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Conversación con tu proveedor de atención médica acerca de las vacunas
Read More: Conversación con tu proveedor de atención médica acerca de las vacunasEnglish Tenía siete meses de embarazo en 1990 cuando tuve un caso grave de varicela. Nos aterraba pensar en la probabilidad de perder a nuestro hijo. En las etapas tempranas del embarazo, la varicela, también conocida como lechina, puede causar cicatrices, lesiones de los órganos fetales y discapacidades de desarrollo y de aprendizaje. En embarazos…
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Talking to Your Healthcare Provider About Vaccines
Read More: Talking to Your Healthcare Provider About VaccinesI was seven months pregnant in 1990 when I came down with a raging case of chickenpox. We were terrified we’d lose our son. In the early stages of pregnancy, chickenpox, also known as the varicella virus, can cause scarring, fetal organ damage, and developmental and learning disabilities. In late pregnancy, it can be life…
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Cervical Cancer Screening and At-Home HPV Testing
Read More: Cervical Cancer Screening and At-Home HPV TestingJanuary is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Good news for anyone with a cervix! New federal guidelines make it easier to get screened for cervical cancer. According to new guidelines adopted by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in January 2026, high-risk HPV testing has been identified as the preferred first step for cervical cancer…
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Making the Most of Your Annual Checkup
Read More: Making the Most of Your Annual CheckupAs a woman in my 50s, I often find myself wondering if some new ailment is just part of “normal aging” or if I should see a healthcare provider (HCP). Is that pain in my foot fixable with physical therapy or am I just getting too old to run? Am I not sleeping well because…
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The Importance of an Eye Exam
Read More: The Importance of an Eye ExamMay is Healthy Vision Month. My partner, Tom, often brags about his great eyesight. And I’ve always just assumed he has perfect vision because he’s dating me. But I had to give him major side-eye when he told me it’s been decades since his last eye exam. To be clear, everyone should get an eye…
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El bueno, el malo y corre al baño: Qué hacer antes y después de tu colonoscopía
Read More: El bueno, el malo y corre al baño: Qué hacer antes y después de tu colonoscopíaEnglish + Flipbook text Slide 1 El bueno, el malo y corre al baño: Qué hacer antes y después de tu colonoscopía La colonoscopía y la recuperación usualmente son fáciles. ¿El día anterior? Prepárate para una noche memorable en el baño. Slide 2 La semana antes de tu colonoscopía Recoge tu preparación para la…
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Biomarkers 101
Read More: Biomarkers 101If you’ve ever been diagnosed with a health condition, a biomarker is at play, even if you’ve never heard the word. Biomarkers help healthcare providers identify, monitor and determine risk for disease — including heart disease, the leading cause of death for women in the U.S. Biomarkers also play a big role in the development…
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The Good, the Bad, and the Bathroom Dash: What to Do Before and After Your Colonoscopy
Read More: The Good, the Bad, and the Bathroom Dash: What to Do Before and After Your Colonoscopy+ Flipbook text Slide 1 The Good, the Bad, and the Bathroom Dash: What to Do Before and After Your Colonoscopy The colonoscopy and the recovery are usually easy. The day before? Get ready for a memorable evening in the bathroom. Slide 2 The week before your colonoscopy Pick up your prep. You’ll take it…
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Kate Walsh Wants You to Get Screened for Cancer
Read More: Kate Walsh Wants You to Get Screened for CancerFans of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Private Practice” know Kate Walsh as surgeon-extraordinaire Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery. But the actress has also dealt with some tough health issues off camera, including both of her parents having cancer. So, when Walsh learned about a new blood test that can screen for cancer before symptoms even appear, she…
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HPV Vaccination Around the World
Read More: HPV Vaccination Around the WorldJanuary is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. + Infographic text HPV (human papillomavirus) is very common — so common that almost all of us will get it at some point. HPV infections often go away on their own, but the virus can cause some types of cancer. Nearly all cervical cancers are caused by HPV, and…
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How Shared Decision-Making Can Lead to Better Healthcare
Read More: How Shared Decision-Making Can Lead to Better HealthcareIt may seem strange now, but there was a time when patients weren’t always included in their healthcare decisions. “Doctor knows best” was the vibe — and the practice. Would you believe that it used to be routine for patients to not be told what their diagnosis was? Healthcare providers (HCPs) or family members often…
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Covid Vaccine Schedule for Older Adults & Immunocompromised People
Read More: Covid Vaccine Schedule for Older Adults & Immunocompromised PeopleAlthough the pandemic is officially over, Covid is still making many people sick. And the virus is especially dangerous for adults 65 or older and people with moderately or severely weakened immune systems, who are at higher risk for severe illness and hospitalization. The good news is that vaccines can lower your chances of getting…
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Your Guide to Colon Cancer Screening Tests
Read More: Your Guide to Colon Cancer Screening TestsMedically reviewed by Ayanna Lewis, M.D. Getting screened is the best way to lower your risk of colon cancer, a disease that affects 1 in 25 women and is the second-leading cause of cancer death in women under 50. The good news — particularly for those who really dread the idea of a colonoscopy —…
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6 Tips for True Self-Care in the New Year
Read More: 6 Tips for True Self-Care in the New Year+ Infographic text Treat yourself right by getting A Mammogram Takes less time than a mani/pedi — and it can save your life The 5-year survival rate for localized breast cancer that’s caught early is 99% A Colonoscopy Not a massage, but you do sleep through it The 5-year cervical rate for colon cancer that’s…
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HIV, Hivaids, Preventive health, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sexually transmitted infections, Stds, Sti
Barriers to Accessing PrEP Mean Missed Opportunities to Prevent HIV
Read More: Barriers to Accessing PrEP Mean Missed Opportunities to Prevent HIVWhen HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was first identified in the 1980s, it almost certainly a death sentence. More than 100,000 Americans died from the new disease in that decade. The idea that one day there might be medicines to prevent infection was a fantasy. Today, these medicines, called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), do exist,…
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Should You Get Vaccinated for Covid This Fall?
Read More: Should You Get Vaccinated for Covid This Fall?We’ll get straight to the point: You should get an updated Covid vaccine when it’s available this fall. Per the latest recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), everyone aged 6 months and older should get the 2024-2025 vaccine. So, unless you’re a tiny baby, that means you. (If you are a…
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Breast cancer, Breast cancer policy, Breast health, Medical tests, Prevention, Preventive health, Science
BRCA Testing 101
Read More: BRCA Testing 101If you’ve heard people talking about “breast cancer genes,” they probably were referring to BRCA — but they were only partly right. Everyone has BRCA (BReast CAncer) genes. And they protect you when they work correctly. “We all have two copies of the BRCA1 and 2 genes, and we want them to be functioning properly,”…
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6 Important Things to Know About Covid Vaccines to Help You Understand Your Options
Read More: 6 Important Things to Know About Covid Vaccines to Help You Understand Your OptionsThe world of Covid vaccines has certainly changed since the initial pandemic days of people waiting in long lines to get vaccinated. Today, there are several different Covid vaccines to choose from. Two are mRNA vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna) and one is a protein-based vaccine (Novavax). And if you’re confused about what’s available and when you…
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What’s Your Number?
Read More: What’s Your Number?+ Infographic text Having high cholesterol can lead to heart disease or stroke. There are 3 kinds of cholesterol Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or “bad” cholesterol High-density lipoprotein (HDL) or “good” cholesterol Triglycerides (type of fat in your blood) Together, they make up your total cholesterol. Formula for total cholesterol = LDL + HDL + 20%…
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Top 5 Ways to Feel Empowered About Vaccine Decision-Making
Read More: Top 5 Ways to Feel Empowered About Vaccine Decision-MakingVaccines have been around for hundreds of years and have protected millions of people from illness. They’re one of the safest and most effective tools we have for keeping ourselves, our loved ones and our communities healthy. But there’s a lot of information (and misinformation) about vaccines floating around out there, and it’s not always…
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Bye-Bye Excuses: How to Move Forward With Your Health and Fitness Goals
Read More: Bye-Bye Excuses: How to Move Forward With Your Health and Fitness GoalsWe know, we know. Your dog ate your homework so you couldn’t make an appointment for your annual checkup. We all make excuses. And it’s true that many of us are busy, tired and enter-your-excuse-here — and these excuses make it easy to blow off essential self-care like exercise and annual checkups. Read: 6 Tips…
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Understanding the Different Types of Covid-19 Vaccines
Read More: Understanding the Different Types of Covid-19 VaccinesReviewed by Sabra Klein, Ph.D. + Infographic text As of May 2023, 68 million Americans in the U.S. — 1 out of 5 people —- were unvaccinated against Covid-19, had not completed their primary series or had not gotten a booster dose. Now that a few types of Covid-19 vaccines are available, experts hope more…
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Choose to Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones: Get Vaccinated Against Covid
Read More: Choose to Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones: Get Vaccinated Against Covid+ Infographic text Slide 1: Choose to Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones: Get Vaccinated Against Covid When it comes to vaccines, you have options Slide 2: Get Protected Covid vaccines can protect you from serious illness, being hospitalized and even dying from Covid. That means getting vaccinated can help you — and the people…
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11 Things You Can Do to Reduce the Risk of Spreading C. Diff
Read More: 11 Things You Can Do to Reduce the Risk of Spreading C. DiffC. diff is the name of a common, easily transmittable infection caused by the bacterium Clostridioides difficile. The infection causes your colon (bowel) wall to become inflamed, resulting in severe, watery diarrhea. Left untreated, it can cause a serious complication called toxic megacolon. C. diff affects about 250,000 people in the United States every year.…
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Choose to Protect
Read More: Choose to ProtectCovid might not be a public health emergency anymore — but it’s not over yet. It’s still an ongoing health concern. In fact, there were more than 14,000 hospitalizations from Covid in the U.S. in the first week of November alone. At HealthyWomen, we know women play an important role when it comes to the…
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8 Ways to Stay Healthy This Flu Season
Read More: 8 Ways to Stay Healthy This Flu Season‘Tis the season for fun, festivities … and the flu. We know — whomp, whomp — but the flu is nothing to sneeze at. For some people, the flu can be a serious, life-threatening illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated as many as 670,000 people were hospitalized with the flu between…
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Nicole Ari Parker on Choosing to Protect Herself and Her Family from Covid
Read More: Nicole Ari Parker on Choosing to Protect Herself and Her Family from CovidHealthyWomen recently sat down with actor, mother and business owner Nicole Ari Parker to discuss the importance of getting vaccinated against Covid. The star of the new show “The Refuge Plays” has also been supporting health and wellness initiatives for many years. Here, she sheds light on vaccine hesitancy among people of color, the crucial…
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HIV, Hivaids, Prevention, Preventive health, Real women real stories, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sexually transmitted infections, Stds, Sti
After Being Sexually Assaulted, I Started Taking PrEP — and I Plan to Be on It for Life
Read More: After Being Sexually Assaulted, I Started Taking PrEP — and I Plan to Be on It for LifeAs told to Nicole Audrey Spector In 2020, I met a man and invited him over for tea. We were attracted to one another and I was prepared to have sex with him. Once we started making out, I took out a condom. He refused to put it on, pinned me down on the bed…
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Don’t Put Off Breast Cancer Screening — It Could Save Your Life
Read More: Don’t Put Off Breast Cancer Screening — It Could Save Your LifeAchea Redd had always been good about getting a yearly mammogram — until the pandemic started. Redd, who is now 41, has been getting mammograms since she was 35, but Covid-19 concerns caused her to postpone in 2020. When the risk of exposure went down, Redd immediately rescheduled. “I didn’t want to wait too long,”…
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Who’s Most at Risk for Colorectal Cancer?
Read More: Who’s Most at Risk for Colorectal Cancer?Jennifer Jones, the first Black woman to become a member of the Radio City Rockettes, had always been the healthy one in her family. On the eve of her 50th birthday, she was an avid runner and dancer, and had been a vegetarian for more than 25 years. She said she felt great when the…
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How are Vaccines Made?
Read More: How are Vaccines Made?+ Video transcript How Are Vaccines Made? Image of a large family seated around the Thanksgiving dinner table. Mom, at the head of the table, is talking Mom: I’m so glad we could all be together for Thanksgiving this year! Emily, we’re especially glad to finally meet you. Sam has been gushing about you…
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A Guide to Medical Imaging for Women
Read More: A Guide to Medical Imaging for WomenMedically reviewed by Barry D. Pressman, M.D., Chair of the Department of Imaging at Cedars-Sinai Medical imaging is used by healthcare providers (HCPs) to view the body and gather information to diagnose and treat medical conditions. Understanding the different types of medical imaging can help you know what to expect. X-ray X-rays use radiation to…
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Common Diseases and Their Vaccines
Read More: Common Diseases and Their VaccinesMedically reviewed by Christina Cwynar, DNP, CPNP-PC, PMHNP-BC + Video text Video/Image Voiceover/Audio Drawing of woman lying in a hospital bed erased and replaced with drawing of a syringe Many formerly common diseases are now under control, thanks to vaccines. Let’s look at some of these diseases — and the vaccines that prevent them.…
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Meg se hace una colonoscopia
Read More: Meg se hace una colonoscopiaAyanna Lewis, M.D., hizo la revisión médica de este documento + Infographic text Imagen Palabras … 3 días antes A woman, Meg, around age 45 whose race is ambiguous, is receiving a RX at the pharmacy La farmacéutica: Así que te estás haciendo una colonoscopia. Te felicito. Aquí está tu medicamento para la limpieza de…
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Meg Gets a Colonoscopy
Read More: Meg Gets a ColonoscopyMedically reviewed by Ayanna Lewis, M.D. Tip: Click the oval at the bottom to view in full-screen. View PDF here. + Pdf text … 3 days before A woman, Meg, around age 45 whose race is ambiguous, is receiving a RX at the pharmacy Pharmacist: So, you’re having a colonoscopy? Good for you. Here’s your…
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How Do Genes Affect Your Health?
Read More: How Do Genes Affect Your Health?It was a Facebook post that caught Angela’s* attention. The 36-year-old had been thinking about genetic testing for years — ever since her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer and tested positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation more than a decade earlier. Her sister had encouraged the family to get tested — the BRCA1 and…
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You Can’t Choose Your Genes
Read More: You Can’t Choose Your GenesAs told to Erica Rimlinger I was 41 and had spent a lovely day visiting with my mother at her home in Victoria, Canada. As she said goodnight and closed the guest room door, she lobbed a bomb: “Your brother has cancer. Good night!” Did she think I could just go to sleep after hearing…
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6 Self-Care Resolutions for the New Year
Read More: 6 Self-Care Resolutions for the New Year+ Infographic text Treat yourself right by getting A Mammogram Takes less time than a mani/pedi — and it can save your life The 5-year survival rate for localized breast cancer that’s caught early is 99% A Colonoscopy Not a massage, but you do sleep through it The 5-year cervical rate for colon cancer that’s detected…
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What Do Doctors Do? A List of 10 Common Medical Specialties
Read More: What Do Doctors Do? A List of 10 Common Medical SpecialtiesWhen you need basic healthcare services, you can usually start with your primary care provider (PCP). PCPs give you regular checkups, recommended vaccinations and provide care when you’re not feeling great. But if you have a more complicated health issue or concern, you may need to see a specialist. Specialists are healthcare providers with extra…
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New Hope in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s
Read More: New Hope in the Fight Against Alzheimer’sAs Krystal Allan watched Alzheimer’s disease ripple through her family, her own outlook on life changed. “On my dad’s side, several relatives including my grandmother had Alzheimer’s,” said Allan, an award-winning anchor with News 3 Las Vegas. “I saw firsthand what it was like — for the patient and the caregivers.” That family history led…
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Did You Get a Polio Vaccine as a Child? Here’s How to Find Out.
Read More: Did You Get a Polio Vaccine as a Child? Here’s How to Find Out.Long before Covid-19 disrupted daily life and put millions of people at risk, polio outbreaks caused thousands of cases of paralysis, disability and death in the 1940s and early 1950s. With the invention of polio vaccines in the 1950s, cases dropped steadily and polio was officially gone from the Americas in the 1990s. Today, polio…
