Dental
How does poor oral hygiene affect pregnancy?
Gingivitis in pregnancy starts with dental plaque and is accentuated by the action of hormones.
Women's Health
Understanding menstruation – it could save your relationship.
Menstruation doesn’t only affect the woman experiencing it; it may also impact their partners.
Medical
Hormone Havoc: Navigating the Symptoms of Hormone Imbalance
Hormones are your body’s chemical messengers that help regulate many bodily processes.
Medical
Are you doing it? The importance of self-breast examination.
A breast self-exam helps you understand your breasts’ everyday look and feel. The examination makes you aware of abnormal changes in your breasts or if one breast differs.
Medical
Why do I have cramps and no period?
If you’ve come to rely on that pain in your stomach to tell you when your time of the month arrives, it can be unsettling to have cramps but no period.
Women's Health
Understanding menstruation
Talking about personal subjects like periods (menstruation) can make parents and children uncomfortable.
Women's Health
Should every woman have preventative healthcare check-ups?
Every woman needs to have annual preventative healthcare. Preventive care is any health care that helps prevent disease or illness instead of treating a condition when it becomes a problem.
Women's Health
Is menopause affecting your sleep?
Many women experience sleep problems during perimenopause, the period before menopause when hormone levels and menstrual periods become irregular.
Medical
Are your breasts dense?
A mammogram can determine whether your breasts are dense or not. Breast density reflects the amount of fibrous and glandular tissue in a woman’s breasts compared with the amount of fatty tissue.
Men's Health
Tips for sexually frustrated couples: managing erectile dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability to get and keep an erection firm enough for sex.
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COVID-19 antibody testing
The national Department of Health (DoH) has confirmed that antibody testing is now legal in South Africa. Antibody testing determines whether you had COVID-19 in the past and now have antibodies against the virus.
