What are fibroids? The Latin name for fibroids is, Leiomyomata Uteri. Uterine Fibroids are growths in the womb (uterus) they are made up of muscle and other types of tissue. Fibroids all most never develop into cancer. Uterine fibroids are very common in women of childbearing age. No one knows the definitive cause of [...]
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Dealing with Emotional Eating
“You’ll never understand the reason, until you look deep enough into the cut to see the emotional pain that put it there.” ~ C. L. Bartholdi Eating is a part of life. Your body gets its nutrients from food. Sometimes we can go overboard with our eating habits and it can result in gaining [...]
Migraines And Women
Migraines occur far more frequently in women than men. In fact, in adult women the rate of frequency is roughly 15% – 17%, where in men it’s only about 5%. Menses and Migraines Studies have shown that it is the withdrawal of estrogen that is a key factor in migraine headaches which are related to [...]
Lung Cancer: What Women Need To Know
The incidence of lung cancer in women increased rapidly after World War 2 as more and more women began to smoke, but that trend is finally reversing. Recent studies have show that lung cancer cases in women have leveled over for the first time. Smoking According to the National Women Health Resource Center (NWHRC) raising [...]
Martina G. McGowan
