There’s a lot going on in healthcare news this week! I have put together a handful of trending health topics to assist you in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Here are a few health articles for this week:

A woman’s 30sare a thriving point in her life; she has a booming career, she’s may be married, and she may have children. Being so busy, some women often let health and wellness fall to the wayside. But the way you take care of your health in your 30ssets the stage for decades to come.

• 6 biggest health mistakes women make in their 30s

We all know that saturated fats are bad for our health. But a new study has found that eating good fats, such as olive oil, can cut one’s risk of death by almost 30 percent. Learn more about the different types of fat and which good fats you should be incorporating in to your diet.

• Good fats can cut risk of death by 27%, study says

Every year women set up appointments for routine gynecologist visits. And every year women dread going to it. It can be nerve-wracking and uncomfortable. Well, a new governmental task force says that there is no evidence proving that routine pelvic exams are necessary for healthy women of reproductive age.

• Routine pelvic exams may not be necessary 

Man’s best friend, loyal companion, cancer sniffing expert? Yes, we are talking about dogs. We’ve heard of leader dogs and even behavior dogs, but now these lovable canines are being trained to sniff out cancer! There’s no doubt that dogs have an impeccable sense of smell, so why not put it to good use?

• Meet the dogs who can sniff out cancer better than some lab tests

In a tech-filled world, more healthcare professional are going electronic when it comes to providing patient care. Not only have their records gone electronic, but even their visits are done via computer! This allows patients practically immediate access to health advice from the comforts of their own home.

• How telemedicine is transforming healthcare

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There’s a lot going on in healthcare news this week! I have put together a handful of trending health topics to share with you in hopes that this information will assist you in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Here are a few health articles for this week:

Nutrition labels on food are finally getting an update, 20 years in the making! These changes are based off of advances in nutrition science, changes in dietary recommendations, as well as other factors. These labels will bring forward different, more realistic, serving sizes. As well as guidelines for what manufacturers can call certain additives such as sugars — they will no longer be able to disguise sugars by fancy names. Check out this article to learn more about what the new nutrition labels will look like.

• 6 things you need to know about the new nutrition label

We all know that healthcare costs are outrageous nowadays. Some prescriptions drugs cost tens of thousands of dollars, and most chemotherapy treatments leave families broke and drowning in debt. If I were to ask you which healthcare services carry the biggest price tag, what would you say? Would you be surprised to know it is mental health services? To learn more about the growing cost of mental health services follow the link below.

• The Highest Health Care Cost In America? Mental Health Disorders
  

As the sun starts to get stronger and we spend more time outdoors, sunburns tend to become common place. We all know that sunburns can be dangerous and just one burn can dramatically increase ones risk for skin cancer. But when has your sunburn gone too far and turned into sun poisoning? Read this article to better understand the differences between the two and when you should seek medical help.

• 3 things you need to know about sun poisoning
  

We’ve all played Dr. Google once or twice in our life. We surf the web and diagnose ourselves with some rare, deadly disease based off of our wide range of symptoms. Well things have been taken a step further, you can get real, medical treatment online! You can get answers to all of your burning health questions right from the comforts of your own home. But is this safe? This article goes in to detail on if the care you’re getting through the web is as good as what you would get in the doctors office.

• Getting Medical Care Online Might Be a Bad Idea

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