-
7 hábitos saludables para mejorar tu cuerpo y tu mente
Read More: 7 hábitos saludables para mejorar tu cuerpo y tu menteAfuera lo viejo, bienvenido lo nuevo. Es un nuevo año, así que ¿por qué no empezar de cero con algunos hábitos saludables? Estos siete hábitos sencillos pueden ayudarte a mejorar tu salud. Todos son fáciles de adoptar, no requieren mucho tiempo, y puede que algunos ya formen parte de tu rutina. 1. Deja el jugo…
-
Cool Tech You Can Buy with Your Flexible Spending Account
Read More: Cool Tech You Can Buy with Your Flexible Spending AccountTech-based health devices are all the rage, but here’s something you might not know: If you have a flexible spending account (FSA) for out-of-pocket medical costs, you may be able to use that money to purchase a wide range of high-tech health items. What is a flexible spending account? An FSA is money you can…
-
15 Minutes With: Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, Talks Viruses, Vaccines and Avoiding the Bird Flu
Read More: 15 Minutes With: Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, Talks Viruses, Vaccines and Avoiding the Bird FluKatelyn Jetelina, PhD, MPH, is our type of public health professional. As an epidemiologist, she studies patterns and causes of disease in public health (e.g., Covid), and she’s super passionate about sharing evidence-based information with anyone who’s interested. Her free weekly newsletter, Your Local Epidemiologist, breaks down complicated public health facts in a friendly, easy…
-
The Latest Fitness TikTok Trends: Heart or Hype?
Read More: The Latest Fitness TikTok Trends: Heart or Hype?Full disclosure: I’m an elliptical girl. I’ve had my current machine — I call her Olivia Newton-Elliptical — for seven years. Before Olivia, Ernie the Elliptical and I moved four times and to three different states before I accepted that no amount of duct tape was going to keep the pedals going (RIProform peace, Ernie.)…
-
How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?
Read More: How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?If you participated in Dry January, the practice of cutting out alcohol for the whole month, you may be onto something. New research suggests you may also want to avoid excessive alcohol consumption year-round. According to a report from the World Heart Federation, any amount of alcohol may be harmful to your health. The report…
-
7 Healthy Habits to Improve Your Body and Mind
Read More: 7 Healthy Habits to Improve Your Body and MindOut with the old, in with the new. It’s a new year, so why not start fresh with some healthy habits? Here are seven easy habits you can create to improve your overall health. They’re all fairly simple and shouldn’t take much time out of your schedule. And, hey, you may already be doing some…
-
How Hot Is Too Hot for the Human Body? Our Lab Found Heat + Humidity Gets Dangerous Faster Than Many People Realize
Read More: How Hot Is Too Hot for the Human Body? Our Lab Found Heat + Humidity Gets Dangerous Faster Than Many People RealizeBy W. Larry Kenney, Penn State; Daniel Vecellio, Penn State; Rachel Cottle, Penn State, and S. Tony Wolf, Penn State Heat waves are becoming supercharged as the climate changes – lasting longer, becoming more frequent and getting just plain hotter. One question a lot of people are asking is: “When will it get too hot…
-
HealthyWomen’s Life Webinar Series, For Women By Women
Read More: HealthyWomen’s Life Webinar Series, For Women By WomenHealthyWomen launched WomenTalk as part of our live webinar series to bring together healthcare professionals and women to connect about their health. Now more than ever, we know how important it is to take care of our health, and how impactful it is to share our health journeys. We are proud to present current and…
-
5 Keys to Forming Good Habits That Last
Read More: 5 Keys to Forming Good Habits That LastOur habits shape our lives, but forming good ones, shrugging off bad ones and inciting positive change — those are the tricky parts. But the good news is habits are a popular topic, so there’s plenty to turn to on your quest for consistency. We sourced some solid experts and delved into the research to…
-
How to Make Sustainable Lifestyle Changes in 2022
Read More: How to Make Sustainable Lifestyle Changes in 2022Rachel Sufczynski, MSES, CEP, is a clinical exercise physiologist and health coach specializing in exercise, nutrition, self-care and behavior change. It’s that time of year again, when diet and exercise equipment commercials take over our televisions. When someone says New Year’s, the word resolution often quickly follows, even though there’s nothing particularly magical about making…
-
10 Reasons to Try a Dry January
Read More: 10 Reasons to Try a Dry JanuaryJanuary is almost here, and you know what that means: Dry January, a month free of alcohol, is almost here too. To prepare, we did some leg work to find out how a booze-free month can help you. We found that abstaining from drinking alcohol for 31 days can not only benefit your mind and…
-
Service Dogs: How Can These Furry Companions Help?
Read More: Service Dogs: How Can These Furry Companions Help?Lillian Carrier remembers the day vividly. She was shopping in Target with her service dog, Luke, when she noticed a lightbulb flickering and heard an awful screeching sound. She tried to ignore it, but it grew too much to bear for Carrier, who has autism. It threw her into a sensory overload, causing her to…
-
10 Possible Causes of Fatigue — and How to Resolve Them
Read More: 10 Possible Causes of Fatigue — and How to Resolve ThemAre you constantly tired throughout the day and can’t make it through without a nap? Has your brain fog gotten so out of control that your daily to-do list seems impossible to accomplish? Have you felt like your body and mind are out of sync when performing a simple task, let alone a tough workout?…
-
Knowing How Heat and Humidity Affect Your Body Can Help You Stay Safe During Heat Waves
Read More: Knowing How Heat and Humidity Affect Your Body Can Help You Stay Safe During Heat WavesThe National Weather Service’s Heat Index shows the risk of activity based on heat plus humidity. Outdoor workers should build up to a full day in the heat to allow their bodies to acclimatize to it. CDC Behavior changes are another way of adapting to heat stress. Since midday is typically the hottest part of…
-
Healthy Eating, Healthy living, Nutrition, Nutrition Tips, Nutrition Tips for Women, Plant-Based Nutrition
10 Foods that Lower Blood Pressure Naturally
Read More: 10 Foods that Lower Blood Pressure NaturallyGot high blood pressure? According to the American Heart Association, almost half of Americans have it — and what’s worse, 1 in 3 individuals don’t even know it. Having high blood pressure can lead to a host of heart issues, including heart disease, stroke and heart attack. While there are numerous lifestyle strategies that…
-
We Asked. You Answered.
Read More: We Asked. You Answered.At HealthyWomen, it’s our mission to educate and empower women so they can make informed decisions about their health care. Our everyday mission aligns with the rest of the world each year in May during National Women’s Health Month. This year, we took the opportunity to ask our readers some questions to make sure we’re…
-
Health News Roundup: Spring 2021
Read More: Health News Roundup: Spring 2021Toasted, Inside and Out According to a study from the University of Arizona, tanning beds might increase your risk for endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory disease affecting 10 percent of women worldwide. Endometriosis is understudied and not well-understood, says Leslie McFarland, ScD, assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the university’s Mel & Enid Zuckerman College…
-
Fitness News Roundup: Spring 2021
Read More: Fitness News Roundup: Spring 2021Slam, Bam, Thank You Ma’am A study reported in the International Journal of Research in Exercise Physiology found that battle-rope exercises effectively overloaded the muscles enough to stimulate improvements in total-body strength and muscular endurance. The most effective moves? The double-arm slam and outward arm circles. Poor Fitness = Psoriasis It makes sense that if…
-
Mind-Body News Roundup: Winter 2021
Read More: Mind-Body News Roundup: Winter 2021The Look of Love Did you know that simply thinking about or viewing pictures of your romantic partner activates the brain regions related to mood and pain regulation? It also has a positive effect on energy and reduces your stress hormone levels. Researchers theorize that a good relationship includes trust and security, helping calm your…
-
Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, Health disparities, Healthy Eating, Healthy living, Heart disease, Heart health
The Connection Between Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Women’s Health
Read More: The Connection Between Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Women’s HealthReviewed by Nieca Goldberg, M.D. In 1994, iconic singer Patti LaBelle lived every performer’s worst nightmare — she collapsed on stage in front of thousands of fans. LaBelle attributed her fall to exhaustion until she learned she had Type 2 diabetes. In spite of watching close family members struggle with the disease — her mother…
-
Fitness, Healthy Eating, Healthy living, Nutrition, Obesity, Real women real stories, Weight management
Representation Matters: Why I Decided to Start a Healthy Habits Instagram Account for Bigger Women
Read More: Representation Matters: Why I Decided to Start a Healthy Habits Instagram Account for Bigger WomenAs told to Gila Lyons Everything changed for me on Christmas Eve at my aunt and uncle’s house in 2017. I knew I’d been gaining weight in college, but I’d been too afraid to weigh myself for years. They had a scale at their house, and, heart racing, I stepped on. I was 298 pounds…
-
How to Keep Your Vital Organs Healthy
Read More: How to Keep Your Vital Organs HealthyThe leg bone’s connected to the knee bone. And the knee bone’s connected to the thighbone. Remember back when you learned this ditty as a kid to help understand how your skeleton fits together? Well, similar sentiments could be sung about your organs and how they, too, are interconnected. “Every organ depends on the other…
-
Seat Belts and Smoking Rates Show People Eventually Adopt Healthy Behaviors – but It Can Take Time We Don’t Have During a Pandemic
Read More: Seat Belts and Smoking Rates Show People Eventually Adopt Healthy Behaviors – but It Can Take Time We Don’t Have During a PandemicBy Randy P. Juhl, University of Pittsburgh Why do we do things that are bad for us – or not do things that are good for us – even in light of overwhelming evidence? As someone with a long career in pharmacy, I have witnessed some pretty dramatic shifts in public health behavior. But I…
-
8 New Year’s Resolutions To Improve Your Health
Read More: 8 New Year’s Resolutions To Improve Your Health2020 is finally coming to an end, and a new year will soon be upon us. What better time to reset your health and wellness goals? With the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, health and self-care matter more right now than ever. When it comes to making resolutions, it’s important to focus on your physical and mental…
-
Shopping Online to Stay Safe During the Pandemic? Here Are 10 Tips For Avoiding Scams
Read More: Shopping Online to Stay Safe During the Pandemic? Here Are 10 Tips For Avoiding ScamsBy H. Colleen Sinclair, Mississippi State University The holiday season is already a booming time for online shopping. The COVID-19 pandemic only increases the likelihood that when people shop this holiday season, they will choose online shopping over brick-and-mortar stores. However, this also means there is likely to be a boom in online scams. Already,…
-
Good Nutrition Can Contribute to Keeping Covid-19 and Other Diseases Away
Read More: Good Nutrition Can Contribute to Keeping Covid-19 and Other Diseases AwayBy Grayson Jaggers, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences The connection between the pandemic and our dietary habits is undeniable. The stress of isolation coupled with a struggling economy has caused many of us to seek comfort with our old friends: Big Mac, Tom Collins, Ben and Jerry. But…
-
Can’t Sleep Due to COVID-19 Stress?
Read More: Can’t Sleep Due to COVID-19 Stress?Layoffs. Working from home. Homeschooling children. Lack of physical contact with friends and family members. These are all issues the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to our lives — not to mention worries over our health and that of our loved ones. These concerns can lead to an increase in anxiety, depression and stress, some of…
-
Exercise and Diet Are More Important Than Ever With Virus at Large
Read More: Exercise and Diet Are More Important Than Ever With Virus at LargeBy Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News If your life these days is anything like mine, a pre-pandemic routine that included regular exercise and disciplined eating has probably given way to sedentary evenings on a big chair, binge-watching reruns of your favorite TV series while guzzling chocolate ice cream or mac ‘n’ cheese. But let’s…
-
Fall Back Into Health
Read More: Fall Back Into HealthSince COVID-19 entered our lives, we’ve all reacted differently. For instance, when I’ve felt overwhelmed by quarantining, I’ve turned to sugar — cookies, to be precise — as a coping mechanism. For my best friend, Becky, when she feels anxiety over her finances and her job, those feelings lead to insomnia. Becky and I are…
-
How to Optimize Your Living Space for Health and Mental Wellness
Read More: How to Optimize Your Living Space for Health and Mental WellnessThe coffee table that doubles as my desk is layered with books, unopened mail and notebooks. There are piles of clothes all over the bedroom floor. The kitchen pantry’s organization is nonexistent since we started grocery shopping once a month to limit our potential exposure to COVID-19. And my boyfriend and I are both working…
-
My Salon Is Open … Should I Go?
Read More: My Salon Is Open … Should I Go?It had been enough time, and I was ready. I’d held out for four months (yes, even — gasp — cutting my own bangs) before finally making the call to my salon for a much-needed trim. That morning, the salon was rather quiet, with only a few other clients sitting at their stations, which had…
