Allergy

Allergy is immunity fighting the wrong enemy: allergies happens when a person's immune system reacts improperly to things which are usually harmless and treats them like parasites attacking the body.<...

Birth Control Pills

Birth control pills are usually combinations of the hormones progestin and estrogen that are taken by mouth to inhibit fertility in women. A woman taking birth control pills will not become pregnant. ...

Breast Cancer / Carcinoma of the Breast

Breast cancer is a cancer that starts in the cells of the breast in women and men. Breast cancer is about 100 times as frequent among women as among men, but survival rates are equal in both sexes.

Breech Presentation and Delivery

A breech presentation happens when the buttocks or the feet of a fetus, instead of its head, face the birth canal. Because the buttocks and feet may not provide a sufficient wedge to dilate the birth ...

Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation

Pregnant women and breastfeeding (lactating) mothers should be very careful about the drugs they take – some drugs can cause deformities in a fetus, and others can pass on through breast milk and harm...