Hypertension and Public Health

Reproductive Medicine & Women Health

Reproductive medicine is an important part of public health and it aims to improve or maintain reproductive health and to allow people to have children at their chosen time. It deals with the diagnosis, management and prevention of reproductive difficulties. This branch of medicine is based on the knowledge of endocrinology, physiology, and reproductive anatomy, and it includes important aspects of biochemistry, molecular biology and pathology. Birth control, family planning, infertility, puberty, sexual education, sexual dysfunction and reproductive system diseases including sexually transmitted diseases are the issues addressed by reproductive medicine. Reproductive medicine also addresses ovulation, menstruation, menopause and pregnancy, as well as gynecologic disorders that affect fertility in women. In reproductive medicine, methods for diagnosis include imaging techniques, reproductive surgery, and laboratory methods. In treatment pharmacology, surgery, counseling, and other methods are considered.