It's no suprise to most of us that there are many benefits to staying active and incorporating a regular fitness routine into your life. Exercising regularly will have ongoing positive effects on the quality of your life so it's great that National Women's Health Week is raising awareness of the importance of exercise. Prevention of illness is one of the most [...]
This is National Women's Health Week and today is National Women's Checkup Day! The 13th annual National Women's Checkup Day is Monday, May 11, 2015. National Women's Checkup Day is led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health. It's a day when they encourage women to schedule their annual well-woman visit. [...]
Good nutrition and exercise can arm you to fight stress and its effects. Good mental health is a critical part of wellness. So, increased awareness and access to information about women's mental health is today's goal for National Women's Health Week (May 12-18). Although women experience many types of mental health issues, one of [...]
It's National Women's Health Week, so what better time to get revved up and set some goals to lose a few pounds or to eat healthier. But making healthy changes and keeping them is not always so easy to do. However, there are some strategies for incorporating healthier eating into your lifestyle that are not too [...]
Stretch yourself! You'll be amazed how good exercising regularly will make you feel. Let's face it, most of us know that exercise is essential to a healthy lifestyle because it can lower our risk for some diseases and boost our immune systems. Yet most of us still do not get the exercise we need, [...]
National Women's Health Week: It's important to get moving! It's National Women's Health Week all week long (May 12-18) and today's spotlight is on the importance of physical activity for optimum health. Providing helpful information is their core mission, so the National Women's Health Week's easy to navigate website is full of compelling reasons, [...]
Have you had your checkup lately? Let me be honest. I don't make it a habit of going to the doctor and getting checkups on regular basis. I rarely feel sick. I try to prevent illness as much as possible with a pretty healthy diet and an exercise program. However, as relatively intelligent person, [...]
Make This Your Own Personal Health "Adjustment" Week.(Photo source: http://www.womenshealth.gov/) May 12th kicks off the 14th annual celebration of National Women's Health Week, a week long health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health. Obviously, it shouldn't take a special week to take better care of our [...]
