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50 health mistakes even smart women make. Are you at risk?

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Women can lessen their risks for certain conditions by comparing their behaviors with the 50 behaviors that are listed. Included are a recommendation to get yearly Pap smears, not wear high heels, knowing their family health history, ingesting plenty of calcium and not getting enough sleep.

Author: Di Costanzo, Diane
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Publication Name: Fitness
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 1060-9237
Year: 2001
Analysis, Health behavior

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Destress your life: three women reveal how they went from crazed to in control

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Women can reduce their stress levels by doing yoga regularly, exercising more control over their schedules and expressing themselves creatively. Three women describe how one of these techniques benefited them.

Author: Van Buskirk, Sarah
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Publication Name: Fitness
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 1060-9237
Year: 2001
Methods, Management, Stress management, Stress (Psychology)

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Urban health legends

Article Abstract:

Among the health rumors debunked are: talcum powder does not cause ovarian cancer; mercury tooth fillings are not toxic; and cell phones do not cause brain cancer.

Author: Chaplin, Heather
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Publication Name: Fitness
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 1060-9237
Year: 2000
Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, Investigations, Fillings (Dentistry), Dental fillings, Materials, Urban folklore, Quacks and quackery, Quackery

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