Resources

Check out these Spirit of Women fact sheets for information on medical conditions and how to keep you and your family healthy. Need more information or want to follow up on what you’ve learned? Call the Genesis NurseLine 24 hours a day, seven days a week at (740) 455-4949.

Heart Health

• Conquer Cholesterol: Cholesterol and how it relates to heart disease
• A Little Dash Will Do You: DASH healthy lifestyle plan for lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels
• Count on Your Health: Four key measurements of health: weight, cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure
• Women and Cardiovascular Disease: Risk factors and statistics on women and heart disease
• Your Ethnicity and Cardiovascular Disease: Special risk factors for heart disease that African-Americans face

Cancer

• Guidelines for the Girls: Breast cancer prevention through healthy lifestyle changes and early detection
• Mole Mystery: Information on healthy skin and how to spot abnormal moles
• The Other Big Cs: Common cancers and how to lower your personal risk
• Protect Your Bottom Line: The importance of screening and early detection of colon cancer

Diabetes

• Can You Control the Ups and Downs of Blood Sugar? How to manage and prevent diabetes and prediabetes
• Overcoming Obesity: The causes of obesity, how it can affect you and what it has to do with diabetes
• Tune in to Prevent Diabetes: Simple actions and small lifestyle changes that can help prevent diabetes

Behavioral Health

• All Stressed Up and Nowhere to Go: How to cope when under stress
• Last Call: Warning signs of alcohol abuse and when to get help
• Mental Notes: Warning signs of mental health conditions and where to get help

Digestive Health

• Gut Check: Common stomach conditions and tips on keeping your digestive system healthy
• You Make Me Sick: Symptoms and risk factors for food allergies

Neurology

• Avoid a Brain Wreck: What we know about brain diseases and how to keep your brain healthy
• Connect the Dots: Alzheimer’s disease and how to reduce your risk
• Let Stroke Matter to You: Risks, symptoms and warning signs of stroke

Gynecology/Pelvic Health

• The Hoopla About Pelvic Health: A broad range of pelvic issues, including perimenopause, fibroids, urinary incontinence and sexual health
• Going Viral: HPV and cervical cancer prevention and vaccines

Orthopedics

• All Right Now – Solving Shoulder, Hip and Knee Pain: Advances in joint surgery and weighing your options
• Fab Factor: Protecting your bones, joints, muscles, ligaments and tendons from wear and tear
• No Bones About It: How osteoporosis is diagnosed, and how you can prevent it

Respiratory

• Achoo or the Flu? The difference between the cold and the flu and how to prevent and treat them
• All Right Now – Solutions for Better Breathing: Causes, symptoms and risk factors for common respiratory disorders, and how to get treatment and relief
• Silent Night: Snoring and its complications like sleep apnea
• Smoking Is Not Hot: Health risks of smoking and the benefits of cessation

Miscellaneous

• Ain’t Nobody Got Time for Fat: Serious health consequences of being overweight, and what you can do about it
• Star in Your Own Screen Test: Screenings, tests and immunizations you need for each decade – from the 20s to the 70s
• Think Before You Ink: Deciding if a tattoo is for you, safety precautions and caring for a new tattoo