Women’s Health Center is now providing care to young girls and teenagers who are in their new Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology in Iowa City.

Pediatric and adolescent gynecology is a subspecialty field that includes both common and uncommon gynecologic concerns for girls from birth to age 22. Care providers are trained to recognize what is normal and abnormal for infants, children and teenagers, how to examine girls in an age-appropriate, sensitive and reassuring way, and how to communicate with children and their parents.

A good Adolescent Gynecology Clinic provides a welcoming place for patients seeking a focus on gynecological issues in their age group and also provides a subspecialty clinic to which community and hospital-based primary care providers can refer complicated problems.

The clinic staff also schedule wellness visits with the gynecologist to provide the opportunity for an adolescent to discuss the unique and complex medical, social, emotional, sexual, educational and nutritional issues they are faced with in the teen years. Read More

Diabetic persons have greater chances of damage their sperm, which may affect their fertility health, say researchers.
Comparing the quality of sperm from a diabetic and a non-diabetic person, the study found that DNA fragmentation was greater in diabetic men (52 percent, versus 32 percent in non-diabetic men), and that there were more deletions of DNA in the cell mitochondria. Additionally, the researchers observed that semen volume from diabetic men was considerably less than that from men not suffering the disease.
Reports in the journal Human Reproduction, researcher explained that the findings could have important implications given that the incidence of type 1 and type 2-diabetes is increasing rapidly worldwide. While diet and obesity are known to be key factors in the increase of type 2 diabetes. Read More

There are seven minerals you can’t do without
Calcium The most abundant mineral in your body, calcium makes your bones and teeth strong and hard. Small amounts of it travel into your blood. There, it’s essential for steadying your blood pressure and helping your muscles contract. One rather important muscle - your heart - needs calcium to keep pumping.
Iron Without this mineral in you can’t breathe. Read More

A heart attack is the death of heart muscle from the sudden blockage of a coronary artery by a blood clot. Coronary arteries are blood vessels that supply the heart muscle with blood and oxygen. Blockage of a coronary artery deprives the heart muscle of blood and oxygen, causing injury to the heart muscle. Injury to the heart muscle causes chest pain and pressure. If blood flow is not restored within 20 to 40 minutes, irreversible death of the heart muscle will begin to occur. Read More

It’s not at all necessary that process of training your puppy is too difficult infect it can be enjoyable. Playtime with new puppy can be funny, but you must know that it can be the first steps in your puppy’s education. By utilizing play as a tool you can effectively teach your puppy all about the fundamentals.

The most important word, your dog must know is the word “No”. This command can protect your dog from harming it or others. Read More