What is it?
A cut made surgically during the later stages of labour to enlarge the birth canal and so let the baby out more easily.
There are few subjects that cause so much concern to women having babies-many episiotomies are done uncaringly and the after-effects on the woman and her sex life can be far greater [...]
There are various reasons why people choose to have their operations done privately. They may have private health insurance, or be covered by a private health scheme run by the company for which they work, or they may be able to pay for private care themselves. Whatever your situation, you will not find that the [...]
Gestrinone is a weak synthetic progesterone originally developed in the 1970s for use as a once-a-week contraceptive. First used as a treatment for endometriosis in the early 1980s, it has since been used in clinical trials in several European countries. It is not currently available in Australia.
How Gestrinone works
Gestrinone appears to work by suppressing the [...]
Much of any therapy’s success depends on the skills and sensitivities of those who administer it. The job description for an eating disorder therapist calls for someone who will take an active role in the process, rather than one who adopts the neutral, interpretive stance of classic psychoanalysis. Since sometimes just learning the truth sets [...]
When Debbie Owen decided to lose weight, she invited the readers of the newspaper in her hometown—all 500,000 of them—to cheer her on.
Even with her supporters, Debbie understood that there was only one way she would slim down successfully: She had to do it for herself. And she did, losing 91 pounds in 18 months.
196 [...]