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4 conditions not often characterized as women’s health issues · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Four Conditions Not Often Characterized as Women's Health Issues. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Women's Week 2026. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlit. Preventive care
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  Speaker 1: is vital to maintaining overall health throughout adulthood. Though preventive
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  Speaker 1: care is often discussed in terms of diet, wellness checkups,
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  Speaker 1: and physical activity, recognition of various threats to long-term health
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  Speaker 1: is equally important. Certain women's health conditions garner more attention
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  Speaker 1: than others. For example, efforts to raise awareness of breast
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  Speaker 1: cancers are extensive and widely known, but other women's health
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  Speaker 1: issues have a tendency to fall off the radar, even
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  Speaker 1: if their prevalence merits greater consideration. The following are four
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  Speaker 1: significant and less publicized women's health issues, recognition of which
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  Speaker 1: could potentially save lives. 1. Heart Disease A 2020 report
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  Speaker 1: from the American Heart Association indicated that in 2009, 65%
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  Speaker 1: of women were aware that heart disease is their leading
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  Speaker 1: cause of death. By 2019, that figure had dropped to 44%.
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  Speaker 1: In addition, in its 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study,
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  Speaker 1: the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimated there are
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  Speaker 1: 275 million women around the world with cardiovascular disease. Often
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  Speaker 1: and incorrectly considered a disease for men, heart disease poses
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  Speaker 1: a significant threat to women as well. Women can speak
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  Speaker 1: with their physicians about their heart disease risk and what
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  Speaker 1: they can do to maintain their long-term heart health. Two, diabetes.
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  Speaker 1: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that African American,
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  Speaker 1: Hispanic Latina, American Indian, Alaska Native, and Asian Pacific Islander
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  Speaker 1: women are more likely to have diabetes than white women.
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  Speaker 1: But any woman can get diabetes, and the U.S. Department
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  Speaker 1: of Health and Human Services reports that type 2 diabetes
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  Speaker 1: is more common in adults who are 45 and older.
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  Speaker 1: The CDC also reports that diabetes increases the risk for
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  Speaker 1: heart disease in women by about four times compared to
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  Speaker 1: two times for men, which underscores how great a threat
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  Speaker 1: the disease is for women. Women can speak to their
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  Speaker 1: physicians about the significance of checking their blood sugar and
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  Speaker 1: the role diet and exercise can play in reducing diabetes risk. Three,
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  Speaker 1: urinary tract infections. the Office on Women's Health notes that
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  Speaker 1: women get urinary tract infections up to 30 times more
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  Speaker 1: often than men. In addition, a 2016 report in the
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  Speaker 1: journal American Family Physician Register Trademark indicated that between 30
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  Speaker 1: and 44% of women will have a second UTI within
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  Speaker 1: six months of an initial infection. The OWH indicates urinating
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  Speaker 1: when the need arises, drinking between six and eight glasses
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  Speaker 1: of water per day, and additional hygiene measures are some
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  Speaker 1: ways to potentially prevent a UTI. Women can discuss more
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  Speaker 1: specific measures with their physicians. 4. Alzheimer's Disease The Alzheimer's
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  Speaker 1: Association Register trademark notes that almost two-thirds of Americans living
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  Speaker 1: with Alzheimer's are women. Figures are similar in Canada, where
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  Speaker 1: data from the Alzheimer's Society indicates that just under 62%
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  Speaker 1: of those living with dementia in 2020 were women. the
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  Speaker 1: life expectancy of women is still longer than it is
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  Speaker 1: for men, which may explain the greater incidence rates of
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  Speaker 1: Alzheimer's among women. However, women can still speak with their
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  Speaker 1: physicians about lifestyle choices that could reduce their risk of
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  Speaker 1: developing Alzheimer's. Recognition of less publicized issues that affect women's
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  Speaker 1: health can be the first step toward reducing the risk
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  Speaker 1: for many conditions. WT235915 states,