by Women's Health | Oct 4, 2018 | Health
A, B, AB or O – it’s time to learn (your doc or parents should have the info handy). Recent studies show certain blood types may be linked to illnesses such as heart disease and cancer. Scientists are still unravelling exactly why, but in the meantime, here’s what you...
by Women's Health | Sep 18, 2018 | Health
At the age of 42, Michélle Booysen suffered a heart attack in the middle of a cycle race, yet she still made it over the finish line. The 99er Cycle Tour and MTB Challenge is an annual event that takes place in Cape Town in February. I was training for the Argus, so I...
by Women's Health | Sep 17, 2018 | Health
Hollywood may have conditioned us to believe that a heart attack involves clutching your chest and collapsing dramatically, but symptoms in women can be much subtler. Seriously, some of these seem so random they could be mistaken for common old heartburn. Heartburn Or...
by Women's Health | Aug 31, 2018 | Health
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, affects one in three South Africans. It kills 10 million people every year. And the scariest part? You probably won’t even know you’re at risk. Hypertension is known as the “silent killer”...
by Women's Health | Aug 16, 2018 | Health
Gabrielle Union has been incredibly open about her fertility struggles, and even revealed in her book We’re Going to Need More Wine that she’s had “eight or nine” miscarriages. But only recently was Gabrielle, 45, given a diagnosis that helped explain her struggle....
