Healthy Inspiration.These pages will provide Healthy Inspiration. They are part of the mission of this website which is to assist you in attaining a full life including growth and increasing self worth motivating through daily inspiration. Being healthy is part of that. Pick the topic of your choice and learn more about how to stay healthy. This is not a place to come for diagnosis and treatment. These pages are for your information from sources such as the Center for Disease Control, American Medical Association, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, and American Cancer Society. You will see various links to other sites with extensive information to further your healthy inspiration. Most of the information comes from studies and statistics gathered in the United States. However all women across the world face similar issues. Even if you are not from the United States this information will be educational for you. Symptoms are universal, and the dangers to your physical well being remain the same no matter where you call home. All major diseases facing women are concerning to you. Unfortunately physical diseases are equal opportunity consumers. The three highest killers in America are: 1. Heart Disease As women we fear breast cancer the most. You will be surprised to find out that death from Lung cancer far outweighs the number of deaths from breast cancer. Another of our greatest fears is AIDS and HIV. Though not in the top three, Aids continues to be a major concern and you will be provided with information on that topic also. The number one healthy inspiration: 
If you smoke regularly you are addicted to a drug. Your body has come to depend on nicotine as much as it would alcohol or cocaine. To quit smoking will be no easier than to rid yourself from any other physical addiction. The best news is that once you are able to stop smoking much of your body can recover from the damage caused by the smoke.Inhaling smoke from others is just as deadly as smoking yourself. If ever we needed to band together and support our sisterhood this would be the cause. We must support each others efforts to become healthy. No one can do this themselves. The more we help each other to quit, the healthier the air will become for all of us. Approximately 1 in 5 women smoke. Smoking accounts for approximately 178,000 deaths in the United States each year. 1.Lung Cancer 
Babies of mothers who smoke are at risk for spontaneous abortion (the pregnancy ends for no apparent reason), Low birth weight, Still birth (the baby is dead at birth),and Sudden infant death syndrome, also called SIDS. If you smoke you can have infertility problems and difficulty conceiving.Consider quitting. Or click on: Lung Cancer for information on the women's epidemic in the United States. The third leading cause of death is due to
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These pages will cover some of the major medical issues facing you as a women.
