Three might be a crowd, but take notice: chances are good that if you are standing with two other people, one of the three of you has diabetes or prediabetes. Fast-forward to the year 2020, and it’ll be two out of three with the condition. How did polygenic disease and prediabetes transform the nation’s largest … Continue reading Easy Ways to Get Diabetes
The phrase “health records” may bring back mind all the records that a doctor keeps—age, weight, height, immunizations then forth. Often we use this type of data to show change, like pounds of fat lost or pounds of muscle gained. But health records needn’t be restricted to objective information. When we’re healthy, we feel good, … Continue reading Healthy Body And Healthy Records
I have friends of all ages, ranging in age from 20-somethings to 80-somethings. I relish them all; time along is often time well spent. When i am with the younger ones, I want the wise old(er) girl, experienced enough to impart some of my hard-won wisdom upon them. Mind you, I never volunteer unless asked. … Continue reading The Secrets of Growing Older
Every time I clink wine glasses with my 90-plus-year-old grandfather, he toasts to health because, “If you don’t have your health, you don’t have anything.” That’s why staying on high of vital screenings is simply asimportant for longevity and wellbeing as feeding healthy foods,exercising and staying social. January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, an ideal … Continue reading Be Careful About Your Health
It’s 2011 and I want to have some fun! And, i would like to seem smart and feel even higher for it. How do I plan on accomplishing all three? It’s easy: I’m going to get in touch with my inner Debbie Allen and dance, dance, dance. Dancing, like walking or athletics, is a great … Continue reading Yourself Healthy With Dancing
Pink is swirling all around this month. You can’t help but notice that. And i might be hiding my head within the sand if I did not acknowledge that it’s, after all, breast cancer awareness month. This icon was taken many weeks agone once my 25-year-old son, Jonathan, ran within the Race for the Cure … Continue reading Breast Cancer: Common Misconceptions
For quite twenty years, HealthyWomen has been committed to delivering quality health and eudaimonia content on all aspects of women’s health. To allow us to continue our mission of serving women, and to expand the resources that we offer, you’ll soon see the outcome of a new revenue stream on our website and in our … Continue reading Modern Look for Healthy Women
Congratulations! You’ve worked hard to take off that 10, 20 or more pounds that snuck up on you seemingly overnight. Maybe you have haunted exercise, sworn off the carbs, switched out full-fat ice cream for frozen yogurt or taped your mouth shut. Whatever it was, you worked hard and you should be proud of yourself. … Continue reading Easy Ways to Regain the Weight You’ve Lost
My post on crying got a lot of us thinking about emotions. But one comment I received from Nancy (“My optometrist told me that we actually need testosterone as well as estrogen to produce tears, which is why many women develop dry eye because they age and as the internal secretion levels plummet”) got ME … Continue reading Eyes Might Be Red and Itchy
September is National Yoga Month. I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Yoga is an effective stress reducer and may even help you lose weight, but new research shows that a certain type of chanting yoga may also be effective in warding off disease. And that is good news, indeed, for all of us wishing … Continue reading How Yoga will help to Fights Disease
