Health Conditions :
Rising Costs Affect Women’s Health
Almost half of women surveyed in a national poll said they had failed to seek health care for themselves or their families over the previous...
Health Guidelines Ignored Before Pregnancy
Few women follow lifestyle and nutritional guidelines before becoming pregnant, even when pregnancy is contemplated to some degree, a new study shows. Researchers at the MRC Epidemiology...
Olympic Swimmer Dara Torres: New Life, New Book
At the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing, Dara Torres, 41, became the oldest swimmer to ever make the U.S. team. But she didn’t just make the team — she came home with...
Alcohol Linked to Cancer Risk in Women
Women who drink as little as one alcoholic beverage a day — be it beer, wine, or hard liquor — have an increased cancer risk, a study shows. Researchers followed more than 1.2 million middle-aged...
Women Better at Sniffing Out Body Odor
If you are slapping on perfume to cover body odor, you may be able to fool men but probably not women. New research shows that women are more sensitive...
Sheryl Crow Adds Healthy Living to Her Repertoire
Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow is in a good place. Yes, she’s back on her farm just outside of Nashville, Tenn., close to family and friends again after keeping a demanding ...
7 Relationship Problems and How to Solve Them
It’s the rare couple that doesn’t, sooner or later, run into a few bumps in the road. If you recognize ahead of time what those relationship...
10 Easy Ways to Make Exercise a Habit
Let’s face it: it’s not all that difficult to start a fitness routine. After all, most of us have done it more than once. The trouble, of course, comes with sticking with...
7 Most Effective Exercises
Experts say there is no magic to exercise: You get out of it what you put in. That doesn’t mean you have to work out for hours each day. It just means you need to work smart. That said, experts agree...
Muscles Sore After Exercise? Sip Caffeine
Caffeine eases the muscle pains of exercising, new research shows, suggesting coffee might literally be a brew that promotes health. University of Illinois researchers...




