Gynaecology Archives - Page 16 of 294

Medicine or Drug Overdose

A drug overdose occurs after a person consumes too much of a drug, medication or poison. Overdose can occur accidentally when a person inadvertently takes the incorrect medication or dose, or when they intentionally misuse drugs to get ‘high’ or with the intention of...

Psoriasis Subtypes

Psoriasis is a disease which affects multiple systems within the body, predominantly the skin and the joints. Skin disease which can present in multiple different ways and degrees of severity is the hallmark of psoriasis. The severity of psoriasis is defined in terms of how much...

Eating and exercising your way through menopause

Healthy eating and regular physical activity are an important part of healthy living and important measure for women going through menopause. Regardless of the other treatments menopausal women choose to use, lifestyle measures to improve diet and physical activity should be...

Scrambled Eggs

Use this recipe to make scrambled eggs with very little effort. Serve them for breakfast or a light meal which is healthy, with very little added fat.

Guide to living well with menopause

Menopause is a time of significant and often unpleasant changes in a woman’s life. The majority of women (up to 85%) experience symptoms related to the dramatic hormonal changes of menopause.

Sleep disturbances in menopause

Introduction to menopausal sleep disturbances Physiology of sleep Why are sleep disturbances more common in menopause? Hormonal changes Vasomotor symptoms […]

Alcohol Consumption: Long-Term Health Consequences

While the effect of alcohol on some health outcomes is fairly straightforward there is still much more research that needs to be done to determine the relationship between the pattern and quantity of alcohol consumption and a multitude of health outcomes.