Tag Archives: women’s health
Having Small Babies May Raise Heart Risk in Moms
According to the March of Dimes 1 in 8 babies is born premature in the US.
Women who give birth to small, full-term babies may have an increased risk for heart disease decades later, new research shows.
Delivering a small baby was found to be a strong, independent predictor of heart disease later in life in a new study led by researchers from the University...
Natural Menopause Treatments: Herbs, Nutrition & Homeopathy Relieving Causes of Symptoms
Not all women experience symptoms of menopause; however, for those that do, natural menopause treatment can help reduce a wide range of symptoms that may bring misery to a woman’s senior years. Menopause is the result of changing hormones, specifically estrogen and progesterone. The Mayo Clinic reports that 40 percent or more of women experience...
PMS: 10 Ways To Get Rid Of Symptoms
While not every woman gets premenstrual syndrome — the cramping, bloating and general crabbiness that can strike around period time — about 85 percent of women report having at least one symptom each month.
And even though there’s no real “cure” for PMS, many treatments and lifestyle changes are available to help you cut...
Top 5 Natural Ways to Increase Low Libido
How’s your sex life lately? This question may be a little intrusive, but your libido actually has big implications for your health.
Low libido affects men and women. When faced with low libido or impotence, men (unfortunately) often turn to performance enhancing drugs, like Viagra. Women don’t have the same options in prescription drugs, which...
Can you be healthy at any size?
The rising fat acceptance movement says being overweight isn’t necessarily bad for you-and some doctors agree. Other experts contend that’s a dangerous, even irresponsible, point of view. Here, we look at both sides of the debate.
TODAY’S WOMAN Tyra Banks has a new mission: Hold a contest for an unlikely group of aspiring models–namely,...
5 Reasons Why It’s Easier to Lose Weight Fast Than to Lose Weight for Good
We’ve seen it happen with everybody from celebs like Kirstie Alley and Janet Jackson, to former Biggest Loser contestants-heck, even one of the most powerful women in the world,Oprah Winfrey, can’t seem to maintain weight loss. Losing the weight is only half the battle; keeping it off for good is another story.
According to a new...
2 Ways To Stop Feeling Bloated In Your Belly
Have you ever looked down at your belly and gasped! How could it have bloated up so quickly? Or maybe you’ve had one of those depressing days when you go to put on your favorite pair of jeans… and they won’t button up.
What’s going on here?
How can the belly get so bloated so quickly?
Let me share a secret with you…
Being “bloated” is...
25 ways to make time for fitness
Most common excuse for not exercising? Survey says: “No time.” But examine that excuse at close range and you’ll see it’s usually about something deeper, says Lavinia Rodriguez, PhD, clinical psychologist and author of Mind Over Fat Matters: Conquering Psychological Barriers to Weight Management (iUniverse, 2008). “Typically,...
5 Bizarre Weight Loss Tricks That Work
1. Sniff a banana, apple, or peppermint
You might feel silly, but it works. When Dr Alan R. Hirsch of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago tried this with 3,000 volunteers, he found that the more frequently people sniffed, the less hungry they were and the more weight they lost – an average of 30 lb each. One theory is...
Easy Ways to Add 20 Years to Your Life
If you think that how long you’ll live is based on how long your grandparents and parents live, you’re only partly right. While genetics certainly have an impact, you have more control than you might assume. “By the time you turn 55, only about 30% of how quickly you age is based on your genes, as compared to 50% when you’re younger—the rest...
