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Women's Health

Created by your PAMF doctors and staff

  • Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genetic Screening
  • The IUD (Intrauterine Device) for Contraception: A Brief Review
  • Intrauterine Insemination Information (IUI)

  • Osteoporosis Guidelines

  • Mammography

  • Women's Shoes Worse than a Pain - They're a Health Risk

  • Guidelines for Cervical Cancer Screening at PAMF

Healthwise Articles

  • Abnormal Pap Test

  • Menstrual Cramps

  • Missed or Irregular Periods

  • Birth Control

  • Breast Cancer

  • Breast Problems

  • Pap Test

  • Chronic Female Pelvic Pain

  • Endometrial (uterine)Cancer

  • Endometriosis

  • Female Urinary Stress Incontinence
  • Gynecologic Exam

  • Home Pregnancy Tests

  • Hysterectomy

  • Mammography

  • Menopause/Perimenopause

  • Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

  • Vaginal Infection

  • Additional information on women's health from HealthWise

Additional Web Sites

The PAMF Web site has numerous links to other Internet pages, which might have information on health topics of interest to you. PAMF, however, does not sponsor or endorse any of these sites, nor does PAMF guarantee the accuracy of the information contained on them.

  • Tools to Help You Build a Healthy Life, National Women's Health Information Center. Accessed February 2008.

  • National Women's Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Accessed February 2008.

  • Women's Health Issues, National Library of Medicine. Accessed February 2008.

  • Birth Control, National Library of Medicine. Accessed February 2008.

  • Pregnancy, National Library of Medicine. Accessed February 2008.

  • Menopause, National Library of Medicine. Accessed February 2008.

  • Menopause and Hormones Fact Sheets, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Accessed February 2008.
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