Urinary tract infections are infections that affect the organs, such as the kidneys, ureter, bladder and urethra that are involved in the production, storage and passage of urine. Because of the association between the urinary and reproductive systems in women, urinary tract infections are of significant public health importance. Women are also at a higher …
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Periods are the unofficial transition into womanhood. Every girl remembers when she got her first period and the journey afterward. Because the menstrual cycle is a physiological process, it is a normal process linked to the reproduction functions of women. The menstrual cycle is typically 28 days long and includes activities such as the release …
The immune system is the system of the body that is in charge of mounting a defense against foreign substances when they make contact with the body. The immune system is able to carry out its function effectively by recognizing foreign substances as non-self while recognizing substances and cells of the body as self. That …
Because of the increasing complexity of life, a panic attack is one of those things which could easily be brushed aside as part of normal life occurrences. Hence, there is the tendency to pay little attention to panic attacks when they occur. This trend could lead to the progression of panic attacks to full-blown panic …
Breast cancer is one of the commonest cancers that affect women, although it also occurs in men. Statistics have put the number of women that are diagnosed with breast cancer at 90 out of 10,000. This statistic puts breast cancer as the second highest killer of women. In 2015, the American Cancer Society predicted that …