You’ve probably seen the hepatitis B vaccine in the news lately. If you’re wondering what the buzz is about, let’s start with the basics. Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). The infection can be short-term or last for life, and it can cause severe complications such as liver failure, liver cancer and even death. “Hepatitis B is a dangerous infection — it can be life-threatening for a person of any age who contracts Healthy

English + Infographic text Casi 20,000 mujeres en EE.UU. desarrollan cáncer de vejiga urotelial (UBC, por sus siglas en inglés) cada año.  Las cuatro capas de la pared de la vejiga: Epitelio urotelial o de transición Lámina propia Músculo detrusor  Tejidos conjuntivos adiposos La mayoría de tipos de UBC empiezan en las células que cubren la capa más interna de la vejiga, denominada el urotelio.  Cáncer de vejiga con invasión muscular (CVCIM) Se ha propagado a la capa muscular de Healthy

Brittany Barreto, Ph.D., is a podcaster, an entrepreneur, and a molecular and human geneticist. (In other words, she’s really smart.) Read her column here each month to learn about what’s happening in the world of technology and innovation in women’s health. Painful periods can be more than an inconvenience. Menstrual pain, officially called dysmenorrhea, affects up to 9 out 10 people who menstruate at some point in their lives. But, for 5% to 10% of women, cramps can be so Healthy

Think back to 1993. What do you remember? Seeing the movie Jurassic Park on the big screen? Listening to Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” on the radio? Surfing the World Wide Web for the first time? 1993 was also the year the government began requiring that the National Institutes of Health include women in medical research. Yep, you heard that right. It was just 32 years ago that the NIH Revitalization Act passed mandating that women be included Healthy

+ Infographic text Almost 20,000 women in the U.S. get urothelial bladder cancer (UBC) each year.  The Four Layers Layers of the Bladder Wall Urothelial/Transitional epithelium Lamina propria Detrusor muscle Fatty connective tissues Most types of UBC start in the cells that line the innermost layer of the bladder, called the urothelium.  Muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) Has spread to muscle layer of the bladder wall Is more advanced Is more likely to spread Is harder to treat  Non-muscle invasive Healthy

+ Infographic text Urothelial bladder cancer is the most common type of bladder cancer.  About 19,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with bladder cancer every year.  Bladder cancer is more common in men — but women have lower survival rates .  Black women with bladder cancer have worse outcomes than white women.  There are several ways to diagnose bladder cancer Cystoscopy — a cystoscope (a thin, lighted tube) is inserted into your urethra to give your healthcare provider (HCP) a Healthy

+ Video transcript Video/Image Voiceover/Audio [HealthyWomen logo] Type 2 Inflammation and Nasal Polyps Then Why Nasal Polyps May Come Back After Treatment Woman blowing her nose while a thought bubble filled with question marks floats over her head GRAPHIC: Nasal polyps SUPER: 4 out of 10 get polyps again after surgery Narrator: Nasal polyps are a type of growth inside the nose or sinuses. They’re not cancerous, but they can interfere with sleep and cause a stuffy nose, loss of Healthy

English + Infographic text El cáncer de vejiga urotelial es el tipo más común de cáncer de vejiga.  Aproximadamente 19,000 mujeres en Estados Unidos reciben diagnósticos de cáncer de vejiga cada año.  El cáncer de vejiga es más común en los hombres, pero las mujeres tienen menores tasas de supervivencia.  Las mujeres de raza negra con cáncer de vejiga tienen peores desenlaces clínicos que las mujeres de raza blanca.  Hay varios métodos para diagnosticar el cáncer de vejiga   Cistoscopía: Healthy

Let’s face it, the holiday season always delivers a contradictory blend of magic, wonder and overwhelm, and a pair of slipper socks may not take the edge off your laundry list of to-dos. Finding time to relax and recalibrate before the decorations are packed away may seem impossible, but the better you treat yourself, the more you can inhale happiness and exhale burnout. We’ve created a list (and checked it twice) of 12 ways to practice self-care during the holiday Healthy

There was a taste of fall in the air. The musty scent of leaves hung heavy as they crunched beneath our feet. October days were getting shorter. And the holidays were looming like shadows in the late afternoon sun. I regarded the soon-to-be festive season with an unsettling feeling of impending doom. This was an autumn like no other. My husband Joe and I were headed to my outpatient physical therapy appointment. My legs were stick thin and I walked Healthy