Category: Women’s Health

A new analysis from the Nurses’ Health Study links adherence to the Mediterranean diet with greater longevity.

Despite evidence that radiation therapy doesn’t affect recurrence in women over 70 with early breast cancer, almost two-thirds of women continued to get radiation.

One healthy habit can reduce stroke risk in women by a fourth; two, by a third; three or four, by nearly half; and four by almost two-thirds.

Pneumonia can be life-threatening in people over 65. The high-strength flu vaccine and two pneumonia vaccines are recommended.

These resolutions can improve your health: floss, walk more, eat healthier, learn a new skill, make new friends, lose weight, stop smoking.

Capsules containing frozen donated fecal matter eradicated drug-resistant diarrhea in 90% of patients treated in a pilot study.

Plantar fasciitis usually gets better without medical treatment. Stretching and weight training can speed the process.

Light is the most effective treatment for the winter blues. Outdoor light is best. People with SAD benefit from light boxes and SSRI antidepressants.

My doctor told me my B12 is extremely low, at 106, but he said I didn?t have anemia. He prescribed monthly shots and told me he would test my vitamin B12 levels again in two months. If my B12 level is so low, can you please tell me how only two shots can help?

Only meditation and acupuncture were deemed worth recommending as alternative therapies for side effects of breast cancer treatment.