Search Results for 'Health'

Heart Healthy

At 51, Mary Gordon is the picture of health. Sporting long brown hair and a youthful face, the Daytona Beach resident is a muscular 5' 2" tall and weighs 105 pounds. She kayaks, bicycles, rides a motorcycle, cares for her three d [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Women’s Health Alliance forms in Guelph

The fact that the numbers are rising for women with AIDS or HIV-positive diagnoses while they are shrinking for men, got Cheryl Bloemendal thinking there must be barriers to these women receiving health care. Staff at Guelph-Wellington [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

County nixes funding for Women’s Health Services

A resolution for allocations of funds to outside agencies was voted down at the Monday meeting of the Clinton County Board of Supervisors, due to a proposed amount for Women’s Health Services. The board had discussed whether to g [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Concerns over Sheffield women's health

An NHS report on the state of the city's health shows life expectancy for men has improved in the past year but life expectancy for women stalled. It says this may be down to women "increasingly adopting lifestyles more tradition [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

HealthCore Alliance discusses women’s health

To recognize Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Woodbury HealthCore Alliance held a speaker session last week that focused on women’s health. The event featured Dr. Sam Arnold, CEO of Comprehensive Healthcare for Women, and Amy Hawk [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Women’s health

Healthy lifestyle choices and early detection are two key approaches for women who are concerned about developing breast cancer. “We tell our women we cannot predict who will get cancer, but we can do things to prevent it,” sa [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Indian Hindu wives fast, sometimes luxuriously, for husbands...

On Saturday, Kanika Syal will wake up before dawn to begin a fast at sunrise, and not eat or drink until she sees the moon at night — all in the hope her husband will have a long life. Karva Chauth is a centuries-old tradition obser [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Study: Multivitamins may have adverse effect on women's heal...

According to the findings of the Iowa Women's Health Study, women who take multivitamins are apparently at a higher risk of death as compared to their counterparts who do not take such dietary supplements. The study - published in [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Anna Kournikova Covers Women’s Health November 2011

Anna Kournikova graces cover page of Women’s Health magazine’s November 2011 issue. 30-year-old Former tennis champion and new Biggest Loser trainer Anna Kournikova is flaunting her toned body, wearing blue full sleeved and sh [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

National Women’s Health Week: San Diego Focus on Caregivers

National Women’s Health Week 2011 empowers women caregivers to make their health a top priority in 2011 and take steps to improve their physical and mental health. Out of the estimated 65 million people who provide care for a chroni [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Women who miscarry 'are neglected by Health Service'

One in four pregnancies ends in the loss of the foetus but the needs of women who miscarry are being neglected by the NHS, campaigners claim today. A survey by the website Mumsnet showed women who suffered miscarriages were treated insens [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

The Record: Circle of health

BREAST cancer awareness has come a long way in recent years, but among African-American women, it still has a ways to go. This is particularly troubling because over the years a comparison of mortality rates has shown that black women of [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Women's Healthcare in Gulf Countries

Women in the UAE are more interested in their appearance than tackling high risk issues such as diabetes, osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases, according to latest research by IIR Middle East, organisers of Women's Healthcare exhi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Women's health: Uterine fibroids

The problem of Uterine Fibroids is one that is often ignored for reasons ranging from embarrassment to lack of knowledge about the magnitude of the problem. More common than one would think, most women live with them for years and bear [...]