Medically reviewed by Kathryn Kirkland, M.D. Palliative care Is a form of specialized care to help people with serious illnesses and their families live as well as they can Focuses on managing or reducing pain and other symptoms and offers other interventions aimed to improve quality of life Can be used alongside medical treatments meant to cure the illness, and …
This op-ed originally appeared in The Hill on October 20, 2022. To learn more about how you can raise awareness about the importance of DXA scans for all women, visit our YesYouScan page. America has a bone health crisis. More than 50 million Americans are at risk of developing osteoporosis, and 10 million already have the condition. A full 80 …
Long before Covid-19 disrupted daily life and put millions of people at risk, polio outbreaks caused thousands of cases of paralysis, disability and death in the 1940s and early 1950s. With the invention of polio vaccines in the 1950s, cases dropped steadily and polio was officially gone from the Americas in the 1990s. Today, polio is gone from virtually every …
If you’re a woman between the ages of 40 and 65, you’ve probably experienced any number of stressors, including financial, social, physical, mental health and emotional challenges. Women in midlife carry numerous responsibilities — for jobs and careers, parents, children, and partners and friends. They may also be experiencing personal health issues while experiencing menopause, which occurs after 12 months …
For many people living with obesity, managing the disease will include a treatment plan that incorporates different tools at different stages in their weight journey. Take Michele Tedder, for example. Two years after initial success through weight loss surgery, Tedder, senior program manager at Black Women’s Health Initiative and founder of Bariatrically Blessed, realized that it was time to talk …
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted and changed the way we do everything — from how we work to how we socialize, parent, receive care and information, and make decisions for ourselves and those we care for. Two and a half years into the pandemic, women continue to be the most affected by the disruptions in work and school schedules while, …
Oral antiviral medications are helping to turn the tide of the Covid-19 pandemic, lowering the risk of serious illness, hospitalization and death from the virus. When taken within five days after symptoms start, these prescription pills can prevent the virus from multiplying, lessen the amount of virus in your body and help your immune system fend off sickness. HealthyWomen spoke …
In December 2019, Marjorie Roberts was ready to take on the world. She’d just received her life coaching certification and started what was supposed to be a short-term job managing a gift shop at an Atlanta hospital to earn money to launch her new business. By late February 2020, however, the hospital was warning its workers about rising Covid-19 cases …
Medically reviewed by Raymond Douglas, M.D., Ph.D., Cedars-Sinai November 14-20, 2022 is Thyroid Eye Disease Awareness Week. What is thyroid eye disease (TED)? Thyroid eye disease, or TED, is an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation in the eye muscles, eyelids, tear glands and fatty tissues behind the eye. TED is sometimes called Graves’ ophthalmopathy or Graves’ Eye Disease. This is …
Medically reviewed by Ayanna Lewis, M.D. November is Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month. Celiac disease affects an estimated 3 million people in the U.S. — and most of them are women. So what do you need to know, and do, if you think you may be one of them? We reached out to gastroenterologist Ayanna Lewis, M.D., director of IBD at …
