A young woman has warned of the dangers of ignoring a particularly embarrassing problem - after it turned out to be a sign of ...

In rare cases, an ovarian cyst may be cancerous (see Ovarian Cancer). Symptoms ... it involves one or both ovaries and your age. An ultrasound operation will generally determine the nature ...

If breast cancer is diagnosed at an early stage, it has a higher chance of being cured. Therefore, it is important that you ...

A TEEN was given a week to live after being struck by stomach pain and bloating while on holiday. Alex Arkell was just 16 at the time and was on a trip with her family when she noticed the ...

A TEEN has been diagnosed with an ultra-rare illness only 20 people in the world have – after suffering from a bloated ...

Alex Arkell was just 16-years-old when she suffered from painful stomach bloating that was later diagnosed as an extremely ...

"If it weren't dismissed as 'just period pain' and women being dramatic, people would realize how terrible it is," Dr. Irene Woo said.

An ultrasound ... had an ovarian dermoid cyst which develops in women during their reproductive years. It can lead to complications such as torsion, infection, rupture, and even cancer.

You can have the cyst monitored with an ultrasound scan to see if it has gone away ... or if a person has other risk factors for ovarian cancer. Ovarian cysts often go away on their own but in some ...