Women's Health Archive
Living Well
- All forms of smoking are bad for you
- Alternative therapies to quit smoking
- Antibacterial products: can you be too clean?
- Boutique options offer greater choice in medical care
- BPA raising concerns
- Computing in comfort
- Control the craving to smoke
- Coping with fatigue from chemotherapy
- Coping with hair loss from chemotherapy
- Dealing with hair loss in women
- Diabetes and alcohol: caution when mixing
- Eat well, exercise well, be well: dietary and fitness guidelines
- E-cigarettes: a safe substitute for smokers?
- Exercising through hormonal changes
- Feathering your empty nest
- Finding Health Information You Can Trust
- Fluoride and your bones: a mixed bag
- Good intentions gone awry: how to keep your health habits in balance
- Having trouble catching those z's?
- Health is the whole…body, mind, and soul
- Health spending accounts: a complement to regular health insurance
- How your clothes protect you from the sun
- Interpreting prescription drug advertising
- Intimate partner violence: recognizing abuse
- Job-related weight gain: battling the bulge at work
- Keep the weight off when you quit smoking
- Managing symptoms of menopause
- Mastalgia
- Mastalgia: benign breast pain
- Napping: medicine for the weary
- Natural tips for better sleep
- No more sleepless nights: dealing with insomnia
- Ordering your own lab tests
- Permanent makeup: why and how?
- Protect your skin: how to avoid sun exposure
- Quitting smoking after a heart attack
- Reasons to quit smoking
- Safe bet: seat belts improve your odds
- Sleep: are you getting enough?
- Sun exposure: finding a balance
- Sunless tanning: What are your options?
- Support for smokers wanting to quit
- Symptoms of menopause: could your thyroid be the cause?
- Teeth whitening: what are your options?
- The American Heart Association’s guidelines for women
- The hygiene hypothesis: how valid is it?
- The role of family medical history in your health
- Tips for getting a good night sleep
- Tips on coping with anemia related to chemotherapy
- Understanding hair loss
- Using cosmetics safely
- Vitamin D: let the sun shine?
- When a loved one has chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia
- Women's health myths
- Your body fat percentage: what does it mean?
- Understanding foster care
Prevention Practice
- Achieving and maintaining a healthful weight
- Antibacterial products: can you be too clean?
- Are you allergic to your jewelry?
- Be a partner in your COPD care
- Be a partner in your heart failure care
- Breast cancer screening: research and guidelines
- Breast self-exam (BSE)
- Brush your teeth—it’s good for your heart
- Cancer tests that can save your life
- Chronic Inflammation and Disease
- COPD When to call for help
- Decision making tool: should I have a mammogram?
- Diabetes and cardiovascular disease: what’s the link?
- Do you have prehypertension?
- Fibrocystic breast changes: lumps that are normal
- Foot problems: could you be wearing the wrong shoes?
- Get moving to prevent blood clots
- Health screenings for women
- Heart attack in women (myocardial infarction)
- Heart Failure: Salt and fluids
- Heart Failure: When to call for help
- High blood pressure linked to inflammation
- How to wash your hands properly
- HPV DNA testing approved for cervical cancer screening
- Irritable bowel syndrome: strategies for managing a complex condition
- Isolation precautions
- Knowing your ejection fraction
- Learn your diabetic ABCs
- Lowering heart disease risk is more than just lowering your cholesterol number
- Metal toxicity: your brain under siege
- New recommendations to prevent high blood pressure
- Physical activity for people wiht heart failure
- Preventing carbon monoxide poisoning
- Preventing errors and infections during surgery: steps for hospital staff and patients
- Preventing infections in the hospital: steps for hospital staff and patients
- Preventing liver disease
- Protect yourself from tickborne illnesses
- Real-life stories of weight loss
- Reducing your risk of heart disease when you have diabetes
- Skin self-exam
- Stay safe and sound with self-defense
- The immune system and organ transplant: what you should know
- Tips to help you stop smoking
- Toxic shock syndrome: tampons and more
- Traveling when you need oxygen therapy
- Watch your back
- Ways to prevent osteoporosis
- Why you should be smoke-free for surgery
- Women's health myths
Treatment and Medication
- Alternative therapies for allergies
- Antibiotic safety
- Autoimmune disease and women
- Bone mineral density testing: who needs it?
- Botulism: killer or wonder drug?
- Cold medicines
- Cosmetic "non-surgery"
- Cosmetic surgery: a rundown of procedures
- Easing a headache the natural way
- Genetic testing: look before you leap
- Ghrelin, the hunger hormone: could it be the key to weight loss?
- Health check-ups for women
- Health insurance: choosing the plan that's right for you
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- Hormone replacement therapy: a look at the options
- How to choose a therapist or counselor
- How to safely dispose of medications
- In search of the perfect physician
- Liposuction: weighing the risks and benefits
- Medical care for the DES daughter
- Medical marijuana
- Medication for women with advanced breast cancer
- Organ donation: the gift of life
- Palliative Care: Breathing problems
- Palliative Care: Heart Failure
- Physical activity for people with COPD
- Preventing medical errors
- Shared decision making and your health
- Silicone breast implants: are they safe?
- Starting life skin to skin
- Surgery at the doctor's office: what you need to know
- Taking care of your diabetes when you are away from home
- Taking care of your diabetes when you are at school or work
- Taking care of your diabetes when you are sick
- Traveling for treatment: weighing the risks of medical tourism
- Treating latex allergy
- Variant angina: heart spasms
- What can I do about kidney disease?
- What to ask when you need surgery
- What you need to know about managing lupus
- When to worry about head injuries
Fertility and Pregnancy
- Baby on the way? Keep smoking at bay
- Birth control for breastfeeding women
- Bladder control during pregnancy
- Breastfeeding and working: you can do it
- Breastfeeding successfully
- Breastfeeding with breast implants: can you do it?
- Cancer treatment and fertility in women
- Common discomforts and bodily changes during pregnancy
- Dealing with miscarriage
- Eating for appropriate weight gain during pregnancy
- Fertility preservation options
- Group B strep screening: don’t wait until it’s too late
- In-home pregnancy tests: your questions answered
- Is a cesarean delivery right for you?
- Is it safe to eat fish during pregnancy?
- Managing Diabetes When You Are Pregnant
- Managing symptoms of pregnancy
- Medications and pregnancy
- Mommy massage: for a healthy, relaxed pregnancy
- New dimensions in prenatal ultrasound: 3D and 4D
- Pain management during childbirth: what are your options?
- Postpartum fitness
- Pregnancy and housework: could you be putting your baby at risk?
- Pregnancy and sleep: a contradiction in terms?
- Pregnancy skin: glowing, stretching, darkening and more
- Reducing food-borne risks during pregnancy
- Rh explained
- Taking your preemie home
- The flu shot and pregnancy
- The labor dispute: epidural or natural childbirth?
- True or false: you can predict your baby’s gender by how you carry the pregnancy
- Watch out for pregnancy pitfalls after age 40
Sexual Health and Behavior
Mental Health
- Eating disorders: when food and weight take control
- Growing up sober: a challenging journey for adult children of alcoholics
- Helpful tips: holidays with your children's grandparents
- How to choose a therapist or counselor
- Now it's time to say goodbye: ending friendships
Exercise and Nutrition
- Heart healthy physical activity
- A family's guide to tackling eating disorders
- Anemia: how food and vitamins can help
- Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables
- Exercise for chronic disease relief
- Fighting your inner sloth: getting into a daily exercise routine
- Finding folate
- Foods designed for women: healthful snacks or a marketing ploy?
- Gluten-free MyPlate
- Health clubs: getting the most for your money