Category: Women’s Health
Brain & Spine
Women and Minorities Have a Higher Risk for Stroke: Here’s Why
Each year, 55,000 more women have a stroke than men. Black Americans are almost twice as likely as whites to have a stroke for the first time. Other racial and ethnic minorities in the…
Heart Health
Heart Disease: Is There a Gender Gap?
Does heart disease claim the lives of more men or women each year? Neither, experts say. It’s about an equal split. What is greater, however, is the awareness gap, and…
Women's Health
Pick Birth Control that Matches Your Lifestyle
When a woman considers birth control methods these days, the options are many. Science has improved contraceptive methods in ways that were unthinkable just half a century ago. Yet most…