Just for You - Women

Throughout their lives - as children, in middle adulthood and as seniors - women face life conditions and health issues specific to their biology and social circumstances. A full and healthy life for women involves emotional, social, cultural, spiritual and physical well-being.

• Aboriginal Women
• Breast Health (Implants, Cancer, Mammograms)
• Diseases and Conditions
• Family Violence and Sexual Abuse
• Medications
• Mental Health
• Pregnancy and Maternal Health
• Sexual Health
• Smoking and Substance Abuse
• Vision Care
• Work-life Balance
• More Resources

For a list of resources about your health and the surrounding environment, food safety and consumer product safety, consult the Consumer Information page.

Aboriginal Women

• Aboriginal Women's Health Research Synthesis Project: Final Report
• Just for You - First Nations and Inuit
• Healthy Pregnancy and Babies

Breast Health

Cancer

Breast cancer is a close second to lung cancer as the leading cancer killer of women in Canada. One in nine women will develop breast cancer over their lifetime.

• Breast Cancer
• Breast Cancer - It's Your Health
• Canadian Breast Cancer Care and Treatment Guidelines
• Women and Cancer

Mammography

The objective of mammography is to find cancers of the breast in the earliest possible stages of development.

• Mammography - It's Your Health
• National Survey of Mammographic Facilities - 1997 report

Implants

A number or known and unknown health risks are associated with the use of breast implants. Health Canada is in the process of conducting an Ontario and Quebec Breast Implant study to determine if breast implants increase the risk of cancer and other health problems.

Diseases and Conditions

In most age groups, women suffer more than men from chronic conditions, particularly allergies, arthritis and rheumatism. Younger women report more back and limb problems than young men. Mental health, especially depression, is also a concern among women.

AIDS

Women represent an increasing proportion of reported HIV cases in Canada . Also see the main AIDS page.

Cancer

Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer of women followed by Breast cancer and Cervical cancer. Also see main Cancer page and ways to quit smoking.

Heart Health

Forty percent of all Canadian women's deaths are due to heart disease and stroke. A woman's risk of death from heart disease increases 4 times after menopause. Also see  Cardiovascular Disease.

Other

• Diabetes
• Diseases and Conditions

Family Violence and Sexual Abuse

Women are more likely to be assaulted by someone they know.

• National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (resource web site)
• Women Abuse

Medications

• Safe Use of Health Products for Weight Loss

Mental Health

• Impact of family violence on mental health - It's Your Health
• Mental Health - Coping with Stress It's Your Health

Pregnancy and Maternal Health

• Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program
• Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System
• Diagnostic X-Rays and Pregnancy - It's Your Health
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
• Folic Acid
• Healthy Pregnancy
• Healthy Pregnancy and Babies
• Infant Nutrition
• Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy
• Report on Maternal Mortality in Canada
• Smoking and Your Body - Pregnancy

Sexual Health

• Sexual Health and Promotion
• Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)
• Women and Sexual and Reproductive Health

Smoking and Substance Abuse

Smoking affects women differently than it does men. Smoking among women is linked to lower fertility, cancer of the cervix, osteoporosis and menstrual and menopausal problems.

Quitting Kits

• On the Road to Quitting
• Quit4Life (for Youth)

Reports

• Can my baby be harmed if I smoke while I am pregnant?
• Women's Health Surveillance Report
• Women With Disabilities and Smoking

Vision Care

• Laser Eye Surgery for Vision Correction - It's Your Health

Work-life Balance

• Reducing Work-Life Conflict: What Works? What Doesn't?

More Resources

• Bureau of Women's Health and Gender Analysis
• Canadian Women's Health Network
• Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) - It's Your Health
• Lesbian Health
• Menstrual Tampons - It's Your Health
• The Women's Health Contribution Program
• Women's Health Strategy
• Women's Health Surveillance: A Plan of Action for Health Canada - Report from the Advisory Committee on Women's Health Surveillance, 1999
• Women in Canada 2000: A gender-based statistical report - Statistics Canada

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