Inconvenient Women Insist on Diagnostic Tests, Before Swallowing a “BIG-Pharma Cure” I have been researching the endocrine system and its integral role in a woman’s health. Our endocrine system is composed of a network of organs and glands responsible for producing, storing, and secreting hormones that help to maintain and control vital functions such as Continue Reading …
Lack of Sleep Could Undermine Exercise's Cancer Prevention Benefits
November 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Exercise can lower your overall risk of cancer – but only if you get a good night’s sleep After my last week’s rant about focusing efforts to PREVENT cancer as well as CURING cancer, I was please to review a research study that did just that! The study examined the link between exercise and cancer Continue Reading …
Twice as many women die from stroke every year than from breast cancer
September 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Overall, stroke is this country’s third-leading killer. About 700,000 Americans will have one this year, according to the American Stroke Association. But 55-percent of all strokes and 60-percent of stroke deaths occur in women. About 100,000 women die annually of stroke, 40,000 more than the number of men who die from it. The fact that Continue Reading …
Diabetes and Proactive Nutrition
September 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Broccoli may undo diabetes damage Broccoli may help ward off prostate cancer Eating broccoli could reverse the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels, research suggests. A University of Warwick team believe the key is a compound found in the vegetable, called sulforaphane. It encourages production of enzymes which protect the blood vessels, and Continue Reading …
Irregular or lengthy Menstrual Periods A Marker for Diabetes
May 10, 2005 By Leave a Comment
In the Journal of the American Medical Association Dr. Caren G. Solomon, an associate physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and leader of a team reported that Women who have irregular or very long menstrual cycles have a higher risk of developing diabetes. “Over an eight-year follow-up, the risk was twice as high, Continue Reading …
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