Medical Training for Health

Risks of PCOS: polycystic ovary syndrome is linked to a series of health problems

The polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is most common endocrine disorder among women of childbearing age. It is linked to many other health problems, from infertility to insulin resistance. In our special article, Dr. Sheila Laredo, an endocrinologist at Women’s College Hospital discusses the health risks associated with PCOS.

During the years leading to menopause, hormone levels fall, and many women are experiencing symptoms of emotional and psychological changes as well as physical. In our special article, experts from the Reproductive Life Stages Program at Women’s College Hospital we speak of symptoms of mood disorders and how to manage them.

If you have a cervix, you need to spend a Pap test – no matter the person with whom you have sex. This is the message of both campaigns to promote Pap tests among transsexual men and lesbians, bisexual, and homosexual women altersexuelles, and other women who have sex with women. Read our special article based on a presentation given at the Women’s College Hospital.

In his presentation “Why Men Matter: Preventing Gendered Violence (Involving men: to prevent gender violence), Dr. Lori Haskell, clinical psychologist, emphasized the need to understand that violence against women is more than” issue of women. Read our special article based on the keynote address delivered at the Memorial Day held at the Women’s College Hospital to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.

We are witnessing a growing number of women who survived breast cancer. Excellent news, but it also means that more women are confronted with problems of long-term health after the single treatment of cancer. Read our special article to find out why Dr. Patricia Ganz, an oncologist, advocates care planning for survivors at the beginning of treatment. This text is based on the lecture presented at the Women’s College Hospital as part of the annual event organized in 2009 to honor Dr. F. Margaret Hill.

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