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  • Baby BoomersHealth: Baby Boomers

  • Women in their 40s or 50s may need to see their health care professional more often.   This is just a guideline of screenings and tests you may need at this point in your life. 
    Women in their 40s or 50s may need to see their health care professional more often.   This is just a guideline of screenings and tests you may need at this point in your life. 

  • Most women will reach menopause sometime between the ages 45 and 55 with perimenopause lasting two years or more leading up to it.
    Most women will reach menopause sometime between the ages 45 and 55 with perimenopause lasting two years or more leading up to it.

  • When you visit your doctor, be sure to make a list of questions and concerns to discuss.  Anything from general health to menopause, arthritis, and osteoporosis.
    When you visit your doctor, be sure to make a list of questions and concerns to discuss.  Anything from general health to menopause, arthritis, and osteoporosis.
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  • Generation XHealth: Generation X

  • When reaching your 30s, there are some additional screenings and medical exams you need to be having.
    When reaching your 30s, there are some additional screenings and medical exams you need to be having.

  • When you are in your 30s and 40s, a lot is happening.  Your metabolism rate slows down, bone loss, fertility decreases,  and stress begins to affect you differently.
    When you are in your 30s and 40s, a lot is happening.  Your metabolism rate slows down, bone loss, fertility decreases,  and stress begins to affect you differently.

  • Learn all you can about your health and become educated in screenings and tests you will need at this stage of your life. 
    Learn all you can about your health and become educated in screenings and tests you will need at this stage of your life. 
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  • Generation YHealth: Generation Y

  • At different stages of our life we need different medical tests, examinations and screenings to stay healthy.
    At different stages of our life we need different medical tests, examinations and screenings to stay healthy.

  • Your family history also is a great guide for doctors who can give you preventive health tips and screenings and medical exams that can catch any complications early on.
    Your family history also is a great guide for doctors who can give you preventive health tips and screenings and medical exams that can catch any complications early on.

  • When visiting with your health care professional, be prepared with a list of questions to ask.
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  • Find nutrition tips, health news and facts on raising a healthy child.  Also find advice and ideas on how to keep the family connected and involved with each other.
    Find nutrition tips, health news and facts on raising a healthy child.  Also find advice and ideas on how to keep the family connected and involved with each other.

  • Find helpful resources and tips to taking care of yourself.  We also have a list of questions you should be asking your doctor and preventive health tips for the different stages of your life.
    Find helpful resources and tips to taking care of yourself.  We also have a list of questions you should be asking your doctor and preventive health tips for the different stages of your life.
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  • HealthFor Women Only - Health

  • Are you dripping, blowing, hacking and generally miserable? Does it seem like you've felt that way forever? Test the odds that it's not a cold, and find out what to do about it.

  • For years, people looked up their weight on tables drawn from insurance company statistics. While those are still around, this is a newer, more accurate way to calculate what is truly a healthy weight range for you.

  • Your Man's Health

  • Test your knowledge about health issues your man's health by taking this online quiz from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Test your knowledge about health issues your man's health by taking this online quiz from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  • Find a list of websites with great information on men's health.
    Find a list of websites with great information on men's health.