Fitness
Women have been and remain assured that radiation exposure from pre-menopausal mammography is trivial, about 1/1000th of a rad (radiation absorbed dose). However, the practice of taking two mammograms for each breast results in 500 times greater radiation exposure of half a rad, focused on each breast, rather than on the entire chest. Thus, pre-menopausal […]
Women can delay having their first Pap test for cervical cancer until they turn 21 and many can wait longer to go back for follow-up screenings, according to new guidelines released Friday by a major medical group. The advice, from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, is meant to decrease unnecessary testing and potentially […]
When the news broke yesterday that a 35-year old woman suffered a massive stroke, social networking sites and blogs exploded with messages of support and prayers. As scary as it is to read the statistics, we need to know what we, as young women or people who care for young women, are facing when it […]