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Womenshealth.gov
Отрасли: Government; Health care
Number of terms: 15438
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Womenshealth.gov is a service of the Office on Women’s Health (OWH) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its mission is to provide leadership to promote health equity for women and girls through sex/gender-specific approaches. The strategy OWH uses to achieve its mission and vision ...
Compounds such as sugars and starches that occur in food and are broken down to release energy in the body.
Industry:Health care
Condition in which breasts become overly full of milk. Engorged breasts may feel swollen, hard, and painful. Engorgement can lead to blocked milk ducts.
Industry:Health care
Connected to the placenta and provides the transfer of nutrients and waste between the woman and the fetus.
Industry:Health care
Connective tissue that contains stored fat. Also referred to as adipose tissue. Fatty tissue in the breast protects the breast from injury.
Industry:Health care
Counseling or "talk" therapy with a qualified practitioner in which a person can explore difficult, and often painful, emotions and experiences, such as feelings of anxiety, depression, or trauma. It is a process that aims to help the patient become better at making positive choices in his or her life, and to become more self-sufficient. Psychotherapy can be given for an individual or in a group setting.
Industry:Health care
Decrease in the blood supply to a an organ, tissue, or other part caused by the narrowing or blockage of the blood vessels.
Industry:Health care
Depression that occurs during pregnancy or within a year after delivery.
Industry:Health care
Diabetes that occurs during pregnancy.
Industry:Health care
Disease affecting the part of the brain associated with movement. Characterized by shaking and difficulty with movement coordination.
Industry:Health care
Disease caused by an immune response against foreign substances in the tissues of one's own body.
Industry:Health care