Menstruation

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Title:   Headache and hormones
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Migraines can be linked to menstruation (periods). Around half of women who experience migraine find that attacks tend to happen just before their menstrual period. Migraine frequency and severity can be influenced by birth control or contraceptive pills (the pill) and may worsen during the menopause. Low levels of the sex hormone oestrogen could play a role.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Periods - what to do
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Periods are a normal part of a woman's life. Here are some ideas about how to manage things that can worry young women.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Reproductive system
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The male and female reproductive systems are designed to create new life. Eggs (ova) are made in the female's ovaries, and sperm in the male's testicles. The ovaries and testicles (gonads) also make sex hormones. Common problems of the reproductive system include infertility, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), endometriosis, fibroids, painful periods, impotence and prostate problems.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Periods - the facts
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Having a period (or menstruation) is a normal and natural part of being a woman. Girls usually have their first period about a year after the first signs of puberty.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Periods - the facts
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Having a period (or menstruation) is a normal and natural part of being a woman. Girls usually have their first period about a year after the first signs of puberty.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Abdominal pain (stomach ache)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Children often complain of pain in the tummy (abdomen). It can be a sign of illness, but often a child will have pain but not be unwell. Research has shown that up to 10% of children have abdominal pain which comes and goes. An illness causes the pain in only about 5% of these children.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Treat yourself right
Publisher:   Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO)
Description:   This resource is aimed specifically at HIV positive women. It provides information on a wide range of topics with a focus on health maintenance and treatments information for women. Third edition produced October 2007 ARCHIVED - some information may be out of date.
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Menstruation (period or menstrual cycle)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Medical anatomy health information about menstruation cycle known as female periods or menstrual cycle with the ovarian cycle. Days late or missed periods.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Immediate start of hormonal contraceptives for contraception
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Health care providers often tell women to wait until their next menstrual cycle to begin birth control pills. The main reason is to avoid using birth control during an undetected pregnancy. Another method involves starting the pills right away ('immedia...
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Acupuncture for primary dysmenorrhoea
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Dysmenorrhoea, known as period pain, is commonly experienced by younger women. Symptoms may include cramping pain in the lower abdomen that may radiate to the lower back or anterior thigh, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, headache, fatigue, anxiety, and diz...
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Ovulation
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Ovulation is the release of an egg (ovum) from one of the ovaries. For most women, ovulation occurs about once every month until menopause, apart from episodes of pregnancy and breastfeeding. Symptoms of ovulation may include vaginal discharge (mucus), abdominal pain and a slight rise in body temperature after ovulation. Ovulation predictor kits can help manage fertility and achieve a pregnancy.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Nutrition - women's extra needs
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Women need greater amounts of certain nutrients than men, particularly iron and calcium. Menstruation, pregnancy, lactation and menopause are times of increased nutritional demand. Deficiencies can occur if the diet is inadequate over a long period of time.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Pregnancy - signs and symptoms
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Symptoms of pregnancy include amenorrhoea (missed period), breast changes, fatigue, frequent urination and nausea (morning sickness). These symptoms are only clues to, not proof of, pregnancy and most can be caused by other factors. A suspected pregnancy needs to be confirmed with medical tests such as a urine test or blood test.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Menstrual cycle: normal - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   The menstrual cycle is generally thought of in 4 main phases: the menses, the follicular phase, ovulation and the luteal (secretory) phase.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Timing of breast surgery in premenopausal breast cancer patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Breast cancer is one of the most common causes of mortality and morbidity and the majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer undergo treatment which includes surgical intervention, radiotherapy or chemotherapy, or both. This review attempted to asce...
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Getting pregnant - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Getting pregnant is easy for some women, but for others it can be a difficult, especially women over 40.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Menstrual cycle.
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The average length of the menstrual cycle is 28 days, although this can vary between women, and from one cycle to the next. During the menstrual cycle, the ovaries, hormone levels and the endometrial lining of the uterus change.
Date:   Aug 2003
Title:   Progestogen-only methods of contraception
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Progestogens are hormones. They are important in controlling the menstrual cycle. Some progestogens can be used to reduce the chance of getting pregnant. They are useful for women who are breast feeding or who cannot take other contraceptive pills.
Date:   Jan 1999

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