The month of february is here again when we remind ourselves that heart disease is the number 1 killer of women in the U.S. Many women still don’t know. Of the ones that do, many don’t take it seriously. Heart disease has always been popularly considered a male disease, the stereotype being the middle-aged executive [...]
In life, the simple things often have the greatest impact on us, like learning how to increase your energy levels by getting rid of toxins in your body. Do you feel like you’re slowing down? Worn out and stretched thin trying to cram more and more activities into your busy life? This may be just [...]
Most women have heard of hysterectomy, being removal of the uterus, for treating uterine fibroids but many may not be familiar with uterine artery embolization (UAE). This is a procedure where arteries leading to the fibroids are blocked so that the fibroids effectively starve and shrink. This procedure can be used on its own to [...]
Flavonoids are chemicals that are found in abundance in foods like berries, apples and grapes e.t.c. Research has shown that flavonoids protect against cardiovascular disease which includes heart disease and stroke and possibly other diseases you are more likely to get as you get older like Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Tomatoes are naturally very [...]
Women that are very obese are more likely to develop cancers of various types. Unfortunately, it has been found that this group of women are the ones most likely to skip scheduled cancer screenings including mammograms and pap smears. Analysis of the information gathered from the National Health Interview carried out in 2000 came to [...]
Obese women are less likely to have mammograms and pap smears (screening tests for breast cancer and cervical cancer) than women who are not. In view of the epidemic of obesity that is sweeping across the US, this is a problem. This problem was found more amongst white women than black women who were more [...]
Yoga is supposed to be the ultimate stress reliever. Although research has shown that moderate to strenuous exercise may be better at reducing stress and anxiety, yoga can provide lots of other health benefits. Backache : if you suffer from backache you may get noticeable relief from doing yoga twice a week for 6 months [...]
Menopause is a condition that many women dread, mostly because they don’t know exactly what to expect. One of the most common symptoms of menopause is osteoporosis. Virtually every woman will have osteoporosis to varying degrees after menopause. The severity will depend on factors like heredity and how much care you took of your body [...]
If you have a tendency to twist or sprain your ankle when you’re exercising, or even when you’re carrying out your day to day activities, then you may have a problem with the muscles in your lower leg. Research has shown that people who sprain their ankles have less mobility in their ankle joints than [...]
Although smoking cigarettes is the major cause of lung cancer, several factors can increase the risk of developing this disease. A new study has found that early artificial menopause may increase a woman’s risks of getting lung cancer. The study suggests that medically induced menopause, especially through removal of both ovaries, can double younger women’s [...]
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