Women’s Health

Are you concerned about the health of your bones as you age? Maybe the best way to treat those issues is to prevent them.

Sometimes those extra 10 minutes of sleep we get from hitting the snooze button in the morning are not enough.

I think we have all long known what John Gray put down in words in his bestseller, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: There are differences between the sexes, not just physically, but psychologically. And a new study being published in the May issue of Personality Individual Differences reinforces that belief.

What is anemia? Anemia occurs when your blood doesn't have enough hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein in your red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body. A common cause of anemia is not having enough iron.

Women are twice as likely to experience depression than men. Learn what symptoms to look for and how to cope.

Did you know that you can reverse the aging process that slows down your brain? Get the details here.

What is an episiotomy? This use to be a common word during childbirth, but not so much anymore. Today is it risky to have an episiotomy?

Getting your annual Mammogram in conjunction with an MRI can be a cost-effective way of improving life expectancy in women at high risk for breast cancer. A team of radiologists at General Hospital in Boston, Ma. conducted a study to determine the costs and benefits of mammography. Read their findings here.

Ashley Price felt terrible. She was tired, dizzy spells came and went, dark splotches popped up on her chest for no reason, and she’d gained 50 pounds in two years.

Research published online April 12 in the journal Pediatrics found that girls who drank the most alcohol during their teen years — daily or nearly every day — were five times more likely to develop benign breast disease as young adults than were their peers who never drank or drank less than once a week.

The study shows that if you have relatives or genes who have cancer or breast cancer you will most likely to get one in the future. But do you know that eating healthy diet will help you control some diseases or malfunction in our cells? Eating healthy diet can help you avoid getting diseases. Check out this video that gives you some tips on what to eat to help prevent breast cancer.

Birth defects affect 1 in 33 babies every year and cause 1 in 5 infant deaths. Women should learn and understand the different birth defects that are out there and what they need to do during pregnancy to help prevent them. Learn the top 10 things that you should know here.