Top Medical Advances For Women

From the first-ever birth control pill that effectively eliminates menstruation, to a vaccine for cervical cancer that has other important benefits health club, Dr. Holly Phillips visited The Saturday Early with her list of the year's most important advances in women's health care.

Asked if altering that natural cycle could be dangerous to a woman's health, Phillips says, "Of course that's a legitimate question, and as with most things we have to wait for long-term tests to confirm it health club. But right now it seems perfectly safe, and we already know that birth control pills lower the risk of a couple of cancers -- ovarian and uterine.

Second on Phillips' list is the finding that even a little bit of exercise can have a big impact on women's long-term health and help them live longer.

"A huge study on early-stage breast-cancer survivors found that a low-fat diet helped prevent recurrence of cancer. In the study, 'low-fat' meant less than 15-percent of your calories from fat. Of course,health club a low-fat diet rich in fruits and vegetables is good for everyone's health," Phillips explains.