Women's Health

Women sexual health, considered a social taboo for long, is now openly discussed not just among medical experts but also among people in general and in mainstream media. This has given appreciable shift to the way the problem was looked at, understood and cure discovered. Lack of sexual desire or low libido is the main sexual health problem with women. To some this lack of desire goes off after creating a temporary hiccup between the sheets, but to others it persists permanently. Arousal difficulty, inability to experience orgasm, anxiety about sexual performance, failure to derive pleasure from sex and pain during the intercourse is other problems potentially affecting women's sexual health.

Here's a news flash: Women are poised to surpass men on the nation's payrolls for the first time in American history. According to a recent report by the New York Times, four out of five jobs lost in the current U.S. recession belong to men-a consequence of the surge in layoffs within distressed, male-dominated industries, such as manufacturing and construction. This emerging workplace trend may ultimately be a momentous boon to women-shifting their power and influence, both at home and on the job. It also represents a new call to action for women-and employers.

It's not that women in Texas have any greater a challenge than those living elsewhere in the U.S. But when you consider its sheer size -- with cities like Austin, Dallas and Houston the Lone Star State is one of the most populous in the country -- trends on issues like dieting emerge. Like it or not, perhaps because of society's near-obsession with how people look, there's a continuing focus on losing unwanted pounds. With that focus comes a plethora of "suggestions" that typically take the form of diets, fad or otherwise, that typically promise wondrous results in no time at all.

More women see doctors because of bladder infections that for almost any other reason. Women are most likely to develop incontinence during pregnancy and child birth or after the hormonal changes of menopause because of weakened pelvic muscles. It is pretty common for pregnant women to get this, your bladder gets infected by bacteria, but if you let it go untreated it could move into your kidneys. Use of antibiotics have caused many women to end up with yeast infections, as the "good" bacteria are killed off along with the "bad" bacteria.