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National Women’s Health Week

By admin On May 1, 2009 NO COMMENTS

Here’s a Q & A about the National Women’s Health Week, courtesy of the Women’s Health website (http://www.womenshealth.gov). You can find more information and resources on the National Women’s Checkup Day as well as the 8 weeks for better health challenge there. Check out the website and start taking control of your health today.

The 10th annual National Women’s Health Week will kick off on Mother’s Day, May 10, 2009 and will be celebrated until May 16, 2009. National Women’s Checkup Day will be Monday, May 11, 2009. The eight-week Woman Challenge, an online physical activity program, starts May 10, 2009.

What is National Women’s Health Week?
National Women’s Health Week is a weeklong health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health (OWH). National Women’s Health Week empowers women to make their health a top priority.

With the theme “It’s Your Time,” the nationwide initiative encourages

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