Women's Health

Solutions for Urinary Tract Infections

What Is Known About UTIs
Healthy Steps: UTIs—First Steps
Healthy Steps: UTIs—Full Program
Preventing UTIs
From Dr. Deborah's Desk

 

It starts as a twinge right after you urinate. Then you notice a burning during the next trip to the bathroom, which happened painfully soon after the last trip, and yielded little urine. Pretty soon you are automatically drinking more water so that at least something happens when you respond to the constant feeling of urging in your bladder. And then you realize, "Ahah, a bladder infection!"

Preventing Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer PreventionWhat Is Know About Preventing Breast Cancer
Healthy Steps: Breast Cancer Prevention—First Steps
Healthy Steps: Breast Cancer Prevention—Full Program
Breast Cancer Detection
From Dr. Deborah's Desk

 

Most women aren't thinking about breast cancer when they're taking a shower, yet that is the moment when their whole world can change. A new hard lump sends a shock wave from the fingertips to the mind, heart and gut. Undergoing the tests that lead to a diagnosis creates alternating states of determined optimism and worrisome fear that interrupt normal sleep and even simple conversations.