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This Type of Exercise Cuts Women’s Heart Disease Risk in Half

If you struggle to get your steps in or to find enough time in the day to hit the gym, you’re in luck. New research finds that even a few short bursts of exercise may cut your heart disease risk in half. A study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine used data from more than 22,000 people between 40 and 79 years old. Women who did at least 3.4 minutes of short bursts of vigorous activity per day were found
to be 45% less likely to have a major cardiovascular event.

FDA Approves New Treatment for Advanced Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is the most common cancer (after skin cancer) and the second leading cause of cancer death among women in the U.S.. Each year about 300,000 cases are diagnosed, with about 70% being HR-positive and HER2-negative. While early-stage cases often respond well to treatment, only 1 in 3 people with metastatic breast cancer survive more than 5 years, highlighting the urgent need for improved tumor-targeted therapies. The FDA has approved a new treatment for patients with a common form.

Do Pregnancy Test Apps Actually Work? Here's What OB-GYNs
Want You To Know

Trying to get pregnant can be an all-consuming and, at times, confusing experience, so it's understandable that you'd want to be completely sure you understand your pregnancy test results. Enter pregnancy test apps. Even big players in the pregnancy test industry have tapped into the app game. Now, you can download pregnancy test apps like the Flo app, which is technically a period and ovulation tracking app that also allows you to log pregnancy test results.

Essential Vitamins For Women

It's a message you've probably heard before: Keep yourself healthy with the right mix of vitamins. But which ones, you wonder, and should I pop pills or get the nutrients through the food I eat? The best thing to do is to keep up a balanced diet. But supplements can be a good way to fill in the gaps when they happen. Antioxidants: This group includes vitamin A -- retinol, beta carotene, and carotenoids --, vitamin C, and vitamin E. They play a role in protecting you from tiny particles your body makes, called free radicals, that can tear cells apart.

Five Great Reasons to
Cook with Your Kids

When it comes to raising an adventurous eater, it is not just about coaxing kids to eat their veggies. Bringing up a child who can enjoy a cantaloupe as much as a cupcake takes patience and persistence, but it does not have to feel like a chore. Kids may need to have frequent joyful experiences involving food to overcome the anxiety they may have around tasting the unfamiliar. Over time, cooking with your children can help build that confidence—and provide rich sensory experiences.

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