- Industry: Government; Health care
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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 ...
A hormone that triggers ovulation and stimulates the corpus luteum (empty follicle) to make progesterone.
Industry:Health care
A hormone that works by causing changes in the uterus. When taken with the hormone estrogen, progestin works to prevent thickening of the lining of the uterus. This is helpful for women who are in menopause and are taking estrogen for their symptoms. Progestins also are prescribed to regulate the menstrual cycle, treat unusual stopping of the menstrual periods, help a pregnancy occur or maintain a pregnancy, or treat unusual or heavy bleeding of the uterus. They also can be used to prevent pregnancy, help treat cancer of the breast, kidney, or uterus, and help treat loss of appetite and severe weight or muscle loss.
Industry:Health care
A joint disease that mostly affects cartilage, the slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones in a joint. The top layer of cartilage breaks down and wears away. This allows bones under the cartilage to rub together, which causes pain, swelling, and loss of motion of the joint.
Industry:Health care
A lab test in which a patient's DNA is tested. DNA is a molecule that has a person's genetic information and is found in every cell in a person's body.
Industry:Health care
A licensed clinical social worker (L.C.S.W.) is trained in psychotherapy and helps people with many different mental health and daily living problems to improve overall functioning. Usually has a master's degree in social work (M.S.W.).
Industry:Health care
A life-threatening condition usually caused by bacteria. It happens when the body’s immune system overreacts and interferes with normal blood processes. This can cause clots which may block blood from reaching your vital organs. This can lead to organ failure.
Industry:Health care
A life-threatening condition usually caused by bacteria. It happens when the body’s immune system overreacts and interferes with normal blood processes. This can cause clots which may block blood from reaching your vital organs. This can lead to organ failure.
Industry:Health care
A liver disease, caused by a virus, that makes the liver swells and stops it from working correctly.
Industry:Health care
A long-lasting condition also known as painful bladder syndrome or frequency-urgency-dysuria syndrome. The wall of the bladder becomes inflamed or irritated, which affects the amount of urine the bladder can hold and causes scarring, stiffening, and bleeding in the bladder.
Industry:Health care
A loss of muscle function in part of your body that occurs when something goes wrong with the way messages pass between your brain and muscles.
Industry:Health care
