Posts tagged with “social”
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02 May 2018
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Zest For Life
30 Apr 2018This is my final entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues. If you have stuck with me so far, you know about all the frightening challenges the female body may have to overcome. But the point is, we are thriving and growing as a species. Clearly, we are crossing these hurdles with room to spare. So this last post, is a toast to women world over, for our resilience, endurance and most of all, for our zest for life. Cheers. Read on and feel uplifted.
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X- Rays, Xenophobia And Pregnancy
27 Apr 2018My twenty fourth entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about how pregnancy makes us so protective, that we may worry about everything from X-rays to foreigners. It's not crazy, but we need to put these fears in perspective. Read on to learn about which X-rays can be harmful for pregnancy, and why pregnancy may trigger xenophobia.
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Weighty Woes
26 Apr 2018My twenty third entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about weight gain. Women often worry about their figures and think of extra pounds in terms of the optics. How will I look? But being overweight can cause serious health problems. Recent research also shows, that women gain weight more easily than men, so we need to be extra careful.
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Thyroid Disorders
23 Apr 2018 -
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
21 Apr 2018 -
Queasy
19 Apr 2018 -
Period.
18 Apr 2018My sixteenth entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about periods. Love it, hate it or hardly notice it, it's going to come knocking every month for few decades, well unless you're knocked up, that is. Read on to find out about ways in which periods could be more comfortable and some of the complications associated with them.
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Orgasm
17 Apr 2018My fifteenth entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about the female orgasm. The female orgasm is a hushed up taboo subject, with a complicated history and has had loads of misconceptions associated with it over the years. But there are health benefits and health conditions associated with it too. Read on to learn more about this scarcely talked about subject.
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NICU
16 Apr 2018My fourteenth entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about neonatal intensive care units. While this is more about infant care, it strongly affects mothers too, and not just indirectly. The time when the baby is in the NICU, is often an emotionally stressful time following either a difficult pregnancy or complicated child birth. While the mother herself is recovering physically, the emotional stress is daunting, and she can use all the support she can get from medical facilities, family and society.
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Ischemic Stroke
10 Apr 2018My ninth entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about ischemic strokes. Strokes are the fourth leading cause of death in women and ischemic strokes account for about 88% of all strokes. 60% of all stroke deaths are among women and strokes kill twice as many women as breast cancer does.
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Fertility
06 Apr 2018My sixth entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about fertility or the lack thereof. When a couple can't conceive, it is usually assumed that something is wrong with the woman, especially if she is over 30, but that is not always the case. In this post I will discuss the various causes of infertility and talk about the magic of in vitro fertilization.
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Depression Of the Postpartum Kind
04 Apr 2018 -
That’s What Friends Are For
23 Mar 2018 -
Honoring Verbal Contracts
13 Mar 2018 -
The Mental State
21 Feb 2018 -
Discussing My Fair Lady
11 Feb 2018 -
The Blue Moon By Lavanya Srinivasan
28 Jan 2018 -
Coffee Shop Moments
26 Jan 2018 -
The Evolutionary Twist
10 Jan 2018 -
Are Bloggers Being Exploited?
18 Dec 2017 -
Smoldering Fires
10 Dec 2017 -
Torches of Freedom
17 Nov 2017 -
Where There’s A Will ...
24 Oct 2017Shweta has been running a small dance business for a while. She conducts dance workshops and classes at various schools and posh housing societies all over Mumbai. Over the years, she has interacted with various administrators. But Mr. Mehta is unusually dreary and expressionless, even for one of his kind. Could there be a reason for it? Read on to find out how Mr. Mehta surprises Shweta.
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Two Can Keep A Secret, If ...
21 Oct 2017