Category: Women’s Health

When women have COPD, strength training can make their muscles more efficient at releasing oxygen from your blood.

A review of 47 studies on meditation finds the practice can help with anxiety, depression, and pain, although it doesn’t have much of an effect on eating habits, sleep, weight, or attention.

Routine screening for dementia is currently not recommended for people without symptoms.

New guidelines from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology focus on heart disease risk rather than cholesterol numbers.

The symptoms of a transient ischemic attack (TIA) often go away on their own, but they are a warning that a person is at greatly increased risk for a true stroke.

Drinking tea provides a number of health benefits, from lowering heart disease and stroke risk, to protecting against several types of cancer. The less processed tea leaves are, the more health-promoting compounds they contain.

New guidelines raise the threshold for drug treatment of high blood pressure to 150/90 mm Hg in adults ages 60 and older.

Women with heart disease or who’ve had a past heart attack may be at greater risk for memory and thinking problems as they age.

Increased belly fat may have to do with a loss of height as women age or hormonal changes during menopause. Making dietary changes can help control this extra weight around the middle.

Losing 10% of their body weight can help overweight women improve heart risks such as unhealthy LDL cholesterol and C-reactive protein (a marker of inflammation). Even women who lose smaller amounts of weight can see improvements in heart risks.