WOMEN'S HEALTH
Trust your body to detoxify itself
/Do an online search for “how to detox” and there are almost 12 million hits up and ready to give out advice on ridding your body of toxins.
Read MoreProtect Your Heart In The Winter
/As just one function of many in your body's attempt to keep you warm, your heart will actually beat faster in cold weather.
Read MoreLibido Boosters for Women of Every Age
/The link between female libido and the constantly fluctuating hormones produced by the ovaries is profound.
Read MoreUsing Multiple Social Media Is Bad
/It's been touted here before how social media can be a source of depression. But now we know that there is a linear association between the amount of social media platforms you use and your degree of depression.
Read MoreThe Powerful Plank
/There are a handful of exercises everyone should be doing daily for achieving a phenomenal shape. These include push-ups, squats, lunges and the ever-popular plank.
Read MoreEat for Your Skin
/You may never have washboard abs, rippling muscles, or a full head of hair (again), but you can get radiant, supple, glowing skin – and it won't take two hours a day in the gym or a time machine.
Read MoreWomen: Your Overtime Really is Killing You!
/Women who put in long hours for the bulk of their careers may pay a steep price: life-threatening illnesses, including heart disease and cancer.
Read MoreWhat Are Your Options If You Cannot Conceive?
/Infertility can be from male or female etiology. A couple is diagnosed with infertility only if after 12 months of well-timed coituses, a pregnancy has not occurred.
Read MoreNixing Nighttime Nocturia
/There is a condition that is estimated to occur in more than 50 percent of men and women over the age of 60 with it worsening over time.
Read MoreHeart disease doubles for women with diabetes
/Both men and women with type 2 diabetes are at a greater risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Read MoreStudy Says Female Viagra
/Female Viagra” isn’t quite the miracle drug everyone hoped it would be.
Read MoreHow Much Alcohol Is Safe in Pregnancy
/One study shows that 39% of 8-10-year-old children in Pennsylvania had drunk or sipped alcohol.
Read MoreWomen in NY: Be aware of pelvic inflammatory disease
/There are more than 1 million women in the U.S. develop pelvic inflammatory disease each year.
Read MoreWhat is a Menstrual Cup?
/This makes these rubbery cups somewhat of a mystery in the female world. We are here to break things down for you.
Read MoreWhat is Hyperemesis gravidarum?
/Having HG throughout the pregnancy can result in complications like gastric ulcers, esophageal bleeding, and overall malnutrition because of consistent vomiting.
Read MoreCDC: Young women should avoid alcohol unless using birth control
/Women of childbearing age should avoid alcohol unless they're using contraception
Read MoreWhat women need to know about urinary tract infections
/About 40% of women and 12% of men will have a symptomatic urinary tract infection during their lifetime.
Read MoreCan being overweight affect your pregnancy?
/Research has shown that more women are giving birth at older ages, are obese, or have certain health conditions like high blood pressure and diabetes. There are also more young women with serious conditions, like congenital heart defects, who are surviving and having children.
Read MorePregnancy and the dangers of mercury
/According to a study from Consumer Reports, pregnant women should avoid all tuna due to the dangers of being exposed to high levels of mercury. This contradicts the FDA’s recommendation made in June stating that women who are pregnant may consume up to 12 ounces of fish per week.
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