The best foods high in potassium — and why you need them
How to protect your health in a power outage
Can juicing help you get more fruits and vegetables?
Physical therapy provides modest improvement for chronic low back pain
Scoliosis treatment: Can it help as you get older?
Kinesio taping offers only modest relief for musculoskeletal disorders
New resistance training guidance may simplify your workout
What factors speed up aging?
The problem with "classic" Lyme disease symptoms
Staying active throughout middle age may lower women's risk of dying early
Women's Health Archive
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Boosting breast cancer survival
Although a clinical trial showed daily aspirin use didn't help women with breast cancer avoid recurrence or improve survival, other evidence-backed measures might. Exercise, weight control, and a healthy diet are linked with lower recurrence and longer survival, but alcohol use, smoking, and supplement use are not. While it's not always clear how lifestyle approaches help lower the odds of recurrence or death from breast cancer, healthy measures can improve women's ability to keep other conditions at bay or manage them more effectively.
Why am I gaining belly fat during menopause?
As estrogen levels drop, women's bodies store more fat around the abdomen, fueling a weight shift to the belly. Women can counter this by ramping up protein intake and doing strength training to maintain muscle mass and metabolism.
The best foods high in potassium — and why you need them
How to protect your health in a power outage
Can juicing help you get more fruits and vegetables?
Physical therapy provides modest improvement for chronic low back pain
Scoliosis treatment: Can it help as you get older?
Kinesio taping offers only modest relief for musculoskeletal disorders
New resistance training guidance may simplify your workout
What factors speed up aging?
The problem with "classic" Lyme disease symptoms
Staying active throughout middle age may lower women's risk of dying early
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