Topic: Medical Conditions

It’s natural for you as a parent/guardian to want to help your daughter. Knowing when and how to be helpful may be difficult in the beginning because you may not […]

Learning that your daughter has MRKH may bring up many questions and emotions for parents. It’s normal to be worried about how your daughter is coping and it’s important to […]

Congratulations! You’re getting ready to transition to routine adult gynecology (GYN) care. It’s normal to feel a little nervous about this change at first, especially if you have been followed […]

If I don’t have a cervix, do I need a yearly Pap test? A pap test is performed in patients with a cervix. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists […]

It’s likely that your feelings about MRKH will change as you become older and more mature. At first, many young women report that they can think of nothing else much […]

Planning to start a family is a big decision regardless of whether or not a woman has MRKH. Becoming a parent is right for some people and not for others. […]

Hace varios años, se evidenció que muchos adolescentes contraían “tos ferina,” también conocida como pertussis. A pesar de que los niños pequeños reciben la vacuna para tos ferina, su eficiencia […]

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Appendicitis, pronounced “a-pen-di-sigh-tis,” is the inflammation of the appendix which is a tube-shaped organ that is about the size of your index finger. It is located in the lower right […]

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease (passed down from parents to a child) that can affect many different organs in the body. More than 30,000 people are living with […]