Category: Women’s Health

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: How’s That Open Enrollment Going?

November 26, 2019 todi0

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

November 22, 2019 todi0

The Friday Breeze Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes, who reads everything on health care to compile our daily Morning Briefing, offers the best and most provocative stories for the weekend. Happy Friday! A quick programming note: We are closing up shop for Thanksgiving, so I will be leaving you to your turkey and pumpkin pie next […]

How to verify that your health plan is ACA-compliant

November 22, 2019 todi0

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare), there are high-quality, comprehensive health insurance plans available in every state for people who need to purchase their own health insurance. And it’s currently open enrollment season for those plans: Until December 15 (or later, in a few states), people who need coverage can […]

Ерекция след оргазъм – мисията (не)възможна

December 8, 2018 todi0

Причината, поради която след еякулацията, няма наличие на ерекция, представлява явление, наречено рефрактерен период. Той представлява времето на пост-еякулацията. През този период нивата на допамин, хормонът на зависимостта и тестостерон, мъжкият полов хормон, спадат, а хормонът, произведен от хипофизната жлеза – пролактин, се повишава. Рефрактерният период е с различна продължителност при всеки мъж. Някои могат […]

Историята на Йордан и варикоцеле. Мъжко здраве с д-р Мариела Даскалова

December 8, 2018 todi0

Варикоцеле не означава бездетен мъж. Повече може да научите от д-р Мариела Даскалова

Позитиви и негативи от използването на орални контрацептивни средства

December 8, 2018 todi0

Оралните контрацептивни средства са група вещества, предназначени за предотвратяване на нежелана бременност чрез блокиране на овулацията. Контрацепцията най-общо се дели на четири групи: естествени методи, бариерни, вътрематочни средства (вътрематочен песар) и хормонални контрацептивни средства. Изборът на метод за контрацепция се обсъжда с пациентката и се предлага най-подходящият в зависимост от възрастта, броя на ражданията, съпътстващите […]

Engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts

November 23, 2018 todi0

Since the first airplane took flight over 100 years ago, virtually every aircraft in the sky has flown with the help of moving parts such as propellers, turbine blades, and fans, which are powered by the combustion of fossil fuels or by battery packs that produce a persistent, whining buzz. Now MIT engineers have built […]

For ants, unity is strength — and health

November 23, 2018 todi0

When a pathogen enters their colony, ants change their behavior to avoid the outbreak of disease. In this way, they protect the queen, brood and young workers from becoming ill.

Human ancestors not to blame for ancient mammal extinctions in Africa

November 23, 2018 todi0

New research disputes a long-held view that our earliest tool-bearing ancestors contributed to the demise of large mammals in Africa over the last several million years. Instead, the researchers argue that long-term environmental change drove the extinctions, mainly in the form of grassland expansion likely caused by falling atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. Tyler Faith, […]

Gigantic mammal ‘cousin’ discovered

November 23, 2018 todi0

During the Triassic period (252-201 million years ago) mammal-like reptiles called therapsids co-existed with ancestors to dinosaurs, crocodiles, mammals, pterosaurs, turtles, frogs, and lizards. One group of therapsids are the dicynodonts. Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden, together with colleagues in Poland, have discovered fossils from a new genus of gigantic dicynodont. The new species […]