Reduce crippling menstrual cramps with yoga

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Reduce crippling menstrual cramps with yoga

Ask any woman about menstrual cramps or commonly referred to as “the curse” and you will get a wide range of comments from them being barely noticeable for some women to severe enough to interfere with daily activities.  Symptoms can range from mild to moderate and can include abdominal and pelvic pain which may also spread to the lower back, nausea, vomiting, loose bowel movements or constipation, bloating in the belly area, and headaches or feeling faint.  Not exactly a time of the month women look forward to.

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White wine may raise risk of rosacea in women

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White wine may raise risk of rosacea in women

If you are in the habit of relaxing with a glass of white wine frequently and you’re a woman, watch out – your risk of the skin condition, rosacea, may be increased.

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Premature Ovarian Failure

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Premature Ovarian Failure

Most women know not to try and get pregnant after age 40 because of the variety of complications that can occur, but some women simply cannot give birth after that age. They have lost normal function in their ovaries, a condition known as premature ovarian failure.

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What middle aged women should avoid like the plague

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What middle aged women should avoid like the plague

Growing older as a woman is not easy.  Particularly during the phase of a woman’s life called “middle age.”  Of course, men also become middle aged but men have the advantage of being referred to as “distinguished” or maybe even “sophisticated.” 

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Frequent Urination in Women – What Can You Do?

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Frequent Urination in Women – What Can You Do?

Frequent urination is a problem most often associated with older men, but it can also affect women, of any age. Frequent urination can have a genuinely harsh effect on your quality of life, whether it causes you to lose sleep at night or prevent you from going out and about for fear of being too far from a bathroom for too long.

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What every woman must share with her gynecologist

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What every woman must share with her gynecologist

A trip to the gynecologist is usually not at the top of most women’s list of things to do.  You’re flat on your back, feet in stirrups with your private parts being inspected by someone you mainly see once a year.  But that yearly visit to the gynecologist is a very important part of a woman’s health making it imperative to not hold back on certain health issues. 

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Handling Low Progesterone

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Handling Low Progesterone

Progesterone is a key hormone in the female body. It regulates your menstrual cycle, and prepares your womb each month for pregnancy by thickening the lining of your uterus to accommodate a fertilized egg.  If no fertilized egg shows up, your progesterone levels drop, menstruation returns, and it's business as usual.

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Predicting How Long a Woman Will Live

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Predicting How Long a Woman Will Live

Ladies, if we could tell you how long you will live, would you want to know? It may no longer be just an academic question or “what if” scenario. A study done by the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) has identified a possible “life line” predictor for women that promises to be more than just a little bit more accurate than a Gypsy's palm reading.

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Women, Their Social Life, and Her Sense of Smell

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Women, Their Social Life, and Her Sense of Smell

Ladies, are you feeling “disconnected”? “Out of the loop”? Does your social life consist of more online avatars and fewer real people? Some scientists believe your sense of smell may be to blame.

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Womb Cancer and The Pill

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Womb Cancer and The Pill

The American Cancer Society estimates that over 61,000 new cases of endometrial cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2017, with nearly 11,000 of those being fatal. Also known as womb or uterine cancer, the disease mainly affects post-menopausal women.

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9 ways women can lower risk of breast cancer

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9 ways women can lower risk of breast cancer

The one cancer for woman that makes them take notice the most is breast cancer.  This is understandable since other than lung cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women.  It is estimated that in 2017, there will be 252,710 new cases of the disease with one in eight women who will develop invasive breast cancer in their lifetime. 

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Natural solutions for vaginal dryness

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Natural solutions for vaginal dryness

Vaginal dryness - women will know it when it happens.  It may manifest itself as pain during sexual intercourse or vaginal itching and burning that didn’t happened in the past.  All a woman knows is that it is disrupting the quality of her life and her sexual fulfillment yet most women do not bring up the situation with their doctor. Whether because of embarrassment or thinking it is an inevitable part of growing older so just accept it, vaginal dryness or other symptoms of vaginal atrophy should not be kept in the dark.

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Exercise’s incredible benefits for women with PCOS

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Exercise’s incredible benefits for women with PCOS

One of the first things a woman diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) can do is to start making positive lifestyle changes beginning with increasing physical activity.  Exercise is just one of many key factors helping manage this condition affecting up to 10 million women around the world.

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Uterine Fibroids

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Uterine Fibroids

In most cases, they sound a lot worse than they are: uterine fibroids are growths which grow in the wall of your uterus, but are almost never cancerous or associated with a risk of cancer

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Why women are more likely to get UTIs

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Why women are more likely to get UTIs

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are much more common in women than men. Over 50% of women will have at least one UTI in her lifetime with up to 30% to 40% of UTIs recurring within 6 months after the initial episode.

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How to prevent middle-age spread after menopause

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How to prevent middle-age spread after menopause

Whether a woman welcomes menopause or wants to run away from it, what most women will agree upon is why am I gaining weight?  The “change of life” has suddenly brought with it an unwelcome change in numbers on the bathroom scale. 

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How diet and exercise can help manage polycystic ovary syndrome

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How diet and exercise can help manage polycystic ovary syndrome

PCOS may affect as many as 5 million women in the United States and can occur in girls as young as 11 years old.  The cause is unknown but seems to run in families as women with a mother or sister with PCOS are more likely to develop it also.  The main issue is a hormonal imbalance where the ovaries are making more androgens (male hormones such as testosterone) than what normally a woman makes. 

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Women have specific stroke symptoms

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Women have specific stroke symptoms

Strokes affect both men and women. However, women are more negatively impacted as stroke is the third cause of death in women, compared to the fifth leading cause of death in men. Every year, about 55,000 more women have a stroke than men. Among the more than 137,000 Americans who die from stroke each year, about 60 percent of them women. This year, it is estimated that more than 100,000 women in the U.S. under age 65 will have a stroke.

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Are you at risk for toxic shock syndrome?

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Are you at risk for toxic shock syndrome?

Women are raising concern about the use of certain tampons after a California model named Lauren Wasser lost her leg as a result of developing toxic shock syndrome from a tampon. Wasser lost her leg in 2012 and is now suing the tampon brand Kotex Natural Balance after almost dying from using them. 

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Natural Remedies for Uterine Fibroids and Ovarian Cysts

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Natural Remedies for Uterine Fibroids and Ovarian Cysts

Uterine fibroids and cysts, particularly during childbearing years, are more common than you might think.  Statistics put the number at 70-80% of women who experience fibroids or cysts at some point in their lives.

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