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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 ...
The thyroid is a small gland in the neck that makes and stores hormones that help regulate heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and the rate at which food is converted into energy.
Industry:Health care
The transfer of blood or blood products from one person (donor) into another person's bloodstream (recipient). Most times, it is done to replace blood cells or blood products lost through severe bleeding. Blood can be given from two sources, your own blood (autologous blood) or from someone else (donor blood).
Industry:Health care
The transition in a woman's life when production of the hormone estrogen in her body falls permanently to very low levels, the ovaries stop producing eggs, and menstrual periods stop for good.
Industry:Health care
The tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder. You have two ureters, one for each kidney.
Industry:Health care
The use of medicine to prevent the feeling of pain or another sensation during surgery or other procedures that might be painful.
Industry:Health care
Therapy aimed to help a person with a speech or language disorder or problem to restore basic speech skills.
Industry:Health care
Therapy aimed to restore a person's basic skills, such as bathing and dressing.
Industry:Health care
Thick, yellowish fluid secreted from breast during pregnancy, and the first few days after childbirth before the onset of mature breast milk. Also called "first milk," it provides nutrients and protection against infectious diseases.
Industry:Health care
