A breast cancer diagnosis comes in many different forms. Sometimes, it’s months after you discover a lump that you assume is “nothing serious.” Other times, it comes as a complete shock when you get the results from a routine mammogram. In either...
Women’s healthcare providers naturally focus on the foundations of female health and well-being. Most of the time, that focus is on the interplay of diet, exercise, and stress management and how they affect the body, mind, and spirit. However, the more we learn...
The last thing any mother wants is for her daughter to have her first period without being prepared for it. In addition to being incredibly embarrassing – especially if it happens at school or during extracurricular activities – daughters who don’t...
Congratulations! You’re pregnant! But now what? We’re sure you have endless questions about what this means for you and your baby over the next nine months. Many of the answers to your questions pertain to prenatal care, that is, how you should take care...
It’s never too early to start planning for your future baby’s health. We’ve learned so much in the past 30 years about the connection between a mother’s health and how it affects her unborn children. If you’re planning to get pregnant in...
While there’s no 100%-guaranteed way to keep yourself from getting breast cancer (yet!), there are a number of things you can do to lower your breast cancer risk. This is because lifestyle choices bear considerable weight on your chances of getting breast or other...
