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You know first hand how living with excessive menstrual bleeding, urinary incontinence or prolapse affects your health and happiness. The more you know about these conditions, the healthier you will be. WomenShare brings you valuable articles that will help your body, mind and spirit thrive.
Think Before HysterectomyAs many as one third of women in the U.S. have a hysterectomy by age 60.¹ It is the second most frequently performed major surgical procedure for women of reproductive age, after cesarean section. That information is surprising, but perhaps not as surprising as learning that many may be unnecessary.
We asked James Presthus, M.D., to answer a question many women with long and heavy periods have asked: Do periods become heavier as we age?
A friend of mine loves a good joke. She loves a great big belly laugh. But she jokes that whenever she laughs now, she needs a "diaper." Like many women after their child-bearing years, she leaks urine when laughing, sneezing or exercising.
At WomenShare experiences across the country, women have the opportunity to ask local physicians the questions they would most like answered about pelvic health.
