by Yvonne Morris | Jul 28, 2015 | General Women’s Health
The latest evidence suggest that women’s brains are more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease and other problems with thinking and memory. Women with mild cognitive impairment, which can lead to Alzheimer’s, tend to decline faster than men, researchers...
by Yvonne Morris | May 7, 2015 | General Women’s Health
Many women were raised and still believe that an annual pap smear is a requirement. Women’s health studies have now shown that women 21 years and older at average risk for cervical cancer, getting screened once every 3 years should be sufficient. It is now...
by Yvonne Morris | Apr 23, 2015 | General Women’s Health
New research finds that young women who get the HPV vaccination gain substantial protection against infection in three parts of the body if they haven’t already been exposed to the human papillomavirus. HPV is an infection that can separately infect the...
by Yvonne Morris | Feb 25, 2015 | General Women’s Health
Doctors have the ability to treat many deadly diseases when they’re detected early enough. This is why routine preventive screening tests are critical. And certain tests are especially important for women. Mammograms, pap smears and colonoscopies have the...
by Yvonne Morris | Feb 5, 2015 | General Women’s Health
When it comes to our bodies, namely our hearts, men and women aren’t equal. While heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in America. Heart disease kills 500,000 women each year—over 50,000 more women than men. Women are more likely than...
by Yvonne Morris | Jan 15, 2015 | General Women’s Health
Great strides for women insured through the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA). Up until last year, insurance companies could and sometimes did charge women different premiums than men for the same coverage. As of January 1, 2014, the ACA prohibits this gender...
