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It's "National Women's Health Week" In Nevada, Nation

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Friday, May 16, 2014   

CARSON CITY, Nev. – It's National Women's Health Week, which encourages women in Nevada and across the U.S., who may take better care of others than themselves, to take steps to live healthier lives.

Dr. Kellie Donahue, a physician at Nevada Health Centers, says many women neglect their health because they're constantly caring for their families.

"The very first thing they might want to think about is how they manage their stress,” she says. “Because I think that is what dovetails into some of the health problems we see with hypertension, high cholesterol, elevated weight being hard on joints and knees, back problems from weight and lack of exercise, and lack of flexibility."

Donahue says it can be a difficult transition but women should take the time to decompress and try to not let the stress of life overwhelm them.

She adds that some women dread exercise because they don't see themselves as athletic. Donahue says the trick to being active is finding something you really enjoy doing.

"It's important, and it doesn't have to be calisthenics or the gym,” she stresses. “It should be something they find restorative and lovely.

“So, for some women it may be dance. For some women it may be yoga. For some women who are very, very overwhelmed it may be getting up an extra half hour and taking a walk."

Donahue adds that women should be getting regular mammograms, bone density tests and a colonoscopy.





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