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Diagnosing Urothelial Bladder Cancer (UBC)

+ Infographic textUrothelial bladder cancer is the most common type of bladder cancer.  About 19,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with...

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The Start and Spread of Urothelial Bladder Cancer

+ Infographic textAlmost 20,000 women in the U.S. get urothelial bladder cancer (UBC) each year.  The Four Layers Layers of the Bladder Wall Urothel...

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Type 2 Inflammation and Nasal Polyps

+ Video transcript Video/Image Voiceover/Audio [HealthyWomen logo]  Type 2 Inflammation and Nasal Polyps Then Why Nasal Polyps May Come Bac...

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12 Days of Self-Care for the Holidays

Let’s face it, the holiday season always delivers a contradictory blend of magic, wonder and overwhelm, and a pair of slipper socks may not take the e...

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The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, After I Survived Septic Shock

There was a taste of fall in the air. The musty scent of leaves hung heavy as they crunched beneath our feet. October days were getting shorter. And t...

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Rural Communities Face Limited Access to Cervical Cancer Screenings

When Claudia Perez-Favela, a mother of two in California, experienced irregular periods and heavy bleeding, she was concerned that these could be symp...

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How Menopause Affects Women at Work

When I put out a call on social media recently for fellow Gen X friends to share their experiences with menopause at work, the response was immediate...

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15 Minutes With: Sateria Venable Talks Fibroids, Fertility and Fighting for a Cure

Painful periods. Flood-like flows. Uterine growths the size of a melon. We know this sounds like a bad premenstrual dream, but these are just a few of...

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HIV and the Risk of Other Health Problems

EspañolDecember 1, 2025, is World AIDS Day.Thanks to a treatment called antiretroviral therapy (ART), people assigned female at birth (AFAB) and women...

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Can Using Vaginal Estrogen Cream on Your Face Make You Look Younger?

No, this isn’t a Goop editorial, but we can see why you’d mistake it for one. The idea of using an estrogen cream, historically used to restore vagina...

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Stigma Can Be a Barrier to COPD Care

November is COPD Awareness Month.At 39, Cyndy Ruess went to the hospital after having trouble breathing. Breathing problems weren’t new for Ruess — sh...

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Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers About Early-Onset Lung Cancer

Cases of nonsmokers getting lung cancer have been going up over the past 25 years, and with that, more cases of early-onset lung cancer (before the ag...