Women’s Health

By Sheri Colberg, PhD   Before the advent of blood glucose meters, discovering how much of an effect female hormones have on insulin action was impossible. If you’re female, past puberty, and still young enough to be menstruating, then you’ll want to find out more about factoring your time of …

Women should get at least 150 minutes of physical activity each week to help reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes.…

Is working the night shift bad for you?…

In a study of asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes, women had a lower cardiac event rate than men, although screening for silent myocardial ischemia did not benefit either sex.…

Two phase 3 studies have found that a combination of naltrexone SR/bupropion SR can produce significant weight loss in overweight and obese women, regardless of menopausal status.…

Female heart attack patients are less likely to receive surgical intervention and there is a 30% higher death rate among those who do.…

The definition of a healthy waistline may have a bit more room for African-American women than for white women….

Almost half of women in the US who suffer from Type 1 or 2 diabetes report that it has a negative impact on their sex lives….

The link between diabetes and depression in women runs both ways….

Stress of physical, sexual abuse may lead to weight gain, insulin resistance, study suggests….