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Pam Popper PhD — Optimizing Health for Women

Dr. Popper loves addressing women’s health issues since women not only are responsible for their own health, but often control diet and health issues for children and families. Her talk includes information about weight loss, osteoporosis, breast health, hormone replacement and how to reverse aging. This is a 10-minute excerpt from Dr. Popper’s presentation at the Healthy Lifestyle Expo 2007. To get a DVD with the full talk as well as the talks of 11 other fascinating experts, see: secure2 …

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Youg women with breast cancer.

Michelle Wilsey is a 29-year-old woman who was just diagnosed with breast cancer. She recently had a double mascetomy and will be undergoing chemo therapy and radiation this summer. Michelle was told by doctors that the lump she felt in her breast COULD NOT be breast cancer because she was healthy, young and had no history of breast caner, but after insisting that doctor’s due the tests, Michelle was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in April 2008. Michelle’s life has changed dramatically …

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Why Health Insurance Reform Matters to Women

In some states, maternity care is not covered because pregnancy can be seen as a pre-existing condition. Its even legal in some states to deny a woman coverage because shes been a victim of domestic violence. First Lady Michelle Obama looks at where health care policy and people’s lives intersect. Two-time cancer survivor Roxi Griffin and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius join her to discuss how the current system doesn’t work for women and their families and why health insurance reform is so …

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Lung Disease in Women

While lung diseases like emphysema, bronchitis and cancers affect both men and women, there are some significant gender-based differences in the incidence and prevalence of some of these conditions. Dr. Cecelia Smith, of the UCSD Pulmonary Division, discusses just how different women’s lungs may be from male counterparts. Series: “Women’s Health Seminars” [2/2000] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 4636]

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