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Everyday Health, Inc.
Industria: Health care
Number of terms: 8622
Number of blossaries: 1
Company Profile:
No longer routinely administered in hospitals for laboring women, an enema empties the bowels.
Industry:Parenting
In pregnancy, a laceration refers to a tear in the perineal area that occurs during childbirth.
Industry:Parenting
Inability to fall or stay asleep.
Industry:Parenting
Insulin regulates the level of glucose in the blood and ensures that enough is taken in by the body cells for nourishment.
Industry:Parenting
High blood pressure.
Industry:Parenting
Bowel movements that are irregular, hard, dry, and difficult to push out.
Industry:Parenting
Chemical agents that kill sperm; a form of birth control.
Industry:Parenting
Determined by genes. Inherited conditions are genetic.
Industry:Parenting
Diseases communicable by sexual relations, such as gonorrhea, syphilis, genital warts, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, HIV, hepatitis B, and human papillomavirus (HPV).
Industry:Parenting
Drugs that make a person unconscious and unable to feel pain. General anesthesia is sometimes used for emergency cesarean sections.
Industry:Parenting