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Women & Heart Disease: What You Don’t Know

Do you know which disease poses the biggest threat to women’s health? Here’s a hint: It’s not breast cancer, which claims one out of every 31 American women each year. (In fact, the disease we’re...

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Mammograms vs. Ultrasound: Learn the Difference

Most women know that as they age, regular mammograms will become a routine part of their preventive health care. However, fewer women understand how ultrasounds can also help prevent breast cancer....

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Women & Mental Health: Pregnancy & Postpartum

We call them bundles of joy—and for the most part, they are. Helping a newborn learn and grow can fulfill a parent in unparalleled ways. But for many women, giving birth can also bring on mood swings...

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5 Questions Women Over 40 Should Ask their Doctor

Turning 40 can be a glorious time for women. Aging anxieties aside, many women become more confident, less self-critical and start to enjoy greater stability in their lives than ever before. However,...

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Top 5 Women’s Health Concerns & How NWPC Can Help

It’s natural to be concerned about your health, and it’s wise to be proactive about preventing problems from taking root. But when it comes to disease prevention, many women may be misplacing their...

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How to Stay Fit During the Holiday Season

As we enter the holiday feeding frenzy, a common concern on people’s minds is how to enjoy the season without losing ground on their fitness efforts. We always overeat during the holidays. A...

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Top 10 Ways to Combat Holiday Stress

The holidays are coming. How much time will you spend on your holiday activities? According to surveys, Americans spend an average of 42 hours a year shopping, wrapping gifts and attending parties....

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New Year? Healthier You!

More than 40 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions each January, but only 8 percent of us actually keep them. Why is that? Part of the reason is that resolutions are often too vague to be...

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What You Need to Know About Your Thyroid

Our bodies come with a lot of moving parts, and sometimes it’s the smallest ones that can have the biggest impact on our overall health. Take the thyroid, for example. The small, butterfly-shaped gland...

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Should You Get Tested for Osteoporosis? [Infographic]

Loss of bone density is a normal thing that occurs as we get older, but some of us experience bone loss at a more rapid or increased rate as a result of Osteoporosis. More than half of the U.S. adult...

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Chlamydia Screening is Essential for Young Females Age 16-24

Infertility is a high price to pay for becoming sexually active. Yet it’s a price many young women end up paying when they unknowingly contract chlamydia. Nearly 7 percent of sexually active teenage...

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If You’re Diabetic, Foot Care is Important

Diabetes and foot problems often go hand in hand—but they don’t have to. “The development of foot problems is not an inevitable consequence of having diabetes,” said Andrew Boulton, chairperson of the...

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Women’s Health Watch: Cervical Cancer Prevention

Once the leading cause of death for women in the United States, cervical cancer has significantly declined in both frequency and fatality over the past few decades. Modern medicine has become so...

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Finish a Marathon Without Foot Pain This Year

Running a marathon: It’s an achievement that’s increasingly finding its way onto bucket lists and New Year’s resolutions. More than half a million runners participate in more than 1,100 marathons...

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Here’s Why You Should Make Mental Health a Priority

Over the course of a day, adults must juggle an avalanche of competing priorities clamoring for our attention. Amidst all the demands on our time, mental health often gets pushed to the back burner. As...

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Getting a Handle on Hypertension [Infographic]

Hypertension is a word used to describe abnormally high blood pressure. High blood pressure increases your risk of developing many serious health problems – including stroke. Our latest infographic...

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Don’t Let Hypertension Be a Factor in Your Life

High blood pressure sneaks up on you as you age. Often posing no symptoms, it works silently in the background—damaging your heart, brain, arteries and other organs. Of the one in three adults...

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Why is a Man’s Life Expectancy 5 Years Less than a Woman’s?

The average male life expectancy is five years less than females.  Men are also two to four times more likely than women to pass away prematurely from unintentional injury, homicide, and suicide....

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Breast Ultrasounds: More False Positives than Mammograms?

Typically as women age, there are many routine medical screenings that get added to your list.  Mammograms fall into this category and it can often be confusing to determine the differences in breast...

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How Much Protein do Women Need? Are You Getting Enough?

Protein is an essential part of any well-balanced nutrition plan.  However, there are vastly different opinions on how much protein women actually need.  Too little and you may suffer from weakness,...

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