The Exercise Cure
Visit Sally Dick, a naturopath and physician in Windber, Pennsylvania, and you’re more likely to get a prescription for exercise than one for a pill. She’s among a maverick group of physicians who not only Read More
women’s health
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Osteogenesis Can Help Heal Them
Thirty-five minutes into a 60-minute workout, my boxing instructor yells, “Float like a butterfly!” And if I have any air in my lungs or moisture left in my mouth, I might respond, “Sting like a Read More
How Much Calcium Should Women Take?
A new clinical guide summarizes the evidence regarding the effects of calcium in reducing the risk of osteoporosis after the menopause. Bone health is especially important for the elderly. Osteoporosis is common and affects 1 Read More
Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?
Humans are the only species in which one sex is known to have a ubiquitous survival advantage, Steven Austad, Ph.D., and Kathleen Fischer, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers write in their Read More
5 Steps To A Better Breast Self-Exam
If your monthly breast self-exam happens in the shower “sporadically” and involves a quick once-over of your breasts, you may be missing some important elements of an effective exam. In truth, the best and most Read More
Minerals are critical to our physical and mental health!
These people do. See if you need help, too. It never fails. I pour myself something to drink and suddenly one of my children is “dying of thirst” and needs to take a swig. It’s Read More
Your guide to vitamins at every age
The plethora of vitamins on the market reads like the alphabet- literally from A- Zinc. Do we, as women need to guzzle 50 a day to be healthy? How do we make heads or tails Read More
Taking Care of Your Hormones
As women, hormonal fluctuations throughout our life cycles are natural and important for our health and well-being. Hormonal fluctuations that cause pain and illness, however, are not. A widespread misconception among women and traditional medical Read More
Early Onset Menopausal Symptoms Could Predict Heart Disease
Women who experience hot flashes and night sweats earlier in life are more likely to die from heart disease, also referred to as cardiovascular disease (CVD) when compared to women with later onset menopausal symptoms, Read More
Heart Disease: The Silent Killer
What you can do to prevent and reverse heart disease. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, heart disease has been the United States? number one killer?a position it still holds today. It?s responsible for Read More