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FAQ176
What is diabetes mellitus?
Diabetes mellitus (also called "diabetes") is caused by a problem with insulin. Insulin moves glucose out of the blood and into the body's cells where it can be turned int...
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December 2011
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Washington, DC -- Concerns about the effects of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA)—the contraceptive shot—on bone mineral density (BMD) should not prevent clinicians from prescribin...
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September 2008
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FAQ142
What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not make enough insulin or does not use it as it should. Insulin is a hormone that helps balance the amount of glucose in your blood.
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August 2011
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SP142
Mas de 20 millones de estadounidenses padecen de diabetes (o diabetes mellitus). En esta enfermedad, la sangre contiene niveles elevados de glucosa. Pueden surgir problemas medicos si no se controlan...
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October 2011
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SP046
Tipos de dismenorrea
La mayoría de las mujeres tiene algo de dolor durante
su período menstrual. Para algunas mujeres, el dolor
es intenso y ocurre con otros síntomas (vea la casilla
“Ot...
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June 2012
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FAQ046
What is dysmenorrhea?
Pain associated with menstruation is called dysmenorrhea.
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July 2012
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SP049
El ciclo menstrual
Cuando comienza la pubertad, el cerebro le indica
al cuerpo que produzca hormonas. Algunas de estas
hormonas preparan al cuerpo todos los meses para
un posible embaraz...
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December 2012
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SP121
El sindrome de ovario poliquistico es un trastorno que afecta a un 5% a 10% de las mujeres. Este sindrome se define por tres caracteristicas especificas: 1) niveles elevados de hormonas que se llaman...
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August 2011
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FAQ177
What is gestational diabetes?
Gestational diabetes is diabetes mellitus that develops in women for the first time during pregnancy. Some women found to have gestational diabetes may actually have ha...
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December 2011
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SP177
La diabetes gestacional causa un cambio en la manera como el organismo de la mujer responde a la insulina. La insulina es una hormona. Extrae la glucosa de la sangre y la deposita en las células del ...
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February 2012
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SP047
¿Qué es menopausia?
Los ovarios, dos glándulas a cada lado del útero,
producen estrógeno desde la pubertad hasta la menopausia.
Esta hormona se libera durante todo el ciclo
menstrual. El...
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March 2013
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SP041
La pubertad es un periodo donde ocurren cambios en el cuerpo, tanto por dentro como por fuera. Tu cuerpo comienza a verse mas como el de un adulto. Tal vez tengas preguntas sobre los cambios que ocur...
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April 2012
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FAQ047
What is menopause?
Menopause is the time in a woman’s life when she stops having menstrual periods. The years leading up to this point are called perimenopause, or “around menopause.” Menopause mark...
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February 2013
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Washington, DC – An estimated $17 billion is spent each year to treat the roughly 2 million osteoporosis-related bone fractures that occur in the US annually, according to practice guidelines i...
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August 2012
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FAQ121
What are common signs and symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)?
Common PCOS signs and symptoms include the following: Irregular menstrual periods—Menstrual bleeding may be absent, heavy, or u...
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August 2011
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FAQ057
What is premenstrual syndrome (PMS)?
Many women feel physical or mood changes during the days before menstruation. When these symptoms happen month after month, and they affect a woman's normal life,...
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May 2011
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Washington, DC -- There isn't enough good evidence to support routinely screening all pregnant women for vitamin D deficiency says The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College...
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June 2011
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Washington, DC -- In response to a debate over whether all pregnant women should be screened for subclinical hypothyroid disease, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) today ...
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October 2007
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Washington, DC -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College) today announces that Sandra A. Carson, MD, has been appointed as its new vice president for education.
A...
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March 2013
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SP057
Muchas mujeres perciben cambios fisicos o en el estado de animo unos dias antes de la menstruacion. Cuando estos cambios llegan a afectar la vida normal de una mujer, se les denomina sindrome premens...
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April 2010
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Number 381
(Reaffirmed 2012)
ABSTRACT: Subclinical hypothyroidism is diagnosed in asymptomatic women when the thyroid-stimulating hormone level is elevated and the free thyroxine level is within the reference range. Thyroid horm...
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October 2007
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SB013
Edad mediana-la etapa de la vida entre los 40 y 60 anos-es un periodo de transicion continua. La mayoria de las mujeres, durante los anos de la edad mediana, perciben una gran sensacion de bienestar ...
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February 2011
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SP176
Si padece de diabetes mellitus de tipo 1 o de tipo 2, necesita planear su embarazo. Las mujeres cuya diabetes no esta bien controlada corren el riesgo de presentar varios problemas en el embarazo. Es...
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December 2011
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This list, prepared by the College Resource Center Librarians from other sources, is provided for information only. Referral to these sites does not imply the endorsement of The American College of O...
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April 2013
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FAQ041
What is puberty?
Puberty is the time when your body changes and becomes more like an adult.
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April 2012
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