06
Oct
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer risks, the value of screening and early detection, and treatment options available to women and men who are diagnosed with one of the many forms of breast cancer. More than 249,000 pe...
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Oct
The Undefeatable Jessi Zazu Over the past 40 years, the number of deaths per year from cervical cancer has declined by 50 percent. According to the American Cancer Society, the decrease in mortality is due in large part to the higher frequency of pap smears, which started in...
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Oct
By Kelli Porter, WHNP-BCIn my 12 plus years of caring for women, I have heard every excuse in the book for not exercising…. “I don't have time”, “I have kids”, “I can’t afford a gym”, “I don’t know where to start...
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Oct
What kills more people: sugar or cigarettes? You may want to hold off before you answer this question. A closer look at the statistics behind what kills people could show a sweeter killer. Initially, people didn't know that cigarettes could cause bad health. Media, doctors...
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Oct
According to the National Cancer Institute the BRCA1 and BRCA2 are genes that are responsible for producing tumor suppressor proteins. When there is a mutation in one of these genes it increases the chance that DNA damage isn't repaired properly. This increases the chance o...
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Oct
Educate Yourself About MelanomaMelanoma is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in the United States and the deadliest form of skin cancer. Rates of melanoma are rising rapidly, especially in younger people. In fact, cases of melanoma have tripled in the last 30 years, at a...
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Oct
By vagina Allure and I mean pelvic floor muscles (the muscles that wrap around the vagina). I am an expert in these muscles. I treat pelvic floor muscle conditions every single day that I am at work. Every. Single. Day. I palpate them. I recommend therapy, sometimes to strengthen...
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Oct
One person dies every hour from MelanomaOne in 50 people will get MelanomaIt is the 2nd most common cancer in women < 39Most common killer in women age 29-34How can you protect yourself? See your dermatologist for an annual skin exam. Wear Sunscreen. Make sunscreen a dai...
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Oct
RISKS OF ALCOHOL USEThe Dietary Guidelines define moderate drinking as no more than one drink a day for women and no more than two drinks a day for men. Drinking above these guidelines can increase the risk for motor vehicle crashes, weight gain, insomnia, high blood pressure, s...
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Oct
Food acts as medicine, says Leder ScholarOne quarter of Baltimore residents don't have easy access to stores stocking healthy foods, and empty calories from sugar and solid fats make up 40% of the daily diet of American adolescents. These statistics motivate the volunteer...
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