Posts for category Women’s Health

Physical activity for aging adults

  Physical activity has benefits for everyone, but it’s critical for people over 40. HealthySteps ...

Body image: A better perspective

Many people think of body image as a women’s issue or a young person’s issue. ...

Supporting nursing parents at work

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) both recommend that babies ...

Avoiding colorectal cancer

Many of us believe that cancer is either going to get us or it won’t. ...

Don’t get burned

Susan Swetter, MD is a professor of dermatology and director of the Stanford Pigmented Lesion ...

Having a healthy fear of skin cancer

Skin cancer is the most common human cancer in the U.S., and its most serious ...

Sniffing out the truth about allergies, asthma and common colds

Have you long suspected that every spring you experience mild allergy symptoms, and yet lately ...