Several non-invasive techniques are now available for estimating Bone mineral density (BMD). These comprise DXA (dual-power x-ray absorptiometry), SXA (single-energy x-ray absorptiometry), quantitative calculated tomography (CT) and ultrasound. Dual-power x-ray absorptiometry is an extremely precise x-ray method that has turned out to be the criterion for gauge bone thickness in mainly centres. Although it can [...]

Estrogen Hormone Therapy (ERT) is the name given to a kind of therapy which is given to women who reach menopausal phase. It is prescribed by doctors to a large number of menopausal women for protecting them from different health risks related with menopause. One should also know that the effects of menopause are not [...]

Osteoporosis is a very common problem which usually occurs in a large number of people. It signifies excessive weakening of bones of an individual. People who suffer from osteoporosis are more likely to get their bones fractured. Women are more likely to suffer from this disease. Osteoporosis should not be neglected. It should be treated [...]

Menopause refers to a phase in the life of women, in which their menstrual cycle ends forever and they lose fertility. Menopause is just a phase of life; it is not any kind of infection or disease. Early menopause, as the name suggests, refers to the occurrence of menopause in women before time. Almost all [...]

In this article, we will surely be telling you about bromocriptine but first we need to know about prolactin. Prolactin is a hormone which is responsible for the production of milk in the body of those women who need to nurse their children. There might be a few conditions in which body begins to manufacture [...]

There may be many women who are not happy with the large size of their breasts. Women who have very large breasts may find it uncomfortable to walk, run and wear a few types of clothes. Those women who want to get the size of their breasts reduced have the option of breast reduction surgery. [...]

The formation of hard lumps is a problem which troubles a large number of women. In some cases, breast lumps disappear themselves and no medication is required. There are various causes of breast lumps. While some of them are not dangerous at all, there are a few causes which are really dangerous. Injuries, infections, growth [...]

Breast engorgement is a medical condition which troubles nursing females. A lot of new mothers who breastfeed their babies suffer from this problem. Though, this problem indicates that there is enough milk in the body of a woman, it may also bring several kinds of discomforting problems with it. In this medical condition, the breasts [...]

You might have heard about breast discharge, which is a common problem among those women who breastfeed their babies or not pregnant. This problem usually trouble women in their reproductive years. In women, nipple discharge normally does not indicate any kind of abnormal behavior. But if nipple discharge problem is faced by men then it [...]

For knowing about any tissue in the breast which has some abnormal change, a mammogram is used. However. Whether a breast tissue is malignant or not can only be known through breast biopsy. The process in which a part or whole of an abnormal tissue is removed from the breast for checking it in the [...]