Women's Health Report 2010

The latest "health report card" on women's health was recently released. The report revealed that more women are drinking heavily, and fewer are being tested for cervical cancer. New York Times journalist Roni Caryn Rabin reported that "Over all, more women are obese, diabetic and hypertensive than just a few years ago, and more are testing positive for chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease linked to infertility." Rabin also included that "78 percent of women ages 18 to 64 had a pap smear in the last three years, down from 84.8 percent in 2007." Although the number of people screened for high cholesterol has improved along with the fact that less women are smoking and dying from stroke, obesity is on the rise, and will continue to be on the rise if something isn't done. Why is this happening? Probably because in such a time of societal and economic strife, people, namely women, are looking for some source of comfort in their chaotic lives. I believe that if people are taught portion control and stick by Aristotle's idea of "Everything in Moderation," then the binge drinking, diabetes and hopefully the diagnoses of chlamydia will go down significantly.

For more information:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/health/research/09women.html?_r=1&ref=health

By Sarah Fulton