February 23, 2012
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February 23, 2012
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Features and tips devoted to common women’s health issues.
If winter leaves you feeling sad, it could be the result of SAD—Seasonal Affective Disorder. This very real mood disorder occurs at the same time every year and is characterized by a serious case of winter blues—those who suffer from it feel depressed and tired and tend to oversleep, overeat, and crave carbohydrates.
Despite the best efforts of public health experts to educate the public, flu myths abound and it can be hard to separate fact from fiction. But when it comes to the flu, fiction is no laughing matter.
Meditation may bring more than peace, according to the results of a study at Wake Forest University. Researchers there found that individuals who were subjected to mild burns before and after a crash course in meditation reported a 40 percent decrease in pain after the mediation course.
Winter is afoot. The snow is falling and cold and flu season is in full swing. Instead of waiting for the symptoms to appear, take a proactive stance to stay healthy this season.
Metabolic syndrome (formerly referred to as syndrome X) is not a disease, but a group of risk factors that occur together and increase the risk for heart attack, stroke, and diabetes. These risk factors are: abdominal fat, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high blood sugar levels.
Water, water everywhere—but are you drinking enough? Here in the developed world, we’re blessed with an abundance of clean water, but that doesn’t mean we’re getting our fill.
We all know that regular exercise is critical for health and wellbeing, but if you needed another reason to get up and move, here it is—the results of a new study indicate that women who regularly sit for long periods of time are two to three times more likely to develop a deadly blood clot in the lungs.
Obesity is a major cause of early death in women, according to the results of a study published in the British Medical Journal. The study found that lower income women were more likely to be obese and at a higher risk of early death, regardless of other risk factors such as smoking.
Women with untreated celiac disease may go through menopause earlier and have a higher risk of some pregnancy complications than women without the disease or women who have been diagnosed and treated, according to the results of a recent study.
Postmenopausal women who suffer from chronic constipation may be at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease than their more “regular” counterparts, according to the results of a study published in The American Journal of Medicine.
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