YOUR HEALTH: FAQs
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Printer-friendly versionOur FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) are intended to briefly address questions we’ve often been asked about women's health. They're women-centred, have a feminist analysis, and are meant to assist women to make their own decisions on their health care. We try not to over-simplify the issues, and if there are disagreements in the medical or popular literature on a topic we point those out as well.
These FAQs cover a wide range of topics but are not exhaustive. They are also not meant to be a substitute for medical advice. When you have questions about your health, it is always advisable to ask a health care practitioner.
Please note that, given our limited financial resources, many of these FAQs have not been revised recently, and may not always reflect current knowledge.
Our FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about women's health are women-centred, have a feminist analysis, and are meant to assist women to make their own decisions on their health care. We try not to over-simplify the issues, and if there are disagreements in the medical or popular literature on a topic we point those out as well.
The FAQs are also not meant to be a substitute for medical advice. When you have questions about your health, it is always advisable to ask a health care practitioner.
- Exercise
- Body image
- Sleep
- Heart health
- Breast health
- Healthy uterus and vagina
- Sexual health
- Pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding
- Menopause
- Anxiety and depression *NEW*
- Stress
- Memory loss
- Smoking
- Fibromyalgia
- Urinary tract and bladder
- Heart disease
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Sexual and Reproductive health and hormones (contraception and abortion, sexual abuse and assault, sexually transmitted infections, HPV and cervical cancer, endometriosis, fibroids, hormone therapy and menopause, hysterectomy)
Seeking health services
Childbirth
Making sense of health information
Workbooks for health professionals
- Keeping Your Breasts Healthy *UPDATED*
- Keeping Your Breasts Healthy: Breastfeeding *UPDATED*
- Keeping Your Vagina Healthy *UPDATED*
- Talking To Your Daughter About Her Period
- Menstrual Products
- Keeping Your Cervix Healthy
- Pap Tests *UPDATED*
Pregnancy, Birth and Breastfeeding
Coping with Challenges
- Anxiety *NEW*
- Depression *NEW*
- Safely Withdrawing from Anti-depression and Anti-anxiety Medications *NEW*
- Urinary Incontinence
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) *NEW*
- Urinary Incontinence (workbook) for Older Women *NEW*
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Hormones
- Sexual Abuse *NEW*
- Sexual Assault *NEW*
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) *NEW*
- HIV/AIDS *NEW*
- Pap Tests *UPDATED*
- Abnormal Pap Tests
- HPV and Cervical Cancer *UPDATED*
- Procedures and Treatments for Cervical Abnormalities
- Endometriosis
- Endometriosis and Complementary Therapies
- Endometriosis and Relationships
- Endometriosis: Diagnosis and Treatments
- Alternatives to Hormone Therapy
- Hormone Therapy (HT)
- How to Stop Hormone Replacement Therapy… Safely!
Our Work
Caregiving and Work-Life Balance
- Preventing Work-related Injuries: Computers
- Preventing Work-related Injuries: Health Hazards *UPDATED*
- Preventing Work-related Injuries: Soft Tissue Injuries *UPDATED*
- Preventing Work-related Injuries: Standing on the Job
Our Health Care System
- Communicating With Your Doctor
- Getting Through Medical Examinations - A Resource for Women Survivors of Abuse and Their Health Care Providers
- How to Choose a Doctor
- Health care for sexual and gender minority (LGBTTTIQ) women
- What is a midwife? *NEW*
- Homebirth *UPDATED*
Making Sense of Health Information
Workbooks for Health Professionals
- Memory Loss in Older Women (for Health Professionals) *NEW*
- Urinary Incontinence in Older Women (for Health Professionals) *NEW*
