From the embryo through childhood, puberty, pregnancy and menopause to advanced age: how a woman's body changes, and what can go wrong at each stage.
122 HealthJournals
A woman's health journey is a remarkable blend of beauty, strength, and the complexity of her biology. To support her at every stage, StoryMD is unveiling a comprehensive health ecosystem that empowers her personal health literacy throughout her lifetime — learn more.
How do intricately complex organs like the eyes form? What does the embryonic heart look like when it starts beating, only about 21 days after conception? How much does your baby’s brain grow in the space of a month? The beauty and mystery of unfolding life—revealed.
Infancy and toddlerhood bring rapid development, from a newborn's first weeks to a toddler's first words. Alongside speech and language milestones come common problems such as colic, spitting up, newborn jaundice and cow's milk allergy, and risks such as sudden infant death syndrome.
Skills such as taking a first step, smiling for the first time, and waving “bye-bye,” are called developmental milestones. From birth to 5 years, your child should reach milestones in how he or she plays, learns, speaks, acts and moves. Learn more about early childhood development milestones and how to help your child's learning and brain development.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 
Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases 
Food Allergies in Children 
Pink Eye 
Ear Infections 
Chickenpox 
Childhood Cancers 
Autism Spectrum Disorder 
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children 
Obesity in Children 
Diabetes in Children and Teens 
Hearing Problems in Children 
Pediatric Injury 
Scoliosis 
Child Behavior Disorders 
Childhood Stroke 
Type 1 Diabetes in Children 
Developmental Language Disorder 
Speech and Language Problems in Children 
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder Welcome to a comprehensive collection exploring the journey through adolescence and puberty. From navigating menstruation and understanding sexuality to managing PMS and irregular periods, delve into essential topics for teens and parents.
Adulthood brings a woman's sexual maturity, from how sex works to orgasm, and conditions that can appear in these years. They include endometriosis, migraine, thyroid and autoimmune diseases, lupus, STIs, anxiety disorders, early menopause and early-onset breast cancer.
Early-Onset Breast Cancer 
Endometriosis 
Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome 
Migraine in Women 
Women and STIs 
Early or Premature Menopause 
Obesity in Women 
Cervical Cancer 
Diabetes and Women 
Thyroid Disease in Women 
Insomnia in Women 
Women and Autoimmune Diseases 
Sexual Problems in Women 
Fibromyalgia and Women 
Anxiety Disorders in Women 
Lupus and Women 
ME/CFS and Women Preconception and pregnancy span the time a woman tries to conceive and carries a baby, and the changes her body goes through up to birth. Alongside them come infertility, morning sickness, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia and high blood pressure, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage and postpartum depression.
Female Infertility 
Morning Sickness 
Preeclampsia 
Gestational Diabetes 
Preterm Labor and Birth 
Pregnancy Complications 
Ectopic Pregnancy 
Infections and Pregnancy 
Postpartum Depression 
High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy 
Pregnancy and STIs 
Diabetes and Pregnancy 
Pregnancy and Thyroid Disease 
Breast Cancer During Pregnancy 
Pregnancy and Stroke 
Miscarriage 
HELLP Syndrome 
Perinatal Depression 
Health Problems in Pregnancy 
Infertility Perimenopause is the transition to menopause, which a woman reaches 12 months after her last period. The stage brings symptoms such as hot flashes, and conditions that can come with it or after it, from osteoporosis, heart attack, stroke and high blood pressure to breast cancer and urinary tract infections.
Postmenopause and advanced age are the years after menopause, when aging shapes a woman's health from her skin to her memory. Conditions of this stage include osteoarthritis, sarcopenia, Alzheimer's disease and dementia, hearing and vision loss, urinary incontinence, COPD and high blood pressure.
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