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Women’s Health in the News III

Posted by Sarah R

September 8, 2008 |

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Vitamin D has potential to ward off disease, reports Harvard Women’s Health Watch - Fall is around the corner, and for many of us, that means less sunshine. For those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, this article about vitamin D activity is an educational read. Do you need to start supplementing? Either way, enjoy the last bit of sunshine you can get and check out this link!

Laugh it up for better health - Once again the Canadians have some good advice for us: laugh. Not only does laughing release stress relieving chemicals in your body, but it strengthens your abdominal muscles and makes you feel good. Need a good laugh? Check out I Can Has Cheezburger?. If you don’t laugh, you may need medical intervention.

Leslie Goldman shares an blog that made me want to hug her*. How a pro-life VP will make you feel fat. While your politics are your business, Goldman draws a connection between anti-choice governments leading women to feel fat because they don’t trust their bodies. Definitely a read I recommend!

Do you live in Ann Arbor? Are you interested in women’s health, especially osteoporosis? I would love for you to go to this women’s health event focusing on osteoporosis then and report back to me. Okay? I’ll give you a cookie with a big glass of vitamin D fortified milk in return.

African women’s health is back in the news. The World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for Africa, Luis Sambo has issued a challege to African governments: improve their health. This is exciting for me - this is where I eventually want to work and seeing the challenges begin now encourages me that I could be a big part of helping women become more health-conscious.

I stumbled across Girl on Top late last week and her review of “The Great Physicians Rx for Women’s Health (Jordan & Nicki Rubin) made me want to check it out. I’m adding it to the list, and after you read her review, you might want to, too!

And the neatest (to me) piece of women’s health news this week? A list of 125 best packaged food for women. We’re all busy, have a million zillion things to do, and eat packaged foods more often than we want or should; but this list gives us 125 healthier options to choose from. Whether you want to drink some fabulous Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice (with calcium & vitamin D) or some Quaker instant oatmeal, you can find things on the list to suit your meal needs. I bookmarked this site and am going to start adding things to my grocery list from it. I challenge you to do the same!

*Hugging strangers is only partly recommended by me. That may be another post. Yeah, I’ll tell you about my adventures hugging strangers soon.


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