middle aged women

News that we need an hour of moderate exercise every single day just to avoid weight gain has women scratching their heads: Is that goal even remotely possible?

(University of Gothenburg) Middle-aged women with high levels of a specific amino acid in their blood are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer's many years later, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

This discovery this could lead to a new and simple way of determining who is at risk long before there are any signs of the illness.

(University of Warwick) Women who put on weight as they approach middle-age could reduce their chances of enjoying a healthy old age by up to 80 percent, according to research from the University of Warwick.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years - starting as young as age 12 - can help protect girls from breast cancer when they're grown.

Middle-aged women have long been advised to get active to lower their risk of breast cancer after menopause....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend doctors blame on the obesity epidemic.

Nearly 2 percent of women ages 35 to 54 reported suffering a stroke in the most recent federal health survey, from 1999 to 2004.

Only about half a percent did in the previous survey, from 1988 to 1994....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend doctors blame on the obesity epidemic.

Nearly 2 percent of women ages 35 to 54 reported suffering a stroke in the most recent federal health survey, from 1999 to 2004.

Only about half a percent did in the previous survey, from 1988 to 1994....