Overview
Your health. What could be more important?
Getting – and staying – healthy is the best thing you can do for yourself and your family.
Cleveland Clinic also offers the e-newsletter "Health Essentials" providing you with wellness tips, healthy gourmet recipes, essential health news and free downloadable health guides.
Treatment Guides
For reliable information on specific diseases, conditions and treatments, Cleveland Clinic offers many free guides and newsletters covering a broad range of health information.
- Breast Cancer
- Endometriosis
- Fibroids
- Gynecological Cancer
- Infertility
- Menopause
- Osteoporosis
- Prolapse & Incontinence
Health Conditions Common in African-American Women
For more information about the common diseases and health conditions in African-American women, click on a topic below.
- Asthma
- Breast Cancer
- Botox
- Cancer
- Cataracts
- Cervical Cancer
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Facelift
- Glaucoma
- Hair Care
- Heart Disease
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- HIV/AIDS
- Infant Death
- Kidney Disease
- Liposuction
- Lupus
- Obesity & Overweight
- Rhinoplasty
- Tummy Tuck
Clinical Trials
Uterine Fibroids
Currently we are enrolling patients in a study to gauge the effectiveness of new therapies for uterine fibroids. Get more information and find out if you qualify.
Other Programs Available
BeWell
Moms®
BeWell Moms® will give you the information you need to optimize your weight and health before and during pregnancy, and after delivery.
Too often, women who are significantly overweight feel there is nothing they can do about it – they’ve
tried everything. Our goal is to educate and empower you on what a healthy weight is for your body.
Frequently Asked Questions
Following are some of the more frequently asked women's health issue questions and answers from our on-line health chat archives.
Birth Control
- Read the full transcript of webchat "Gynecology with Linda Bradley, MD"
- Additional Resources: Birth Control
Breast Health
- Read the full transcript of webchat "Gynecology with Linda Bradley, MD"
Fibroids
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Straight Talk about Women's Concerns from Puberty to Menopause" with Linda Bradley, MD
- Additional Resources:
Fecal Incontinence
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Regain Control: Get Answers to Any Type of Urinary or Bowel Questions You May Have" with Dr. Megan Tarr and Dr. Massarat Zutshi
- Additional Resource: Fecal Incontinence
Fertility
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "New Options to Improve Your Odds of Becoming Pregnant" with Julie Tan, MD
Healthy Eating Choices
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Weight Debate: Women Losing Weight Maintaining Loss" with Margaret McKenzie, MD
- Additional Resource: Maintaining a Healthy Weight
HPV (Human papillomavirus)
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Straight Talk about Women's Concerns from Puberty to Menopause" with Linda Bradley, MD
- Additional Resources:
Hysterectomy
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Gynecology with Linda Bradley MD"
- Additional Resources:
Menstrual Pain
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Gynecology with Linda Bradley MD"
- Additional Resources:
Menopause
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Gynecology with Linda Bradley MD"
- Additional Resources:
Menopause & Fibromyalgia
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Gynecology with Linda Bradley MD"
Metabolism
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Weight Debate: Women Losing Weight Maintaining Loss" with Margaret McKenzie, MD
Organ Prolapse
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Regain Control: Get Answers to Any Type of Urinary or Bowel Questions You May Have" with Dr. Megan Tarr and Dr. Massarat Zutshi
- Additional Resources:
Pap Tests
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Gynecology with Linda Bradley MD"
- Additional Resource: Ovarian Cancer
STDs (Sexually Transmitted Disease)
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Straight Talk about Women's Concerns from Puberty to Menopause" with Linda Bradley, MD
- Additional Resources:
Skin Abnormalities
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Gynecology with Linda Bradley MD"
Urinary Incontinence
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Regain Control: Get Answers to Any Type of Urinary or Bowel Questions You May Have" with Dr. Megan Tarr and Dr. Massarat Zutshi
- Additional Resource: Urinary Incontinence
Vaginal Discharge
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Gynecology with Linda Bradley MD"
- Additional Resource: Vaginal Discharge
Water Weight
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Weight Debate: Women Losing Weight Maintaining Loss" with Margaret McKenzie, MD
Weight Loss: Why is it so hard?
- Read the full transcript of the webchat "Weight Debate: Women Losing Weight Maintaining Loss" with Margaret McKenzie, MD
- Additional Resource: Maintaining a Healthy Weight
