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Expert tips to help spark a conversation about women’s health issues
(BPT) – Exercise, eating well and getting more sleep are all leading health goals for women. However, there are many health concerns that women overlook for numerous reasons. Some they feel aren’t a priority and others are simply too difficult to talk about. One commonly overlooked example is women’s sexual health, despite the fact that […]
Women’s Health Advice: Discover Anti Aging Vitamins
Women age as their body cells die and when new healthy cell generation is hindered simultaneously. Premature aging can result from inadequate nutrition caused by years of poor dietary habits. Why? Because our bodies need certain amounts of vitamins to produce healthy cells and repair damaged cells. For many women, healthy cells can promote anti […]
Dangers Posed By Smoking On Women’s Health
Everybody is aware of the dangers of smoking. It is absolutely damaging to the human body. While carcinogens in cigarettes pose a hazard to everyone, women are three times as likely as men to get aggressive forms of lung cancer and more likely to develop it at an earlier age. Women are also more likely […]
Women’s Health And The Mammogram Controversy
Despite the urgings of national health organizations for women to have annual or biannual mammograms after the age of 40, uncertainty and controversy about the procedure persists. Based on cumulative evidence, screening mammography has become standard health care in many countries. However, the value of the procedure has been challenged by two Danish researchers who […]
From age 30 onwards, inactivity has greatest impact on women’s lifetime heart disease risk
From the age of 30 onwards, physical inactivity exerts a greater impact on a woman’s lifetime risk of developing heart disease than the other well-known risk factors, suggests research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. This includes overweight, the finding show, prompting the researchers to suggest that greater effort needs to be […]
Taking iron improves women’s exercise performance, study shows
A new University of Melbourne study has found that women who take iron supplements, experience a marked improvement in their exercise performance. Published in the Journal of Nutrition, researchers undertook a systematic review and analysis of the effect of iron supplementation to the exercise performance of women in child-bearing years. Lead researcher, Dr Sant-Rayn Pasricha […]
Smoking may dull obese women’s ability to taste fat, sugar
Cigarette smoking among obese women appears to interfere with their ability to taste fats and sweets, a new study shows. Despite craving high-fat, sugary foods, these women were less likely than others to perceive these tastes, which may drive them to consume more calories. M. Yanina Pepino, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at Washington University […]
Focus On Health: Womens Fair Offers Screenings, Healthy Lifestyle Tips
MICHIGAN CITY The 12th annual Womens Fair, presented by Indiana University Health La Porte Hospital was held on Tuesday at the Blue Chip Stardust Event Center. Free screenings were provided by IU Health physicians and nurse practitioners throughout the event, offering preventative health measures to women and men. These screenings, and the many other offerings […]
Womens Health
Neighboring facilities in Charleston differ on abortion Sun, 19 May 2013 12:09:27 -0700 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A pregnancy center that counsels women not to have abortions has moved next door to a womens health facility in Charleston that provides abortions.Womans Choice offers free counseling services and pregnancy tests, but no medical… http://dailymail.com/rssFeeds/201305190036 Pro-life center […]
Sutter Health Womens Health Advocates Say, Put Yourself First In 2013
Women’s health website, MyLifeStages.org, helps busy women put their health first in the new year. Meal plans, medical advice, workout tips and more from Sutter Health experts. Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) January 04, 2013 Its common today for many women to feel pulled between multiple responsibilitiescaring for aging parents, looking after a family, raising children and […]