Key moments in the history of women health

 Have you wondered how a breakthrough in  breast health  came about and how PMS was discovered? Read through..

Prior to 1969, mammograms were performed on traditional X-ray machines, and many worried about the potentially harmful effects of high doses of radiation. But groundbreaking technical advances in mammography led to the creation in 1969 of low-radiation mammograms, and the modern era of mammography was born. In 2000, the FDA approved the first digital mammography machine.

PMS Discovery

 As far back as the 1st and 2nd century, Greek physician Soranus noted in a guide for midwives that women became tense before their periods. However, few in medicine had any idea what was behind this tension until 1931. That year, New York gynecologist Robert Tilden Frank delivered a paper in which he noted his interest in "a large group of women who are handicapped by premenstrual disturbances." Frank was the first modern physician to speculate that these "disturbances" were linked to the ovarian cycles.

The more commonly used term "premenstrual syndrome" was coined by British physician Dr. Katharina Dalton in 1953.