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Are Antidepressant Side Effects Getting You Down?
You've started taking an antidepressant prescribed by your doctor. Now, you are getting headaches and having trouble sleeping. You were looking forward to feeling better, not..
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Back to School in Your Golden Years
By Melissa Tennen, Contributing Writer Your classmate in Economics 101 is young enough to be your son - or even your grandson. In fact, most of your classmates are. Here you are..
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Calcium Supplements to the Rescue
By Jane Harrison, R. D. , Staff Nutritionist Make no bones about it. Calcium is a critical nutrient for the prevention of osteoporosis, a disease of thinning bones that affects..
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Checklist for Coping With Congestive Heart Failure
Not long ago congestive heart failure (CHF) was barely treatable. Now there are a variety of medications that strengthen heart muscle and lower the heart's workload. Bypass..
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Depression and Breast Cancer
One in eight women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives. Along with chronic health conditions comes an increased risk of stress and depression. Learn about..
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Depression and Heart Disease
Dealing with chronic health conditions such as pain or heart disease can increase your risk of getting depression. Learn more about Depression and Heart Disease...
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Depression and Menopause
By Lila Havens, Staff Writer Menopause is called "the change" for good reason. It occurs during a time when many aspects of a woman's life may be in flux. She may be coping with..
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Depression in Women
Depression can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity or social status. Women are nearly twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression. Learn more..
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Depression: What Every Woman Should Know
Depression affects both women and men, but women get it nearly twice as often. What is it about women that make them more likely to have depression? Learn more...
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Diabetes and Heart Disease: The ABCs of Prevention
If you have diabetes, you're probably well aware of its potential complications; kidney failure, blindness and amputation are among the worst. But two out of three people with..
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Diagnosing Coronary Heart Disease
The diagnosis of coronary heart disease is based on patient history, physical examination, symptoms and the results of testing. Many times, coronary heart disease produces few if..
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Exercise Your Depression Away
Are you running from depression? How about walking from it? Or, for that matter, maybe even biking. You should be...
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Heart Failure and a Healthy Diet: Tips to Cut Back on Salt
In heart failure, the heart is weakened and can't pump as well as it should. As a result, fluid builds up in the tissues of your body. This excess fluid causes symptoms such as..
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Insomnia and Perimenopausal Women
Sometimes perimenopausal women find themselves having difficulty falling asleep and trouble staying asleep, especially when they are experiencing hot flashes and night sweats...
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Is It a Heart Attack or Heartburn?
You'll know when you're having a heart attack by that telltale elephant-sitting-on-your-chest feeling, right? Probably, but not always...
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Managing Depression
Many people are affected by depression. Learn the facts about depression and how to manage the symptoms...
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Osteoporosis
What are the risk factors?How can it be prevented?How is it diagnosed?How is it treated? Normal or early menopause (brought about naturally or because of surgery) increases your..
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Osteoporosis Challenge
Take the osteoporosis challenge and learn more about this debilitating disease. True or False?Women and men run the same risk of developing osteoporosis. True FalseIn general,..
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Prescription Choices for Menopause
Some women going through menopause use some sort of therapy to help with menopausal symptoms. When lifestyle changes and natural remedies aren't enough, they may feel as if they..
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Preventing Falls and Fractures
Every year in the United States, one of every three people older than 65 suffers a serious fall. Older people, especially postmenopausal women, are prone to falling - often..
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Preventing Falls Checklist
Did you know that by making some simple changes you could prevent a nasty fall? Falls are a major cause of broken hips and other serious injuries in people 65 and older...
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Raise Your Breast Cancer Awareness
By Jill Ross, HealthAtoZ contributing writer Simply being a woman and getting older puts you at increased risk for breast cancer. It's estimated that one in eight women will..
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Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease
Coronary heart disease (CHD) affects more than 7 million Americans, making it the most common form of heart disease. Men initially have a greater risk for developing CHD than..
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Safety Tips for People Who Live Alone
By Diane Griffith, Staff Writer You may be a college grad living on your own for the very first time. Or perhaps you're an empty-nester single parent or a widow. Whatever the..
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Screening Tests for Women
By Ellie Rodgers, Contributing Writer As a woman, there's a lot you can do to prevent health problems. Eat healthy, stay active and get enough sleep. Along with having regular..
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Simple Ways to Ward Off Aging
Just because your body ages, don't think you are destined to a fate of hobbling from doctor to doctor. Genes account for only a third of the problems related to aging. The rest..
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Social Security for Divorced or Widowed Women
By Lila Havens, Staff Writer Married women tend to assume they will retire with their husbands. They count on their husband's Social Security benefits to provide part of their..
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Soy for Hot Flashes: The Debate Continues
By Lila Havens, Staff Writer You're sitting in a meeting when suddenly the room heats up. You feel your face flush. Sweat trickles down your sides. You slip off your jacket and..
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Surviving the Loss of A Partner
When you lose a partner, you experience a unique, inexplicable pain that seems unending. Just putting one foot in front of the other and getting through each day becomes an..
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Symptom Watch: 3 Health Threats Women Over 55 Shouldn't Ignore
By Nancy Reid, Staff Writer Growing old is not for the faint-hearted. Women face hot flashes, thinning skin, graying hair, restless sleep and, often, caretaking duties ill family..
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Symptoms Women Should Never Ignore
By Ellie Rodgers, Contributing Writer Women often have little time to themselves. They tend to kids, relationships, home life and aging parents. They juggle jobs and finances,..
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Treatment for Bladder Control Problems in Women
Doctors often recommend that women do Kegel exercises to strengthen muscles around the urethra, vagina and rectum. These can be done either sitting up or lying down...
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Treatment of Osteoporosis
Treatment for women: The treatment goals for osteoporosis are to stop continued bone loss or slow it down as much as possible and to prevent bone fractures. Breaking a bone is..
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Understanding Depression
Sometimes life can get you down. The loss of a loved one, a serious health problem, job changes, moves or a big disappointment can all get people down in the dumps. But if you..
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What Are the Risk Factors for Ovarian Cancer?
Factors that may increase the risk of ovarian cancer include: Age. The risk of developing ovarian cancer increases as a woman ages. Family history. A woman whose mother, sister..
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What Every Woman Can Do: 10 Tips for Healthy Living
Many factors put you at risk for diseases that seriously threaten women. Heart disease, cancer, strokes and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases can be avoided, treated or..
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What Is Cholesterol and How Does It Affect Me?
You've heard about cholesterol and know that you have to "watch it" to stay healthy. But what is cholesterol, and what exactly are you watching?..
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What Is Coronary Heart Disease?
Anatomy image insertion begins Anatomy image insertion ends Coronary heart disease (CHD), also called coronary artery disease, is a condition that affects arteries that deliver..
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What Is Ovarian Cancer?
The ovaries are two small organs located on either side of the uterus (womb), deep within the pelvic cavity. The ovaries produce female hormones and store egg cells, which when..
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Women and Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
Did you know that the #1 cause of death in American women is CAD, including stroke? If not, you are not alone. Surveys show that about half of women do not know that heart..
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Women and Menopause: Livening up Libido
As women enter menopause, they may have changes in their libido, or sex drive. Just how menopause and hormones affect the loss of a woman's libido isn't clear...
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