The HPV vaccine known as Gardasil is the first vaccine created for the prevention of a sexually transmitted disease. HPV – also known as the human papillomavirus – is often associated with genital warts. However, certain strains of this sexually transmitted disease are the most common cause of cervical cancer, which is often only detected in its later stages. In fact, cervical cancer is often considered the second most common form of cancer affecting women. Some insist that the HPV vaccine should be mandatory among women in order to prevent cervical cancer as well as genital warts.

For decades, we’ve known that a woman’s risk of osteoporosis increases if she is white or Asian, 50 years or older, thin or have small frame, consume diet low in calcium and vitamin D, smoke, or drink too much alcohol. What was not known until recently is how fast and widespread bone loss occur in postmenopausal women. New statistics have medical experts scrambling for answers.

Cervical cancer ranks high on the list of common cancers that plague women worldwide; it comes second after breast cancer in prevalence. More than 300,000 women die of cervical cancer every year, worldwide, while in the United States alone, 13,000 cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed every year, with about 4,000 deaths. Most cases of cervical cancer are reported in women between 40 and 55years of age, though it is not unusual for women in their late thirties to be infected.

Breast cancer is the number one disease that women in the United States fear the most, and for compelling reasons. It is the leading cause of death among women between 40 and 55 years of age and is the second overall cause of death among women (exceeded only by lung cancer). Unfortunately, it is also on the rise worldwide. According to the American Cancer Society, this year about 175,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer and about 43,300 deaths from breast cancer will occur among women in the USA.

Infertility is an issue that 11% of all couples will experience during their reproductive part of their lives. Understanding what some of the causes of female fertility might be for them may help them to deal with their situation.

Signs of menopause - menopause and menopause symptoms are part of the natural evolution of the female body as the woman’s childbearing years begin to wane. Most women begin menopause at around 45 years of age, but can start as early as their early 30s at last into their 60s.