Women’s Health

Women and men share many of the same health issues, but they can affect women differently. For example, women may have different symptoms of heart disease. Some health conditions are more common in women, such as autoimmune disorders, osteoarthritis, obesity, and depression, and some conditions, such as menopause and pregnancy, are unique to women. 

The top five women’s health threats include heart disease, breast cancer, osteoporosis, depression, and autoimmune diseases. Most of these threats are preventable through making healthy lifestyle choices, such as eating a healthy diet, including physical activity in your daily routine, taking adequate prevention precautions, etc.

The older women get, other risk factors increase such as problem weight gain, stress-related diseases, menopause, and other hormonal imbalances, etc.