Woman Health Care

Women and Hair Loss

2009-05-26T12:41:00.002+08:00

Everyone's hair thins out to a degree as we age. We're aging, and so is our hair. The number one complaint from second act women, after sagging skin, is thinning hair.

More than 20 million women in the United States alone suffer from some form of "female pattern baldness." Consequently, a big question in my chair is, "How can I make my hair appear fuller?" It's likely, if you want volume (or height), you are going to have to lift your arms above your shoulders and spend sometime creating it. Some time is not an hour. Some time is 15 to 20 minutes. When hair starts to thin, we often cannot rely on a good haircut alone. Hairdressers can't just cut "height" in to your hair. To make thinning hair look thicker it takes us both working together.

The most common cause of thinning hair in women is hereditary hair loss, or androgenetic alopecia. In fact, 95 percent of all hair thinning in women can be put down to hereditary hair loss. Few women have heard about this condition and even fewer realize that this may be the cause of their hair loss.

The word 'alopecia' is used to describe types of significant hair loss. Androgenetic alopecia describes hair loss that is caused by androgens, which are hormones present in everyone, man or woman. Hormone changes affect many things, including hereditary hair loss. Specifically, it is your genetic sensitivity to the male hormone testosterone that is the key. The testosterone is converted to a more potent hormone called dihydrotestosterone, which causes sensitive hairs and follicles to become smaller.

Why Hair Thins Out

Normally, each of your hairs grows for two to seven years, takes a three-month "rest," and then falls out to make room for new hair. But if you have a genetic predisposition to thinning locks, your hair follicles may become more sensitive to the male hormone testosterone sometime in your twenties or thirties, or even in your teens. (It's not that you produce more testosterone than other women; the hormone just affects you differently.) Over time, your follicles shrink and can produce only finer, shorter, weaker hairs, or none at all. In some women, the process accelerates at menopause, when natural estrogen levels decline.

This is why you may notice short hairs that never seem to grow, particularly around the hairline and center part. You know the "little fuzzies" that you see at the top of your head. A reason why adding layers and texture helps create the illusion that those fuzzies are supposed to be there, rather than oddly shorter than the rest of the hair.

What Can Be Done for Thinning Hair?

The three common methods for treating hair loss are medical, surgical, and cosmetic. Medically, the topical drug minoxidil is used to stop hair follicles from shrinking in about 60 percent of the women who try rubbing it into their scalps twice a day. About two-thirds of those women will also see some regrowth within eight months, although the new hair is usually much finer than the old.
Medical therapy is more effective at stopping the progression of hair loss than regrowing already lost hair, but a lucky percentage of patients may see some significant regrowth. Minoxidil is available without a prescription, but you must use it continually for the rest of your life to maintain any new hair growth. Hair loss will begin again within a few months after minoxidil treatment is stopped. Some women find that the solution causes itching or headaches.

Minoxidil is the only drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for female-pattern hair loss. Finasteride, a prescription pill that functions by moderating testosterone levels, seems to work only in men. It is not safe for women.

Hair restoration surgery is another option for women, although it works best if you happen to be thinning out primarily on top, as men do. A surgeon removes hair from a denser area on your head and transplants the follicles individually to wherever you need them most. Surgical treatment has progressed dramatically over the past 10 years, and now the most advanced surgical technique is follicular unit transplantation, which consists of replacing lost hair with microscopically obtained, tiny, natural-looking units of only one to three hairs each. It is so natural that, when done properly, even delicate areas such as eyebrows and eyelashes can be recreated. You can expect to pay between $4,000 and $30,000 over time.

Finally, cosmetic enhancement is the use of products such as thickener, concealer, and techniques that create the illusion that your hair is thicker than it actually is. As you read further you will discover the most effective cosmetic treatments available today.

Need volume? Here is what works.

• Back-combing: No, it doesn't damage your hair. No, it won't look like a beehive if you do it right. Learn how. It will always and forever give you control over that split in the crown.

• Styling products like mousse are often best applied just to the scalp and root area.

• Blow dry your hair in every direction with tension (pulling hair strongly away from the scalp with a brush or your fingers) with heat at the scalp, and voila, Volume! Bending "upside down" will help, but only if you also use tension with a brush or your fingers so the hair dries pulled 90 degrees from the scalp.

• Volumizing products do temporarily plump the hair shaft. You get more volume. More tangles, but more volume. They can also weigh certain fine hair types down.

• Velcro rollers: On dry hair: set, spray with hairspray, heat with the blow dryer, allow to cool. Poof! Volume. Back comb for more.

• Curlers: Rollers, magnetic rollers, rags, bendies, anything you wrap wet hair around and allow to form to that shape will add volume through wave or curl.

• Hot rollers: Always make sure the ends are neatly wrapped to avoid "fish hooks."

• Curling iron: Start at the base of the hair, over direct up and away from the direction your are rolling for lift at the scalp, roll then up and close the clamp slightly to click the hair through, heat, release, allow to cool before styling.

• Round Brush utilizes the same concept as Velcro rollers. The more you heat and lift the hair at the scalp and allow to cool before removing the brush, the more volume created.

Creating Illusion Through Shadow

One of the simplest but least used techniques for creating the illusion you have thicker hair is to fill in the hairline or scalp area with scalp shader. Like brows with brow color and lashes with liner, your hair will look thicker when you conceal the scalp with color that matches your hair.

There are several scalp shaders on the market. My favorite is a product called Dermatch. Simply apply the shadow-like powder to thinning areas and voila - the illusion of thicker hair. This is particularly effective at hairline, temples, hair part, and that nasty split in the crown. Also great for men.

by Christopher Hopkins

Weight Loss For Teenage Girls? - Try These "Secret" Techniques to Burn Stomach Fat!

2009-05-13T00:30:00.002+08:00

Are you looking for the right ways to drastically improve your appearance, health and weight? Understandable, Weight gain can be one of the most depressing things to deal with. Well, Today begins the journey on weight loss for teenage girls and even adults as well. I shall give you a few tips on how to contain your weight and then some top notch information on how to burn stomach fat.

Eating Healthy

This first step is pretty much common sense. When you are trying to lose weight quickly, you must eat very healthy. By eating healthy I mean watching the type of foods you eat, not how much food you are eating. You can still eat fatty foods but must limit and balance them with fruits and vegetables. This is the golden rule in weight loss for teenage girls.

Exercise on the Regular

A good exercise can compliment eating healthy very nicely. Regular exercise is sometimes crucial if you want to see improvements in your weight loss plan. To burn stomach fat, you MUST exercise. Just always remember, exercise is an amazing way to lose weight quickly, but you never want to overdo it. Exercise is another main component in achieving perfect weight loss.

Find yourself a Workout Partner

To keep yourself committed and focused with your weight loss plan, it would great if you could find yourself a weight loss workout partner. A great advantage in finding one is that it will actually make losing weight fun for you!

Make yourself a Weight Loss Journal

Whenever you are trying to lose weight quickly, you must make yourself a weight loss journal. Inside this journal is where you list your goals and record your progress. You can even go as far as rewarding yourself with a very tasty treat from accomplishing what you needed to inside your journal. This is a must if you want to burn stomach fat effectively.

by Joshua Reeves

Women's Health Can Improve With Age

2009-04-23T15:14:00.001+08:00

In our society, we're constantly bombarded with images and messages that tell us that the process of aging is rife with negatives - that our health and beauty deteriorate, that our mental health is in peril, and that we're basically in a downward spiral until we die. Despite these messages, people are living longer than ever before, both in terms of the number of years we live and the quality of our lives. The truth is, there is such a thing as healthy aging, and women's health can improve with age.

There's no doubt that any number of factors can work against our goal of healthy aging. Genetics certainly play a part in the way we age, but only about a third of the aging process is attributable to our genes. The rest is completely within our control.

The first step toward healthy aging and women's health is to take an objective assessment of our habits and lifestyles. For instance, there's no longer a good excuse to continue smoking. Not only have laws made it more difficult to light up in public, but there are also any number of over the counter smoking cessation aids, support groups, and public health initiatives that can help you quit. Studies have shown that, if you quit smoking by age 50, you can reduce your chance of getting lung cancer by half. That's a big boost to women's health right there.

Next, examine your dietary habits. Processed foods may seem easier to prepare, especially when you're on the go, but they take their toll on women's health. Fresh foods and raw foods will help your body regenerate healthy cells, instead of damaged cells, and are a key to healthy aging. You can call it health food, but it's the food we, as humans, were meant to eat.

Even when you eat a substantial amount of health food, there are health supplements that can give your metabolism a boost. There are health supplements on the market that can make a significant difference at your body's cellular level. When you receive that kind of nourishment, you'll eventually see the outward effects, such as hydrated skin and a healthy glow, less brittle and more luxurious hair, and healthier nails.

Third, think about movement. You don't have to be a gym rat in order to gain substantial benefits from exercise. Maybe you enjoy walking in the park, attending a yoga class, or swimming a few laps in the pool. Regular exercise - 30 minutes, three to five times a week - can set you on the road to healthy aging.

Fourth, take stock of your mental health. When you don't eat healthy foods and don't exercise, it's easy to become depressed. Being depressed, in turn, can lead you to eat more bad foods and avoid exercise, until it becomes a vicious cycle. Health supplements can give your system a kick-start, and help you have more energy, which promotes mental clarity and focus as well as stress relief.

Women's health doesn't have to be compromised as we age. Indeed, we can look and feel better than ever!

by: Chris Robertson

Enhance your Breasts Naturally

2009-04-18T11:29:00.002+08:00

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Many women are embarrassed because they have small breasts. They feel nervous shame when it's time to wear a bathing suit - or wistful when they see the plunging necklines on other women's evening dresses. Other women who used to have large, full breasts may be dismayed to find them sagging after childbirth. Whatever the cause of your dissatisfaction with your breasts, you can enhance them - and your self-esteem - with the natural Breast Actives Program. It's no secret by now that pumps are little more than expensive ways to have the same breasts you've always had. Many women have found surgery gives them bigger breasts, but often with a loss of sensitivity, shape, feel - and money. Dangerous, costly breast-enhancement surgery just isn't the way for today's woman to enhance her breasts. But padded and push-up bras are no solution either. You'll feel better knowing the breasts everyone on the street is admiring are really yours - not padding. The Breast Actives program works like no other breast-enhancing technique. It gives you all-natural, effective results - safely and inexpensively.

By now it seems like everyone's heard the news about the recent incredible leaps in breast-enhancement science. Non-surgical breast enhancement has caught the attention of respected national television programs such as CNN Headline News, The Montel Williams Show, Dateline NBC, and 20/20. Major-circulation national newspapers such as USA Today just can't say enough about the benefits of the new wave of non-surgical breast enhancement techniques. Breast Actives offers women a fast-acting, effective treatment guaranteed to produce more enhanced breasts - without the risks of surgery such as scars or physical reaction to the artificial breast implants.

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Know About Obesity and Weight Loss

2009-04-18T11:08:00.001+08:00

Obesity, especially central obesity, is an important risk factor for high blood pressure. The prevalence of hypertension increases with the degree of obesity.

Obesity Doubles Risk of High Blood Pressure

Being obese more than doubles the risk of developing raised blood pressure (hypertension). Obesity research indicates that about 70 percent of obese men and women suffer from hypertension.

* The prevalence of hypertension in adults who are not overweight (body mass index <25)> 30) is 41.9 percent for men and 37.8 percent for women. The prevalence of hypertension increases with the degree of obesity.

* If you are 20 percent overweight (obese), you are eight times more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than someone of normal weight.

Weight Loss Reduces Blood Pressure

Fortunately, even if your blood pressure is high, a modest weight loss can bring it under control. Blood pressure can drop with every pound lost. In many cases people on high blood pressure medication have been able to reduce the dose or stop taking it altogether after losing 5-10 percent of their body weight. For a person weighing 170 pounds this represents a weight loss of 8-17 pounds.

Women's Health Care

2009-04-07T00:58:00.001+08:00

When the topic of women's health care is raised, the first disease that comes to mind is probably breast cancer. But surprisingly, that's not the number one health care issue confronting women today. In fact, heart disease kills more women each year than all forms of cancer combined. By knowing the most significant risks in women's health care and what you can do to combat these health care issues, women of all ages can take a proactive approach to leading healthier lives.

The #1 Women's Health Care Issue: Heart Disease More than 489,000 American women lose their lives each year as a result of heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular diseases. In fact, more women than men die from heart disease each year. Until recently, little research focused on women and heart disease, but the good news is that's no longer the case. From research into the effects of hormone replacement therapy on heart health to studies of how cholesterol-lowering medications work in women, there's an unprecedented increase in the amount of information available to women working to live with and ward off heart disease.

Experts at the Mayo Clinic offer simple common sense advice to women (and men) in the fight against heart disease: don't smoke, eat a diet low in fat and rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products, exercise at least 30 to 60 minutes a week, and maintain a healthy weight.

In addition, they encourage women to see their family doctor each year for a physical which includes blood pressure and cholesterol screenings. Studies indicate that there is a 46% increase in stroke risk for women for each 7.5 mm HG increase in their diastolic blood pressure, so monitoring blood pressure and controlling hypertension are vital.

Women who suffer migraines, are pregnant, have atrial fibrillation and those with the auto-immune disease Lupus also appear to run a greater stroke risk. Diabetes is another women's health care issue with a direct impact on heart health. The American Heart Association notes women with diabetes have a two to six times greater risk of heart disease and heart attack and are at a significantly greater risk of suffering a stroke. All of these risk factors make an annual visit with your doctor one of the best ways women can manage and improve the health of their hearts.

Cancer Concerns: The Second Deadliest Health Care Issue Women Face While breast cancer is often at the top of the list of health care issues for women, several other types of cancers also pose a significant threat to women's health. In this country, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime according to current data which means that a little more than 2 million women are currently living with breast cancer in the U.S. But melanoma, a form of skin cancer, actually kills more young women than any other cancer according to statistics provided by the Skin Cancer Foundation. In fact, melanoma is the most common form of cancer in women between the ages of 25 and 29 and its incidence has tripled in women under 40 in the last thirty years.

Ovarian cancer is another women's health care concern. Usually symptomless until it is widespread, this disease is the fourth most frequent cause of death for American women. The American Cancer Society estimates 26,000 new cases of ovarian cancer diagnosed each year. Unfortunately, there are few definitive screening tests that detect this disease, but experts advise a thorough annual gynecological exam and for women to be alert to pelvic pain and pressure, low back discomfort, mild nausea, and an increase in constipation or gas. A serum CA-125 blood test can detect certain forms of ovarian cancer, but the test is not accurate enough to be used as a routine screening tool.

The rate of women suffering from cervical cancer has dropped a great deal over the years, thanks in part to the increase in the number of women who get an annual Pap smear which can indicate the presence of abnormal cells on the cervix. It's a strong argument for making sure you never skip your Pap smear. Women who have had Human Papillomaviruses (HPVs), herpes simplex virus, those with suppressed immune systems, and those who have had multiple sexual partners run a greater risk of cervical cancer. On the prevention front, a recent trial of a vaccine against cervical cancer was 100% effective in the short term at blocking the disease.

Psychological Well-being: A Growing Health Care Issue for Women In the field of women's health care, psychological problems, which include eating disorders, depression, and anxiety disorders, affect millions of American women. From coping skills to medications to alternative and complementary medical approaches, there is a growing body of knowledge being brought to bear on this important health care issue.

More than 19 million people in the United States, the greatest percentage being women, live with anxiety disorders that disrupt their lives. The different types of disorders within this group include generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and phobias. Treatment options include talk therapy and a wide range of medications that can quell the symptoms of the condition. Many women also combine alternative approaches to treatment such as acupuncture, meditation, and diet modification with traditional forms of treatment.

According to the American Psychological Association, women are almost twice as likely to suffer from major depression as men. In fact, some experts in the field have called depression the most significant mental health risk for women, especially those in their childbearing and rearing years. Studies have found that married women and mothers are especially vulnerable to depression. It's important for a woman who feels she may be suffering from depression to be carefully evaluated by a physician because the source of the depressive symptoms could be birth control pills, hormone replacement therapy, or thyroid disease. Treatment for depression, like most other psychological conditions, includes talk therapy and medications. Some women also find relief in alternative medicine with herbal supplements, meditation, and other complementary techniques.

Though many of the women who struggle with eating disorders are in their teens and twenties, these conditions also affect women at other stages in their lives. Anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating are the most well-known forms of eating disorders. Statistics show that one out of every one hundred girls between the ages of 10 and 20 is anorexic, 4% of college-aged women are bulimic, and 1% of women are binge eaters. The root causes of these diseases include stress at home and at school or work, depression and anxiety, major life changes like a divorce or death, and physical and sexual abuse. Breaking out of the cycle of eating disorders requires a combined approach to this health care issue including psychological treatment, nutrition counseling, and in some cases, hospitalization.

A Holistic Approach to Women's Health Care As women become more proactive about their health, many seek a holistic approach to improving their well-being and fighting disease. But coordinating information among several health care providers, keeping on top of the latest breakthroughs in health, and finding the United States' best doctors is a daunting task for any women.

Some are turning to private professional health care advocates, like those available at PinnacleCare, to help them achieve their goal of a whole-woman centered approach to health care issues. From compiling and electronically storing comprehensive medical records to researching treatment options and providing accelerated access to the United States' top doctors, PinnacleCare's health advocates make a holistic approach to health care possible.

"I passionately believe that what our PinnacleCare Members experience is the way healthcare ought to be delivered," explains John Hutchins, PinnacleCare's Managing Director. "The healthcare system has gotten so complex that most people are at a loss to find their way through it without professional guidance and objective counsel."

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