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Article: The life lines of women: more products are appearing on the market to help women live longer and healthier.(WOMEN'S HEALTH)
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- Nutraceuticals World
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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There are three stages to women's lives: The beginning, up to around age 25, when we don't give our health a second thought; the middle, when we start to become concerned; and the third part, when we are actively seeking ways to prolong our lives and have a high quality of life through a healthy body.
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Each stage of life brings up certain health issues, although naturally these tend to multiply the older a woman gets. The biggest issues for women continue to be osteoporosis, heart disease, cancer, pregnancy and menopause. But women are also more likely to suffer from urinary tract infections than men, migraines and headaches, PMS ...