Women: are you at Risk for Heart Attack? by: Sarah Taylors
Many women suffer from heart disease each year. In fact, heart disease is the #1 killer of American women, where more than one in five women have some form of cardiovascular disease. The more alarming fact...
Wise Women Money Quiz: How Money-Wise Are You? by: Cynthia Fick
Awareness is the first step in gaining financial freedom.
Test Your Knowledge
Do you know where you stand in terms of Money Smarts?
The following questions are based on Oppenheimer Funds research. It o...
Access to Health Care in U.S: Problems and the Bottom Line by: Dr. Golam Md. Munir
Access encompasses both the ease and timeliness with which health services can be obtained (Office of Health Care Access, 1999; Millman, 1993). Metrics of measuring access to health ...
WHAT IS OSTEOPOROSIS by: J
WHAT IS OSTEOPOROSISOsteoporosis is a disease of the bones, the disease affects mostly older women but older men can get also. People with osteoporosis have bones that become weak and can break easily - it causes about 1.5 million fract...
Silicone Implants Don't Raise Breast Cancer Risk by: Sara Goldstein
A decades-long study finds no connection between women with silicone breast implants and breast cancer. In the 37-year-long study, American researchers examined 3,486 Swedish women who received br...
Never Too Late to Prevent Osteporosis by: ARA Content
Calcium - a key element in the fight
(ARA) - Osteoporosis, a chronic disease that results in the deterioration of bone mineral density, affects nearly 28 million Americans -- 2 million of which are men. Despite...
Smoking not Only Kills; it Causes Osteoporosis Too! by: Sharon Bell
Osteoporosis and other bone-density-related problems affect everyone - men, women, young and old. Although women and the elderly are more susceptible in getting such diseases, men and the younger ...
Depression Relief Found With Regular Exercise by: Tracie Johanson
Most of us recognize the benefits we can expect from exercise. Engaging in regular exercise, including both cardiovascular and resistance workouts, brings such benefits as lower blood pressure, lowe...
Breast Cancer Prevention Still Needs More Attention by: Andi Michaels
Breast cancer prevention is important for women to learn about, especially since breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in women. The American Cancer Society's web site reports that...
Celebrate Every Year After Forty, with a Mammogram by: Angela Butera Dickson
Celebrate the month of your birth by having a mammogram - toast your life with this fast, easy and noninvasive test.
A first mammogram is a right of passage for most women at forty. 66....
Teenage Obesity May Well Result In Premature Death by: Donald Saunders
Obesity has been growing rapidly in the adult population of many western nations for some years now and is officially at epidemic proportions. This is worrying enough in itself, but of much mo...
lavones Help Alleviate Menopausal Symptoms by: ARA Content
However, Independent Study Finds That All Isoflavone Supplements are Not Created Equal
(ARA) - As baby boomers age, large numbers of women are entering menopause. Doctors often prescribe hormone replacement...
Educate Yourself About Breast Cancer Prevention by: MIKE SELVON
Breast cancer prevention is important for women to learn about, especially since breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in women. The American Cancer Society's web site reports that over ...
25 Valuable Phone Numbers For Small Businesses Success by: BZ Riger-Hull
Starting and growing a small business can be a daunting and sometimes lonely process we have compiled a list of 25 helpful phone numbers for agencies and services that work with small business...
Diabetes--What You Need to Know About This Hidden Danger by: Larry Denton
The actual cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and environmental factors such as obesity appear to play major roles. Diabetes can cause serious health compli...
