Can Sex with a Smoker Raise Reproductive Organ Cancer Risk?
Cigarette smoke is strongly linked to several cancers including gynecological. […]
Can an Ectopic Pregnancy Be Felt through the Abdomen?
If you’re lying on your back and start pressing around your lower abdomen and pelvic area, is it possible to feel an ectopic pregnancy? […]
How Common Is Fainting Caused by Menopause?
Fainting has many possible causes. Menopause causes many possible symptoms. Is there an overlap? With all the symptoms that menopause can trigger, one has to wonder if fainting – not just feeling faint or lightheaded [...]
Can a Colposcopy Show Cervical Cancer?
A colposcopy enables a doctor to view the inside of the cervix. Would cancer be visible with this procedure? That’s what many women want to know who are scheduled for a colposcopy. This can make [...]
Bleeding After Uterine Biopsy: Might this Mean Cancer?
In many cases of a uterine biopsy, bleeding occurs afterwards. Is there a way to tell if this is from cancer or from the procedure itself? A uterine biopsy requires that an instrument be inserted [...]
What Can Cause Abdominal and Pelvic Cramps After Menopause?
The onset of abdominal or pelvic cramping after completing menopause can frighten a woman, and certainly, some causes are life-threatening. […]
7 Common Orthodontic Issues that Can Be Solved by Braces
If you think braces are only for preteens and high schoolers, you are wrong. In fact, the American Association of Orthodontists estimates that more than one million of their patients who have come to fix [...]
Diabetes Awareness Month: Getting Results in Management & Prevention of Its Complications
November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Every November, National Diabetes Awareness Month is recognized by organizations, charities and individuals in order to increase visibility of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, [...]
ID Channel: Women just As Controlling & Dangerous As Men
Watch enough ID Channel and you’ll know there’s a reason why the abuser in a relationship can be a woman physically weaker than the victim. […]
How a Woman Can Get Strong Vascular Forearms at Any Age
This incredible veiny forearm belongs to a 71-year-old woman! The vascular forearm in that top photo belongs to Sharon Smith of Denver, Colorado, who began training in her late 50s. A forearm like that doesn’t [...]
The Harm of Teaching Overweight Kids They’re Perfect As They Are
You may be promoting unhealthy eating habits and eventually obesity by teaching your overweight child that she’s perfect just the way she is. • This isn’t about body shaming. • This isn’t about demeaning a [...]
Why Every Woman Should Have Big Heavy Curves
Every woman needs to work on getting big heavy curves. Trust me, once you have big heavy curves, you will have more confidence than you ever imagined possible. […]
Is “Obese” a Medical Term or a Fat Shaming Slur?
The latest in the fact-denying movement is that “obesity” is an insulting word and should not even be used by doctors as a medical term. […]
Does Yo-Yo Dieting Damage a Woman’s Heart Health?
What yo-yo dieting may do to a woman’s heart health should be incentive to stop this “weight cycling” and fight very hard to permanently maintain a healthy body weight. Yo-yo dieting, also called weight cycling, [...]
Napping vs. Drugs for Lowering High Blood Pressure
If you had to choose between napping or medications for lowering your high blood pressure, do you know which would be more effective? Hopefully, you know that napping and pharmaceuticals such as beta blockers aren’t [...]
Ask Your Doctor if Obesity Is Right for You
If obese people can be fit and healthy, then why don’t doctors ever advise their normal-weight patients to pack on some pounds? […]
Why NEAT Won’t Fix the Dad Bod Problem
Men with buff physiques who preach that NEAT can help dad bods transform their body are feeding you nonsense. You’ve been doing NEAT since birth yet still have a dad bod. […]
Must You Really Avoid Certain Foods to Lose Weight?
How many times have you seen a headline like “Which Foods to Avoid to Lose Weight”? From a purely hormonal and physiological aspect, you do NOT need to avoid any particular food or type of [...]
10 Things Obese People Blame Their Pain on Other than Weight
Many obese women in the “healthy at any size” camp claim to be healthy and feel great. But is this actually an issue of being habituated to aches and pains and not really knowing what [...]
Someone’s Having a Stroke: First 3 Things You Should Do
Do you know the first three things you should do if someone’s having a stroke? Even a middle aged person can be stricken by this very common condition. Time is truly of the essence when [...]
How to Tell Your Neck Pain Might Be a Heart Problem Emergency
Heart problems can cause neck pain. But so many benign conditions can cause neck pain as well, such as TMJ disorder and a pinched nerve. […]
Why Do Models, Plus Size or Thin, All Have the Same FACE?
Why doesn’t body inclusivity in the modeling world extend to faces? White, black or Asian, runway models including plus-size have the same face. […]
Why Planks Won’t Burn Belly Fat or Flatten Your Stomach
Pay no attention to fitness headlines claiming that planks can burn belly fat – because they can’t. Never. Planks will not flatten your stomach, either. […]
Can Fibromyalgia Affect Only One Side of the Body?
Fibromyalgia can affect isolated body parts such as the shoulders and neck, but what about literally being on one side of the body, such as affecting only the left leg, left hip area, left shoulder [...]
Breast Pain from Breast Cancer vs. Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia can cause breast pain, and so can breast cancer. Is there a difference in the way a woman would feel these different sources of pain? Though pain in a breast from cancer isn’t a [...]
3 Causes of Upper Back Pain You’d Never Suspect; All Serious
There are 3 serious conditions – OTHER than muscle or nerve problems, injury, poor posture, arthritis, infection and cancer that can cause upper back pain. […]
Can Running Affect the Density of a Woman’s Breasts?
Are you wondering if running can lessen the density of your breasts and thus lower your breast cancer risk? Or maybe they’re mostly fat tissue and you’re afraid that running will bring density to them [...]
89 over 69 Blood Pressure: Can this Be Normal?
Is the top number of your blood pressure reading sometimes 89 and the bottom number 69? Does a blood pressure of 89 over 69 necessarily indicate a medical problem? […]
Harmless Bruise vs. Dangerous Blood Clot: the Difference?
On one hand, a benign pink mark from trauma can resemble the pink or “red” of a blood clot. A harmless bruise can also be large and quite ugly, while a blood clot that looks [...]
Can High Blood Pressure Ever Be Harmless?
Why can some people have uncontrolled high blood pressure for so long without any problems? Can it ever NOT harm the body (e.g., the person is fit and healthy otherwise in that they don’t smoke, [...]
Trim & Toned vs. Obesity: Getting Your Motivation
“Fit Mom” Maria Kang apologizes for promoting an “unnatural body standard,” yet if anything’s unnatural, it’s obesity, and this IS being promoted by many body positive influencers. The human body was not meant to carry [...]
How to Get Stronger Muscles to Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk
If you’re scared you might develop type 2 diabetes, then you should be working to increase your muscle mass. Bulking up is not necessary, but the more muscle tissue you have, the more protection you’ll [...]
Can You Tell a Person’s Health by the Way They Look?
Body positive enthusiasts insist it’s impossible to tell a person’s health and fitness by their looks. […]
Diseases that Are Caused by Having a Lot of Muscle?
Have you been hearing lately that it’s not healthy to have a lot of muscle? This isn’t the same as saying that a very muscular person can still be unhealthy. What’s being said is that [...]
What a Dent in the Middle of the Tongue Means
When you stick your tongue out, do you see a dent near the middle? Perhaps the dent or depression is there only when you stick out your tongue. […]
Plus Size Women: Don’t Be Offended by Workout Form Advice
Though it’s not known just how many plus-size influencers become irate when followers point out mistakes in their workout form and how to exercise with better technique, at least one made the news in late [...]
Why Your Knee Keeps Hurting Even Though You’re Physically Fit
A physically fit person who regularly works out should not have recurring or chronic knee pain. • Do you have a dull but annoying ache just underneath your knee cap? […]
Can a Root Canal Cause Facial Twitching?
If you’re experiencing facial twitching prior to a root canal, it can be explained by anxiety. But what about twitching of your face after the root canal treatment? […]
If You Grind Your Teeth at Night You May Have Sleep Apnea
If you’ve been grinding your teeth overnight (bruxism) you should undergo testing for obstructive sleep apnea. Left untreated, sleep apnea can lead to very serious health problems. […]
Predator Luring a Child with “Your Mom Is Hurt, Come with Me.”
Predators will sometimes try to lure a child by saying their mother was in a terrible car accident and that he’ll drive them to the hospital. Here is how to teach your child not to [...]