Believe it or not, the number one killer of women is heart disease, formerly thought to be a “man’s disease”. What is heart disease? Your heart is a muscle that gets energy from blood carrying oxygen and nutrients. Having a constant supply of blood keeps your heart working properly. Most people think of heart disease… Read More Women and Heart Disease
I was watching General Hospital and one of the characters received the news that she could not have children. Any child she carried would not be carried to full term. She would lose the baby. What heartbreaking news. It hurts to see women who want to be mothers and who would be great mothers unable… Read More Women And Infertility
My mother used to have severe pain in her knees due to arthritis before she got replacements in them. I remember how swollen they looked. She told me that the arthritis might have been the result of scrubbing the floor on her knees. Since then they hurt and her mother put on them but they… Read More Women and Arthritis
A long time ago I took one drag on a cigarette and vowed never to touch another one again. It made me cough and I felt terrible. My sister used to smoke but then she stopped. I have a cousin who used to smoke and her lips looked black. I used to work with a… Read More Smoking and Women
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