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81How often do we need to have physical exams?
It's the day after your fortieth birthday bash and you're feeling the aftermath of too much food and drink. You wouldn't have thought twice about it ten or twenty years ago. But now, you're starting to wonder if that headache is hanging on a little...
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79Pap Smear Dos and Don'ts- New Recommendations
They all agree and that's a good thing. The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society and the American Society of Clinical Pathology all agree that annual Pap smears are not necessary for routine survellience. The new 2012...
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79Pap Smears - Do They Hurt and What Is Involved?
A pap smear (known in some countries as a cervical smear test), is a simple health screening procedure for women, to check for pre-cancerous cells on the cervix. It could save your life.
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77Pap Smears - Do They Hurt and What Really Is Involved?
Today, I am sharing my personal knowledge on Pap smears because I myself consider this test as a potential detector of cervical or uterine cancer and this test is very helpful in prevention of cancer. My mother died of uterine cancer in 1997 and my...
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77Postmenopausal Bleeding
Menopause is a a normal part of aging in women. Menopause is the cessation of menstruation. This occurs because a women's ovaries run out of functioning eggs. Women are born with between 1 and 3 million eggs which she loses during her lifetime. As...
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76What Happens When You Get a Cervical Colposcopy
If this is the first request by your gynecologist for you to have a cervical colposcopy or biopsy you may feel a combination of anxiety and fear. Most of these procedures are requested due to an abnormal pap smear, but other reasons include sexual...
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76For any woman fearing the Pap Smear
For any woman who is afraid of getting poked and prodded, it contributes to an irrational fear of her gynecologist. Especially one of which there is a strange doctor poking something into a private area of the body. I can attest that I have...
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72World's Worst Pap Smear
I actually wrote this several years ago, about the worst pap smear imaginable. It is a humorous take on what can be for a woman, one of the most dreaded medical experiences of her life, not to mention we're suppose to do it annually. After reading it you will understand the irony of my having, not long ago, given birth to the most beautiful baby girl. I'm thankful to have finally found a man who isn't afraid to ask for directions.
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70How menopause can affect women differently, at various stages of their lives
All human beings act and look different, they may be tall, short, fat or skinny. So why should women going through menopause all be the same. They are not. Menopause is the last period they have, ending a woman’s child bearing years. It can be...
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73Top 10 Cervical Cancer Questions
Cervical cancer is a cancer that women face and is often diagnosed after a visit to the gynecologist where a Pap smear test was given. The human papillomovirus (HPV) is responsible for most cases of cervical...
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