Stroke probably isn’t something you worry about most days, but did you know 1 in 5 women will have a stroke at some point in their lives? Your…
Get the info on cancer prevention: HPV Causes Most Cervical Cancer A virus, the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), causes most cervical cancers. There are many different types of HPV…
When birth control pills were first developed in the 1960s, they contained as much as 7 times the amount of estrogen in current oral contraceptives. Those pills could…
How Does Pregnancy Determine Your Health Pregnancy is a window into your future health, say experts at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Pregnancy complications including high blood pressure,…
If you have ever walked past a visibly pregnant woman wearing 4-inch stilettos, you likely watched her closely lest she lose her balance and fall. An entire audience…
Hypertension, or blood pressure more than 120/80, doesn’t just affect older people—1 in 3 people have high blood pressure and many are younger than you think. A recent…
All the changing hormones in your pregnant body have an effect down there and the result can be an overgrowth of yeast or bacteria in the vaginal tract.…
We’re smarter than ever about using sunscreen to protect our precious skin. Yet, even as sunscreen use increases, so do skin cancer rates. In fact, skin cancer rates…