For our Dallas-area members, here's a free health event happening today that you might want to know about ....

CVS, located at 2101 W. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano (972-943-0601), is offering free blood pressure and cholesterol screenings for the public today until 8:00 pm. Please visit our new Health Events calendar at http://events.empowher.com for more information on this as well as other events.

There are wonderful free and low cost health events such as this one happening every day all over the country. Find them on Health Events!

Health Events, EmpowHer's new national online health events calendar, will launch next week. Here's a preview of the wonderful free, low cost and convenient health events that you can find on Health Events:
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Scottsdale Healthcare’s Women’s Health Services is making it easier for busy women in the Phoenix area to get their health screenings done.

By Amanda Gardner
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Standard cholesterol evaluations may help predict which women are at risk for heart problems while taking hormone replacement therapy, and which women are not.

Simply put, those with good cholesterol levels experience no increased risk for heart attacks while taking hormone therapy, while women with high levels do have a heightened risk, a new study suggests.

By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Men who keep their cholesterol down might also help lower their levels of prostate specific antigen, a protein that can warn of prostate cancer, a new study says.

My parents use a butter spread that claims to "actively remove cholesterol". I've noticed several types of butter/oil spreads at the grocery store, meant to replace butter or margarine, and are touted as "healthy alternatives".

However, one brand says that it is "clinically proven to actively remove cholesterol". Is this true, and to what degree? Is this butter spread actually healthy (use some every day) or is it just a healthy alternative (no trans-fat like butter).

By Kathleen Doheny
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Women who have the most severe menopausal symptoms may also be at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, a new study suggests.

Discover what every woman should know about cholesterol.

For years, my cholesterol levels had been very good. When I’d go in for my yearly check up and blood work, the number would always come back right in the 110 range. My physician and I were always pretty pleased with these results.

Then one year, seemingly out of the blue, my cholesterol shot up to 320.

No, that’s not a typo—in the space of 12 short months, my cholesterol reading went up by over 200 points.