Prevention

In the popular imagination, strokes happen at senior centers, not motorcycle rallies. They're certainly not supposed to befall a woman like Sandra Thornburg.

In 2001, she was a vibrant, 43-year-old exercise fanatic attending nursing school in Phoenix. Newly divorced, she embraced singlehood by meeting new people and trying new things, Harley-Davidson bikes included.

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I was reading the news link on Empowher, regarding the moral objections to the HPV vaccination.

Many parents will not allow their girls to have the vaccination because they believe it will encourage them to have sex. Since behaviors like smoking leads to cancers, so having sex leads to HPV. Both are behaviors that are preventable, say the objectors to this vaccine.
Kimberly Martinez, executive director of the Abstinence Clearinghouse, a nonprofit group that advocates teaching children not to have sex rather than to have safe sex.

Friend is predisposed to cancer from family history. What are her health preventive options?

As a Holistic Health and Nutrition Counselor, I work with women who overstressed or have problems with weight gain helping them get healthier and happier naturally. I am always asked about some tips and I always say:ladies, to feel and look fabulous we need to eat more fiber(fruits, vegetables, grains) and less fat(in junk and processed foods). There are also some general tips to feel and look better:

We all know to consume calcium for good, strong, healthy bones. Many of us also know that consuming Vitamin D helps our body absorb calcium, which can also promote the development of healthy, strong bones. (Vitamin D can be found in milk, fatty fish, dark leafy vegetables…and sunlight!).