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For Fireworks Safety, Watch from a Distance
The flashing lights and booming sounds of fireworks can be delightful to ooh and ahh at. But when people try to replicate fireworks at home, too often, those sounds of delight can turn into cries of pain from fireworks injuries.
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New Research: 27 Different Viruses Found in Semen
Semen can be home to 27 different viruses, including Zika, Ebola and chicken pox, according to a recent analysis of previous research. Now that we know Americans are using less effective forms of birth control they may be increasing their odds of transferring these viruses to their partners and maybe even their newborns. It’s important to know this information now rel="noopener noreferrer" then worry later.
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What You Need to Know About Gallbladder Conditions
Compared to the heart, lungs or brain, the gallbladder isn’t an organ that most people often discuss. However, it still serves a very important function in the body. The gallbladder stores bile, or the digestive fluid, that is created in the liver. The bile is stored until you need it to help break down fat in your diet.
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Foods to Soothe Your Menopause Blues
You already know that a well balanced diet is beneficial to your overall health as a woman. But did you know that eating the right foods during menopause could actually help in soothing symptoms?
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Can Stress Impact HPV?
Every year, 14 million Americans are infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection that can cause cervical cancer.
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5 Tips to Reduce Your Risk for Skin Cancer
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S., and more than 87,000 new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed this year, according to the American Cancer Society.
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Learning a Lifesaving Skill: How the ISR Program Teaches Infants and Children How to Swim
Every day, two children under age 14 die as the result of accidental drowning.
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What You Know About Urinary Incontinence: Fact or Fiction?
If you suffer from urinary incontinence, you’re not alone. According to the National Association for Continence, approximately 25 million American adults suffer from temporary or chronic urinary incontinence and 80 percent are women. Research shows it takes women an average of six and a half years to get diagnosed, simply because they are too embarrassed to talk about it with their doctor.
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Toddler Avoided Drowning Thanks to ISR Program
“Mommy, I fell into the pool,” cried Benjamin after his mother rescued him from an accidental fall into the deep end of their private pool. Benjamin was only two-years-old at the time of his slip, but thanks to our National Training Center’s Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) class, managed to prevent himself from drowning.
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Want to Reduce Your Breast Cancer Risk? Do These Three Things
1 in 8 women will eventually develop breast cancer in her lifetime, but a recent review of 119 studies by the American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund found there are three key ways to reduce your risk.
