Most of us are now aware that women can and do have heart attacks. The Food and Drug Administration puts it very bluntly: "More women die from heart disease than from anything else. Any woman can get heart disease."
But many of us, when we picture someone having a heart attack, see it in the way it typically happens to men. For example, I think of my father being taken to the ER with severe chest pain. And it's important to know that heart
Women are drinking more and more, says a group of Canadian researchers, to the point where they "may be catching up to their male peers when it comes to alcohol consumption."
But, of course, this is one area where we shouldn't want to make it to the same level as the boys.
It's well known that heavy drinking (more than one drink a day for a woman) has serious consequences, including health problems. What's less known is that, according to
Maybe you've experienced the following. You have a health ailment and go to the doctor's only to find that you're treated like a second class citizen, or you're patted on the head like you're an ignorant little girl who shouldn't be taken seriously. Let's face it - the medical profession tends to be overly paternalistic and patronizing to patients, especially women. The costs can be severe: pain, suffering, and even death. Don't let yourself become a medical victim; instead, become an empowered patient, get the right diagnosis on the first
