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8 Diabetes Symptoms Women Need To Watch Out For

8 Diabetes Symptoms Women Need To Watch Out For

  Foggy thinking, fatigue, and excessive hunger are all red flags. “There are millions of people with type-2 diabetes who are undiagnosed,” says Dr Kristi Silver. How could this be?…

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My journey to becoming alcohol-free and how you can do the same in 2021
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My journey to becoming alcohol-free and how you can do the same in 2021

    It’s been over a year now since I stopped drinking alcohol and I have honestly never felt better in my life. The habit just sort of creeps up…

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Adopting a broader approach to women’s health

Adopting a broader approach to women’s health

  Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for women being responsible for 35% of total deaths in women in 2019 (1). Heart disease includes heart rhythm problems, heart…

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Blood pressure and sex differences

Blood pressure and sex differences

The leading cause of death globally is heart disease and hypertension is a risk factor for heart disease. Hypertension involves many organs in the body and is considered a modifiable…

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Women’s hearts are smaller, their risk factors are different and so are their symptoms

Women’s hearts are smaller, their risk factors are different and so are their symptoms

It wasn’t that long ago, about 10 years, when researchers realized that men and women experienced different symptoms and types of heart disease. These differences can affect diagnosis and subsequently…

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Press Release – New study finds important genetic differences for men and women in heart attacks
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Press Release – New study finds important genetic differences for men and women in heart attacks

Her Heart has campaigned for the past 5 years in order to raise awareness that heart disease is the biggest killer of women in Australia, that one in three women…

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Women’s health – Women want to learn more!

Women’s health – Women want to learn more!

  This month we celebrated International Women’s Day (March 8th) and the theme this year is #ChooseToChallenge. Challenges can include checking your heart health and making this an annual thing…

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We need more public awareness about women and heart disease

We need more public awareness about women and heart disease

While most women know the risk, factors related to heart disease, in a recent national survey nearly 40% still think heart disease is a man’s disease and over half had…

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Getting Started with Mindfulness

Getting Started with Mindfulness

What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s…

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