Health & Fitness

There are many kinds of fertility treatments that can help women get pregnant. Talk to your provider to find out if one is right for you. Fertility treatment can cause complications, like getting pregnant with twins or more, having premature birth and having a baby with birth defects. If you need fertility treatment, there are ways to help you get …

Share: Is LASIK Surgery Safe? LASIK, which stands for laser-assisted in situ keratomileuses, is a quick, minimally-invasive refractive surgery that reshapes the cornea to correct near-sightedness, far-sightedness or astigmatism (a defect in the eye resulting in distorted vision). For LASIK patients, says common LASIK symptoms include dry eyes, visual distortions, and light sensitivity. “Severe eye pain has been attributed to …

Explain Muscle Loss With Menopause The study investigates mice whose ovaries were surgically removed as well as mice without the estrogen receptor in their muscle stem cells and evaluated muscles’ ability to regenerate. It found that the loss of estrogen or genetic deletion of the estrogen receptor in muscle stem cells led to a 30 to 50 percent drop in …

As the title suggests, I had to wait for 10 years until I was able to finally conceive. This is my story. 10 years ago, when I was 26, I was happily married to my wonderful husband, David. We both loved children and wanted to have one of our own someday. We didn’t really look into doing family planning very …

On my mum’s 59th birthday, we went out for a lovely dinner at Robertson Quay. She loved her Greek food and so we went with the family and grandparents to one of her favourite restaurants. My mum doesn’t work, she stays home, loves to cook and makes the best home cooked food. During her free time, she would knit, read …

It was on a Sunday night when the news broke, the company I had been working for was due to close. The message came through as I received an alert on my phone that the business will no longer be operating from this week onwards. Essentially, this meant I did not have a job from that moment. The first thing …

M almost freaked out when she saw a patch of fresh blood staining her panty in the morning. She had had sexual intercourse with her husband the night before. She woke him up straightaway and rushed to my clinic. M, 28, a first-time mum, was in her 12 weeks of pregnancy. She related the incident with some embarrassment. “Doc, will I …

It was on a Sunday last December, I went to play golf with my husband and Eve and Jonathan. Jonathan is a professional golfer and golf coach at the local country club. Eve was invited to have a nice day out on the course just for “Fun”. We started at 8:30 am and without realizing it took us 3 hours …

Gynecologists: When to visit and what to expect What is a gynecologist? When to see one What to expect Screening Common procedures Qualifications Gynecologists are doctors who specialize in women’s health, with a focus on the female reproductive system. They deal with a wide range of issues, including obstetrics, or pregnancy and childbirth, menstruation and fertility issues, sexually transmitted infections …

G, 43, had a rude shock and felt devastated a year ago when she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She was unaware that the bloated feeling in her tummy was connected to the disease. “I’d nausea and a bloated feeling in my belly for a week. My family physician diagnosed me as having tummy upset and treated me with …