition and supports immunity, while aiding postpartum recovery. Despite its naturalness, new moms often face challenges.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) affects 10% of women of reproductive age, causing irregular periods, excess hair growth, and ovarian cysts. With lifestyle changes and treatments like medication, most women can manage symptoms and lead a healthy life.

For many years, scientists have thought of the mother’s immune system to be repressed during pregnancy to facilitate the growth…

Syphilis in acute and late stages is still prevalent in the developing world and is becoming an emerging problem again…

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) is caused by an infection developing in the female’s upper genital tract that is usually caused…

Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection that infects both men and women. It causes infections in the genitals, throat and…

Like genital herpes, chlamydia is one of the most common bacterial sexually transmissible infection (STI) worldwide with an annual global…

Herpes simplex virus-2, also known as HSV-2, is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections throughout the world and…

Earlier this year, a Singaporean woman together with her newborn daughter plummeted to her death. The sound of breaking bamboo…

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