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Dr. Lela Emad of the Women’s OB/GYN Medical Group discusses the latest findings on diet and nutrition among women and offers some guidelines for women planning for pregnancy. A new study by the…

by Susan Kasza For women who are trying to get pregnant, or even those who think they might start trying within the next year, a doctor’s visit is recommended. Advance preparation can help to have a healthier pregnancy with a healthier mom and baby. If you’re a woman of child-bearing age, your doctor might alsoRead More

PCOS is a hormone imbalance that affects women of child-bearing years. It can make it hard to get pregnant.

Whether planning to get pregnant or not, women of child bearing age, from teenager throughout adult life, should concentrate on finding ways to add folic acid to their diet. Women who can become pregnant should be taking a daily vitamin and eating foods abundant in folic acid each and every single day, even if they are not trying to conceive. The reason: neutral tube defects can occur in the first 28 days of pregnancy. Birth defects can happen sometimes even before a woman…

As women go through different life stages -- including teenage years, child-bearing years, child-rearing years and menopause -- they have different needs. Be...

Many women get a breast augmentation as part of an overall plan to improve their health. In addition to undergoing the procedure, they may also be planning to lose weight or adding muscle through a workout regimen. Some women undergo breast augmentation after they’ve completed their child-bearing and want to makeover their bodies.

Weight-bearing exercise is actually one of the most effective remedies against osteoporosis, as it helps build stronger bones.

If you want strong bones, you have to use them! Everyone needs lifelong weight-bearing exercise to build and maintain healthy bones. Girls and young women especially should concentrate on building strong bones now to cut their risk of osteoporosis later in life
A bone thinning disease that can lead to devastating fractures, osteoporosis afflicts many women after menopause and some men in older age. Osteoporosis is…

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Finally, positive attention is being paid to the aging woman. Women in their 40s look better, feel better, have successful careers and seem to be able to do it all. In fact, it has been suggested that life for a woman really begins at age 40. For once, the "mature" woman is being celebrated rather than lamented. 40 is the new 30
...But is it really?
In January 2016, the CDC released National Vital Statistics System data on U.S.…

Exercise that puts greater strain on bones, like running, may improve long-term bone health more effectively than non weight-bearing activities like cycling, conclude the authors of a new...

It may be the new buzzword for coping with pressure, but two people from Northern Ireland tell Stephanie Bell that learning how to practise mindfulness really does have significant bene

Sometimes called "wear-and-tear" arthritis, osteoarthritis is a common condition that many people develop during middle age or older. It can occur in any joint in the body, but most often develops in weight-bearing joints, such as the hip.

Those wanting to adopt “sentencing reforms” that have no bearing on actual proposals being advanced at the federal level are only fooling themselves....

More responses to an article in the “Bearing Arms” series.

Unless you are blessed with the powers of Superman and his X-ray vision, you won't be able to determine whether an injury to your child involves a broken bone or if it is just a sprain. That being said, there are many clues that can help steer you toward a probable diagnosis
Location: Pain and swelling that occur in the middle region of a bone (away from either joint) are more likely to indicate some type of fracture. Pain and swelling at a…

Facebook and Apple recently announced they would cover the $10,000 cost for egg harvesting and freezing for any female employees who wish to delay child-bearing for years or decades, but the cheaper perk of sperm banking isn’t offered to male workers who want to put off fatherhood. Should it be?

Research suggests exercise could be as important to bone health as nutrition, and people who get more exercise may have higher peak bone mass, said registered dietitian nutritionist Taylor Wolfram. Weight-bearing exercise can help bones with mineral uptake, which is especially important for children, while high-impact workouts provide a site-specific benefit and resistance exercise may help bone density in older women at risk of osteoporosis, Wolfram said.

Obesity has often been linked to causing osteoarthritis through increased wear and tear on weight-bearing joints.