Women’s Health

Meeting Your Calcium Needs

Jun 23, 2021 · · Nutrition
Calcium is an essential building block of bones and connective tissue. Women need more calcium than men because of the increased demands of pregnancy and breast-feeding in their earlier years and menopause in their later years. The “normal” requirement for calcium is 1,000 milligrams (mg) daily, but in high-demand situations, … Read More

Reconstruction, Prosthesis, or Flat After Mastectomy?

Apr 21, 2021 · · Nutrition
There is no right answer as to whether or not to reconstruct a breast after a mastectomy. What matters most is that women are presented with all available options and that those options be clearly explained—specifying benefits and limitations of each possibility. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Studies have … Read More

Try Self-Help Strategies to Reduce Urine Leakage

Mar 24, 2021 · · Nutrition
Urinary incontinence (UI) is very common among postmenopausal women: According to a national poll, 43 percent of women in their 50s and early 60s had experienced urine leakage (incontinence), while 51 percent of the women over age 65 sometimes had leakage. However, two-thirds of the women who had urine leakage … Read More

Mammograms: To Test or Not to Test?

Feb 23, 2021 · · Nutrition
Estimates indicate that since 1989, hundreds of thousands of women’s lives have been saved by early detection through mammography and improvements in breast cancer treatment. The American Cancer Society (ACS) reports that most incidences of breast cancer are found in women over the age of 45. The ACS expects that … Read More

Older Women Are Particularly Vulnerable to Hip Fractures

Feb 23, 2021 · · Nutrition
One of the most serious injuries an older adult may experience is hip fracture—the injury is a risk factor for hospitalization, disability, and death in people age 65 and older. Unfortunately, hip fracture is fairly common in this age group, with women particularly affected. Darwin Chen, MD, associate professor of … Read More

Noteworthy Newsbriefs: Female Chromosomes Confer Alzheimer’s Protection.; FDA Issues Breast Cancer Drug Alert.

Oct 19, 2020 · · Nutrition
Female Chromosomes Confer Alzheimer’s Protection. A recent study out of UC San Francisco offers a look at how sex chromosomes affect vulnerability to Alzheimer’s and helps explain why women survive longer and with less severe symptoms than men during early stages of the disease. Women have a second X chromosome, so they … Read More

Put a Stop to Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

Sep 22, 2020 · · Nutrition
If you’ve ever had a urinary tract infection (UTI), you are familiar with the symptoms: an urgent, frequent need to urinate and a painful, burning sensation during urination. UTIs are the second most common infection in the U.S., accounting for more than 8 million doctor visits each year, according to … Read More

Study Suggests Why Alzheimer’s More Common in Women

Aug 21, 2020 · · Nutrition
About two-thirds of people living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are women, and for many years the explanation has been that women simply tend to live longer than men. But recent research, published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggests that hormonal changes due to menopause—specifically … Read More

At What Age Should Screening Mammograms Stop?

Aug 21, 2020 · · Nutrition
For many women, regular breast cancer screening is standard medical protocol. But for older women, should it be? Clinical trials have shown that screening women in their 50s and 60s decreases breast cancer deaths. However, the point at which women can safely stop screening because it no longer decreases breast … Read More

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