What is polycystic ovary syndrome?

What is polycystic ovary syndrome?

Diabetes Health, Womans Health

What is polycystic ovary syndrome? Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a severe genetic, hormone, metabolic and reproductive disorder that affects women and girls. PCOS can affect a woman’s ability to produce eggs. In addition, it is linked with higher levels of...
What is thyroid eye disease?

What is thyroid eye disease?

Thyroid, Womans Health

Thyroid eye disease, also called TED or Grave’s disease, is an autoimmune system illness where immune cells attack the thyroid gland resulting in excess secretion of the thyroid hormone. This causes the gland to enlarge, leading the excess hormones to increase...
Graves Disease Everything You Need to Know

Graves Disease Everything You Need to Know

Thyroid, Womans Health

In 1835 Robert J. Graves first described “Graves’ Disease” in a patient and in 1840 it was described in another patient by Karl Adolph van Basedow. Dr. Basedow did not know that it had been previously named so therefore in Europe it is called “Basedow’s disease” and...
Menopause the Struggle is Real

Menopause the Struggle is Real

Womans Health

As a woman’s menstrual cycles comes to an end Menopause is the natural transition. The symptoms associated with menopause can last for several years. These can be quite uncomfortable and to ease the conversion you might consider changing some of your dietary habits....