http://www.vcwomensconnection.com It's time you did something for you Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/healthy-living/breast-cancer-and-genetic-testing/ http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/healthy-living/breast-cancer-and-genetic-testing/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:01 +0000 Melissa http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/?p=7742
In learning of actress Angelina Jolie’s recent revelation that she’d had a preventive double mastectomy after discovering she carried the BRCA1 gene mutation, which sharply increases a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer, I thought of a … Continue reading →]]> http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/healthy-living/breast-cancer-and-genetic-testing/feed/ 0 http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/healthy-living/young-women-often-less-healthy-than-men-before-a-heart-attack/ http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/healthy-living/young-women-often-less-healthy-than-men-before-a-heart-attack/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 19:15:35 +0000 Maria Loving http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/?p=7736
Young women tend to be less healthy and have a poorer quality of life than similar-aged men before suffering a heart attack, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. … Continue reading →]]> http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/healthy-living/young-women-often-less-healthy-than-men-before-a-heart-attack/feed/ 0 http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/family-health/summer-is-peak-time-for-injuries-from-gasoline-exposure/ http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/family-health/summer-is-peak-time-for-injuries-from-gasoline-exposure/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 13:04:10 +0000 Maria Loving http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/?p=7659
Warm weather means more people are mowing their lawn and doing yardwork and grilling food. While these activities seem innocuous, it’s important for parents to remember that gasoline, kerosene, lighter fluid, and certain other household cleaning products present a high risk … Continue reading →]]> http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/family-health/summer-is-peak-time-for-injuries-from-gasoline-exposure/feed/ 0 http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/recipes/spinach-salad-with-apples-eggs-and-figs/ http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/recipes/spinach-salad-with-apples-eggs-and-figs/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 19:15:44 +0000 Judy Conkling http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/?p=7685
If you’re like me, you go into autopilot when you make a salad … some greens, a few sliced tomatoes, croutons and a bit of dressing. But if you’re looking for something a bit different, try this Spinach Salad with … Continue reading →]]> http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/recipes/spinach-salad-with-apples-eggs-and-figs/feed/ 0 http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/healthy-living/recommended-medical-screenings-for-women/ http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/healthy-living/recommended-medical-screenings-for-women/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 13:14:32 +0000 Maria Loving http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/?p=7731
This week is National Women’s Health Week, a weeklong health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health. It brings together communities, businesses, government, health organizations, and other groups in an effort to … Continue reading →]]> http://www.vcwomensconnection.com/healthy-living/recommended-medical-screenings-for-women/feed/ 0