Female Care

Remember your mother telling you to eat oranges in order to supply your body with much needed Vitamin C? Well, researchers in California have discovered that oranges provide our bodies with other vitamins that help us fight off a variety of health problems.

Oranges are rich in a compound called citrus limonoids, which help to prevent cancers of the breast, colon, lung, mouth, skin and stomach. In laboratory tests animals and human cells both benefited from citrus limonoids in the fight against these cancers.

Chemist Gary D. Manners and a team of scientists at the Agricultural Research Service in northern California are now doing extensive research into the benefits of citrus limonoids to human health. Manners and his team reported findings from research that they have conducted over a number of years. It seems that each time we bite into a slice of orange or drink a glass of orange juice our bodies recognize a limonoid called limonin. It is believed that limonin also reduces cholesterol, which is linked to heart disease and other health problems. Continue reading »

A recent study by the University of Michigan Health System is beginning to prove what many mother’s have known all along. A glass of ginger ale or ginger tea does relieve nausea and stomach aches.

According to Suzanna Zick, N.D., MPH, research investigator in the study, “ginger does appear to have several medicinal qualities.” She also states that ginger can be used to warm the body and relieve some types of arthritis. This new study was funded to discover if ginger could be used in the treating of nausea caused by chemotherapy. The study is still ongoing and no conclusions have been reached.

The main component ingredient of ginger is gingerol, which is a strong antioxidant. By its nature, it works to reduce oxidants in the stomach by free. Another benefit is that it blocks serotonin receptors not allowing serotonin to enter causing more nausea.

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As domestic violence has grown so has domestic murder! Just last year a study concluded the number one cause of death amongst pregnant women alone was murder. Women face so many issues all around the world in today’s world, it’s really hard to teach a young woman the most important things to watch out for when dating or in relationships. The way things change every year, as numbers rise and more women die, maybe someone should write a complete box set about women’s issues in a complete compilation like encyclopedias.

The most highly publicized case that purely demonstrated the findings of last year’s study is the case surrounding the death of Lacey Peterson and her unborn child who were brutally murdered by Lacey’s husband Scott Peterson. The nation froze in complete shock to find out what Scott Peterson did with his very own wife and unborn son. The bad thing about it is, it’s not as uncommon as people think.

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Many people view sexual dysfunction as a disorder that primarily affects older men and the problem is often associated with the widely advertised prescription drugs that are used to treat the disorder.

Sexual dysfunction is an important public health concern for women in America. According to a study from the Journal of the American Medical Association, up to 63% of women suffer from sexual dysfunction and 30-50% of American couples are affected by the disorder.

Female sexual dysfunction is described as a lack of sexual desire, decreased arousal, inability to have an orgasm, and pain during sexual activity. Sexual dysfunction most often affects younger women but can affect women of all ages.

There are many physical causes for female sexual dysfunction and those include diabetes, heart disease, kidney diseases, liver failure, urinary tract infections, and hormonal imbalances. Substance abuse, heavy smoking, and drug side effects can also greatly contribute to sexual problems.

There are also a variety of psychological causes that are associated with sexual dysfunction like stress, anxiety, relationship problems, depression or sexual trauma.

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