Women's Health

Ideal Body Weight

For years, people looked up their weight on tables drawn from insurance company statistics. While those are still around, this is a newer, more accurate way to calculate what is truly a healthy weight range for you.

Women's Health

	Stress might interfere with conception
	Women can safely get pregnant right after miscarriage, study shows
	Prenatal vitamin levels a concern after weight loss surgery
	Moderate caffeine intake safe during pregnancy, experts say
	Mom's alcoholism especially tough on daughter's mental health
	Health tip: signs that you may have endometriosis
	Health tip: considering a midwife?
	Experts believe many birth defects are preventable
	Preterm births rarely discussed with doctors
	Brand 'personality' may affect how consumers see themselves

Dieting

	Diet pill Meridia ups heart attack risk: study
	Short-term overeating could make long-term weight loss tougher
	Could drinking water before meals help you lose weight?
	Red meat may boost women's heart disease risk
	Low carb-, low-fat diets tied for long-term weight loss
	No-shame programs may appeal to obese
	Community programs can help mothers control weight: study
	Lifestyle interventions needed to stay heart-healthy
	A little biking may help premenopausal women stay slim
	Obesity can take toll on sex life

Nutrition

	Bottled teas may not deliver on antioxidants
	Health tip: make time for healthy meals
	Health tip: eat lots of fiber
	Health tip: get the nutrients you need
	Farmer's markets reflect go-local boom
	'Locally grown' may mean healthier, but not always
	Health tip: eating a well-balanced vegetarian diet
	Health tip: managing dietary fat
	Health tip: be sure the family eats breakfast
	Health tip: check food ingredient labels

Cancer News

	Low-carb diets heavy on meat may raise health risks
	Food better than supplements for cancer prevention: expert
	In early trial, targeted therapy fights advanced melanoma
	Meat compounds may boost bladder cancer risk
	Why cancer screening campaigns can backfire
	Vaccine boosts survival for men with advanced prostate cancer: study
	The longer you sit, the shorter your life span: study
	Intervention may help relieve cancer patients' pain, depression
	Childhood cancer survivors at risk of premature death
	Organ-rejection drug linked to higher cancer risk after liver transplant

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