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Matters of the Heart
February 1st, 2013February is all about the heart! Love is in the air and this month has been set aside by the American Heart Association to promote education on how to reduce your risk for cardiovascular disease.
How hormones, happiness, and love promote cardiovascular health
Move On, Menopause
February 1st, 2013You are thinking of selling the home heating system at a yard sale. You write your kids’ names on post-it notes around the house. Your idea of a good time is getting a few hours of uninterrupted sleep. You are menopausal.
Discover supplements that can help alleviate menopausal symptoms
9 Natural Ways to Get Out of Libido Limbo
January 1st, 2013Many women confide in me that they have deep negative or anxious feelings about their sexuality. The number one question I get is, “Why do I have so little desire?”
In several recent studies, roughly one in three women reported low or no sexual desire. Other studies have found even higher percentages of low libido among women, particularly women over 50.
If you're in libido limbo, take heart. There are many ways to regain the sexual excitement and desire of youth, no matter how old you are.
Calcium Supplementation: What’s a Girl to Do?
January 1st, 2013A recent report suggests that calcium supplementation could be linked to heart attacks. But adequate calcium intake (from both food and supplements) helps with bone health in pregnant women, reduces preeclampsia, and has a positive effect on the growing fetus.
Amos Grunebaum, MD, lists five guidelines for women to remember:
Smartphone App to Encourage Early Detection for Breast Cancer
November 1st, 2012The National Breast Cancer Foundation recently announced the official launch of its new free iPhone app, Early Detection Plan (EDP), now available for download on iTunes for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Living with Loss
November 1st, 2012“What now? What am I supposed to do? How am I supposed to feel? Who am I”
A new perspective and eight strategies to help long-term caregiver widows move on
A Little Exercise Goes a Long Way
November 1st, 2012A new study shows that physical activity in premenopausal women reduces the hormone sclerostin, which inhibits bone formation.
A total of 1,235 randomly selected premenopausal women were involved in this cross-sectional study. All women were medically examined and measurements were taken for bone mineral density, bone turnover markers, serum sclerostin, and IGF-1.
Even a little exercise can make a big impact on your bone health.Seventy percent of endometrial cancers are preventable
November 1st, 2012According to the National Cancer Institute, endometrial cancer—a disease of the inner lining of the uterus—strikes 47,000 women in the US each year, killing 8,000.
Cranberry Products Prevent UTIs
October 1st, 2012Use of cranberry-containing products appears to be associated with the prevention of urinary tract infections in some individuals, according to a study published in Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA network publication.
Breast Cancer in the 21st Century
October 1st, 2012So where is all the so-called progress? And why have our medical and scientific powers not improved upon the Stone-Age diagnostic tool of mammography, which yields both false-positive and false-negative results, exposes women to low doses of ionizing radiation, and, for all we know, compresses encapsulated cancers to the degree that they explode in the body and spread?
The disease is still scary, but there is good news, too.
