Cervical cancer used to be one of the most common causes of cancer death for women nationwide. Since 1955, the number of deaths from cervical cancer has greatly decreased but it will still claim 3,700 lives of women this year. ...
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Menopause – A New Perspective
Written by Jan Roberts* and sponsored by Natural Health International. In Western society during the last 40 years, menopause, once unmentioned and borne in silence, has come to be regarded as one of the key life-events that might compromise women’s ...
Read More »Breast Cancer Diagnosis Complicated by Hormone Therapy
I am learning more and more that abnormal mammograms are not uncommon, especially for women on hormone therapy. We have known for several years that hormone therapy can slightly increase your risk of developing breast cancer. But, news just broke ...
Read More »Music and Medicine
Ever get a tune stuck in your head and you just keep hearing it over and over? Our world is filled with music. From Mozart to Madonna; from the lullabies that drift babies to sleep to the spiritual music that ...
Read More »Myths — and Facts — About Sleep
“There are many common myths about sleep. We hear them frequently, and may even experience them far too often. Sometimes they can be characterized as old wives’ tales, but there are other times the incorrect information can be serious and ...
Read More »The 2007 Hot List of Top Ten Books to Get You Through Menopause
Just the other day I was in a fairly large bookstore perusing the Women’s Health section to see what was new on the shelves this holiday season. I noticed there were quite a number of recently published books on menopause. ...
Read More »Bedroom Helpers: Tips for Keeping Sex Alive at Menopause
“Have you ever noticed that sexual functioning changes around the same time we receive our AARP cards? However, it doesn’t have to go out the window. Sex can remain pleasurable at any age,” says Karen Giblin in the latest Red ...
Read More »Menopause Challenges Couples' Sex Lives
We hear a lot about sex issues at menopause, but exactly how many people are affected? The Red Hot Mamas recently teamed up with Duramed Pharmaceuticals and Harris Interactive to conduct an online survey about sex and menopause. The goal ...
Read More »A Lack of Understanding Medical Information Could Be Deadly
Are you medically illiterate? Your life may depend on your answer! According to a study recently released in the Archives of Internal Medicine (July 23, 2007), a lack of health knowledge is associated with higher mortality rates. The study focused ...
Read More »Let the Dog Days of Summer Begin
Summer officially begins at the solstice on June 21st/22nd but for most Americans, Memorial Day weekend was the start of the summer. It’s that time of year when barbeques work overtime, sun hats come out for the first time of ...
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