Ensuring Good Health Prior To Conception Minimizes Risk Of Complications In Pregnancy

A newly published article in the journal Nursing for Women’s Health highlights the importance of a woman’s ability to time her childbearing. The author asserts that contraception is a means of health promotion and women who work with their health care providers to ensure they are healthy prior to conceiving can minimize their risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth…

Early Menopause Raises Risk Of Osteoporosis And Early Death

A woman whose menopause arrives early has nearly double the risk of suffering form osteoporosis later on, compared to other females, researchers from SkÃ¥ne University Hospital, Malmo, Sweden, reported in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology…

Smoking brings on earlier menopause

DRINKING, smoking and carrying extra weight all influence when a woman goes through menopause, a new study suggests. Have your say here.

Lifestyle as young adult may affect age of menopause

A woman's lifestyle may influence when she undergoes menopause

Menopause Hormone Treatments Could Increase Breast Cancer Risk

A new study funded by the National Cancer Institute has reportedly found that long-term hormone therapy to ease the symptoms of menopause, regardless of which type of hormone is used, could increase a woman's risk of contracting breast cancer. According to an April 1 Associated Press (AP) article, experts have long warned women that the most common form of this type of treatment — taking pills …

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