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Find out the recommended daily calcium level for your age. Food, supplements, excersice and sun exposure can help you get your proper amount of daily calcium.

Promote breast health by eating the right foods and supplements—and by avoiding environmental toxins.

Like heart disease, high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) has always been thought of as a man’s problem—but it just isn’t so. High blood pressure affects one out of every four women and kills significantly more women than men.

There is definitely a connection between menopause and high blood pressure. Changing hormone levels can cause a woman with normal blood pressure to become hypertensive.

The differences between men and women create gender-specific nutrient needs. Learn how men and women can benefit from gender-specific multinutrient formulas.

As a cardiac rehab nurse, I’m well versed in the heart-protective effects that estrogen has for women. And in the 1980s and 1990s, those benefits created a real dilemma for women who had to decide whether to undergo estrogen replacement therapy.

Women have different heart health issues from men. Here's what you need to know now.