A new study revealed that heart attack symptoms in women under the age of 55 get missed or dismissed. The study included 30 women who were under the age of 55, with an average age of 48, who previously had heart attacks. All of these women were interviewed within a week of leaving the hospital […]
A new study disputes the myth that active overweight women can still be healthy and not face the risk of heart disease. A recent study determined that being active can reduce heart risks for overweight women but that doesn’t make them healthy. The weight of the woman still matters according to a female […]
A recent study that was released showed that women’s life expectancy declined significantly in 180 United States counties - mostly in the deep south and Appalachia between 1983 and 1999.
The women’s life expectancy decrease was due to obesity, high blood pressure, and chronic diseases related to smoking, lung cancer and diabetes.
The decline averaged 1.3 years […]
New research has found that the most serious form of ovarian cancer, ovarian serious carcinoma, may originate with the fallopian tube cells rather than ovarian surface cells. This new finding may help prevent ovarian cancer, earlier detection and better treatments.
Currently there are not any early diagnostic tests for ovarian cancer so approximately 80% of the […]
A diet that the government recommends, called the DASH Diet, has proven through a 25-year study that they might actually know what they are talking about!
The purpose of the DASH eating plan is to help women keep their blood pressure lowered and can save them from heart attack and stroke.
Researchers followed more than 88,000 healthy […]
Unfortunately, there is not a lot of information available out there on how Chronic Fatigue Syndrome affects pregnancy, or vice versa. Most of what is known, according to the CFIDS Association, is based on medical opinion and not facts. I guess each CFS patient who has went through pregnancy and childbirth has their “truth” as […]
For women who have went through menopause, the effects of using hormone therapy continue to mount. Now studies have found that women who use estrogen only therapy double their chances of getting non-cancerous breast lumps.
The reason there is growing concern about these on-cancerous breast lumps is not only because of the extra biopsies […]
A leading British eating disorder expert, Professor Janet Treasure from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, reports that the size zero obsession in the fashion industry is fueling the flames for those with eating disorders. She says the size zero obsession is not only damaging to the public but to the models as well.
Professor […]
New research shows that doctors have a new method of determining if a pregnant woman will need to have a C-Section - the length of her cervix. Currently, some doctors have been determining the need for C-Sections by using age, weight and other risk factors.
The cervix closes off the uterus, where the baby is growing. […]
If you would like to know how you can get fit with exercising just 3 days a week, you’ve come to the right place!
You don’t have to run every day to burn off massive amounts of calories. If you do each of these exercises listed below once a week, with resting at least a day […]
