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Dr. Gwen's Women's Health Podcasts — 61 episodes

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Bladder Health Begins in School

2

Douching is BAD; S.1014 - Personal Care Products Safety Act

3

Increasing Amount of Exercise to Lower Breast Cancer Risk

4

Heart Disease Affects Women of All Ages

5

Alarmning Number of Women Think Spousal Abuse is Sometimes OK

6

New Pap Smear Guidelines; Probiotics May Improve Blood Pressure

7

Eating Tomatoes May Lower Breast Cancer Risk; Hypercholesterolemia Associated with Greater Psoriasis Risk

8

Statins, Cataracts and Elevated Blood Sugar; Hormone Use for Women Remains Dangerous in Menopause

9

Regular Aspirin Use May Protect Against Melanoma; FDA Raises Alert on Azithromycin

10

Changing Our Tune on Exercise; Fat and Fit, or Thin and Unhealthy?

11

Is Obesity a Disease? Moderate Alcohol Intake May Help Prevent Bone Loss in Women

12

Tart Cherries have the Highest Anti-Inflammatory Content of Any Food; What Women Need to Know about Hormone Replacement Therapy

13

Cruciferous Vegetable Consumption Linked to Improved Breast Cancer Survival Rates; Long-Term Use of Estrogen Therapy Linked to Higher Risk for Breast Cancer

14

New Pap Smear Guidelines; A Simpler Way to Slow the Obesity Crisis

15

Love and Chocolate are Good for Your Heart; Mediterranean Diet is Good for Thought!

16

Possible Benefit in Old Age of One Drink a Day for Middle-Aged Women

17

Potatoes Can Reduce Blood Pressure: Getting Doctors and Nurse to Wash Their Hands

18

More on the Harvard University Nutrition Study; Weight and the Relationship to Breast Cancer

19

The New USDA Food Plate; Potatoes Bad, Nuts Good--Harvard Study

20

A Master Switch for Fat? Remember, the Leading Killer of Women is Heart Disease!

21

Overactive Bladder and Nocturia in Middle-Aged American Women; Sea Salt Just as Salty, Limit the Wine

22

Making Sense of Medical Statistics; New Efforts to Simplify End-of-Life Wishes

23

Why Women Avoid Mammograms; Good News! Hot Flashes are Tied to Lower Breast Cancer Risk

24

Calcium and Vitamin D Revisited: Good for Bone Health but Not Much Else.

25

OK to Make That a Double! Study Urges Teens to Cut Down on Salt,

26

Mediterranean diet linked to lower risk of breast cancer; Clinical trials demonstrate effective weight loss strategies

27

Pink Month: Fish Oil May Prevent Ductal Breast Cancer; Body Measurements and Female Attractiveness Ratings

28

Chemicals in Indoor Swimming Pools May Increase Cancer Risk; Low-Carb Diet is Better with Vegetables

29

5 of Nature's Best Cancer-Preventing Foods; Men and Women Experience Chronic Pain Differently

30

Are Calcium Supplements Bad for You?

31

High Heels can Shrink Muscle, Thicken Tendons; Study Suggests Link of Cleaners to Breast Cancer

32

Five Fitness and Nutrition Myths Busted; For African American Women, Thin May Not Be In

33

Aerobics to Weights-Nurse Researcher Offers Exercise Tips; Body Mass Index Gain Throughout Adulthood May Increase Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer

34

Women Who Eat Foods With High Glycemic Index May Be at Greater Risk for Heart Disease; Exposure to Three Classes of Common Chemicals May Affect Female Development

35

Tea and Exercise May Affect Depression in Breast Cancer Patients; The Scales Can Lie: Hidden Fat

36

Exposure to Secondhand Cigarette Smoke Over a Lifetime Increases Breast Cancer Risk Later in Life; Cancer from the Kitchen?

37

Cheap, Quick Bedside "Eye Movement" Exam Outperforms MRI for Diagnosing Stroke in Patients with Dizziness

38

Fat in the Liver--Not the Belly--Is a Better Marker for Disease Risk; Flu Myths Keep People from Getting Important Vaccinations

39

A/C Setting can Push Couples to Boiling Point; Reports on Vaginal Dryness

40

Prepared Patient: Seeking a Second..or Third..Opinion; Osteoporosis-linked Fractures Have Risen Dramatically

41

Increasing Omega-3s in Diet May Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer; Metabolic Factors May Plan a Role in Risk for Breast Cancer

42

Survival Rate Differences in Sudden Cardiac Events; Why Dishing Does You Good

43

Mind Over Muscle; Women Who Keep Ovaries Live Longer

44

Gene Therapy Might Help Treat Obesity; Moderate Alcohol Consumption Related to Stronger Bones; Aspirin Improves Survival in Women with Heart Disease

45

New Test for Breast Cancer will Help Guide Treatment Choices; First time Moms are at a Higher Risk of Psychosis in the Month Following Childbirth

46

The Truth About Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy; Weight Loss Reduced Incontinence in Overweight and Obese Women

47

Donated Kidneys Go to More Older Men than Women; Gay Men, Straight Women have Similar Brains

48

Rising Costs Affects Women's Health; Women Short-Changed in Heart Treatment; Women who Work have More Belly Fat

49

Women's Hands Home to More Types of Germs; Almost Half of Women have Sexual Problems

50

Oral Contraceptives May Ease Suffering of Women with Severe PMS; Conflicting Messages on What to Eat When You're Pregnant

51

Ways to Avoid Blood Pressure Increase at Menopause; Testosterone Predominance Increases Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome During the Menopausal Transition; Current Exercise Recommendations May Not be Sufficient for Overweight Women to Sustain Weight Loss

52

Female Crash Dummies; Aspirin in Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis; Smoking and Bladder Cancer

53

Symptom Screening Plus a Simple Blood Test Improves Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer; Personal Benefit, Helping Others Motive Clinical Trial Participants

54

Men and Women Metabolize Fructose Differently; Plastics and Cosmetics May Increase Breast Cancer Risk

55

Black Women have Incontinence Half as Often as White Women; Environment Key Early: Genes' Role Expands in Alcohol Independence

56

Large Waists and Risks of Early Death; Limited Media Coverage of Prevention of Breast Cancer

57

Breast Cancer and Obesity; Gender Differences in Eating Habits

58

Serotonin Sex Differences; Obese Middle Aged Women and Strokes

59

How to be Heart Smart with Your Shopping Cart

60

Acrylamide and Breast Cancer and Pharmaceutical Market Fails Pregnant Women

61

Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Brain Response Differences for Pain; Exercise and Menopausal Anxiety, Stress and Depression