Increasing Breastfeeding Rates in the United States

What can be done? The United States Department of Health and Human Services developed specific recommendations for breastfeeding initiation and duration in the United States as part of their Healthy People 2010 national initiative for health promotion and disease prevention. Because the health benefits associated with breastfeeding for both the mother and baby are well […]

Silent Killer

The incidence of heart disease in women is much higher than many realizeHeart disease is the number one cause of death for American women, with a death rate six times greater than breast cancer. Approximately 8 million women have heart disease. Symptoms are easily missed and some women don’t get the treatment they need. Shani […]

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