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Estrogen and Your Health
What Is Estrogen?: What is estrogen and how does it affect your health? If you're interested in lowering your risk of breast cancer,or if you want to understand how to prevent recurrence after treatment, it's important to understand the role that estrogen, and other hormones, play in your health. Get started by reading about estrogen. Continue Reading...
Breast Self Exam
Healthy Changes Through Life: Doing a monthly breast self exam is the best way to stay familiar with the cyclical changes in your breasts. You will get to know the territory better than your health care team, and will spot changes easily. Having an annual clinical exam helps document your breast health, so keep a regular appointment set up for that! Between puberty and menopause, your breasts will go through many changes, which are affected by hormones, diet, and exercise. Most of these changes are natural and healthy! Continue Reading...
Yes, Your Constant Tiredness Could Be Due To Your Heavy Menstrual Periods By Midoni Johane, Dec 27, 2009
Most girls, over 95%, start their menstrual periods between the ages of 10 and 16 years, with more than a quarter of them reporting heavy bleeding. But what constitutes heavy bleeding?
Usually, quantification of a woman’s menstrual blood loss is based on her subjective assessment, but clinically, measurement of her full blood count.Continue Reading...
Walking For Weight Loss - Is it Worth the Effort?
By Sarah K Wright
When you were a toddler, safe in your mother's arms, your greatest wish would have been to walk from one end of the room to the other with those God-given, teeny-weeny feet. But today that you have developed over the years and height, there's nothing you would rather not do to avoid using those legs. Continue Reading...
Psychological Factors in Weight Management
By Deborah Caruana
To continue the educational series on your health and fitness lifestyle, this article is based on accredited college nutrition programs and literature based on proven science. My hope is to empower you to take responsibility for your nutrition plan. One does not have to become a fanatic and eat perfectly to be healthy! Continue Reading...
What to Expect From Your STD Clinic Visit
By Tim Leach
So you haven't been as careful as you should, and you're contemplating your first ever visit to an STD clinic to get tested? It's understandable that you'd be nervous, but it really isn't as bad as you'd imagine. Here's what you can expect from your visit, so you'll know the general procedure. Continue Reading...
Diarrhoea - Practical Tips to Help You Recover From Your Tummy Upset
By Jamie Noone
Diarrhoea is classified as a passing of loose or watery faeces far more frequently than normal. Along with constipation, the amount of bowel movements undertaken by each individual varies considerably. The majority of tummy upset illnesses are relatively short in duration and can be effectively treated by consuming more fluids to help avert dehydration and by taking some over-the-counter remedies to stop the diarrhoea. Continue Reading...
4 Common Myths About Genital Warts and the Facts
By Jacob S Smith
Genital warts are a problem which affects hundreds of thousands of people world wide. Its a very sensitive subject to discuss and for that reason a lack of vital information makes the proliferation worse. Here I will attempt to dispel some of the more common misconceptions regarding genital warts. Continue Reading...
Fun Outdoor Activities For Healthy Kids
By Denise Sanger
Whether you live in an urban area with a zoo or a rural area with historic landmarks, there are bound to be nature walks that you can enjoy. Your child will enjoy the opportunity to get to know their surroundings and learn about animals, plants, and historical events that are pertinent to the area. At the same time, you can both enjoy the fresh air and the exercise. Take your child's age into account when planning walks and don't expect too much from the younger ones. Continue Reading...
Role of Weight Management in Weight Loss
Author: Jen Page
With over 60% of the North American population currently overweight there has been much emphasis lately on the ways and means of healthy weight loss. If you have just successfully dropped a hundred (or even 10) pounds, congratulations - you did it! Now here comes second part of the challenge – weight management. Continue Reading...
Prostate Cancer Prevention - 5 Essential Tips to Reduce Your Risk
By Eamon Greville
Prostate cancer prevention services have despite increased awareness, always struggled with the reluctance of men to talk about their health and to seek help. However, there is much that can be done and the following 5 tips can help to reduce your risk. Continue Reading...
Abnormalities That Cause Man Boobs
Author: David Towdon
Man boobs can be the outcome of many factors. Such as cancer, too much testosterone or just an unhealthy diet. To avoid getting them yourself you need to know the causes.
Certain abnormalities or deficiencies can cause man boobs to develop and often this condition causes a man to feel embarrassed. Continue Reading...
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