Apple Magazine - Winter 2015

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Everyone’s health is precious. In families, a mother’s health is often a reflection of everyone else’s health. When a woman is healthy in pregnancy, her baby is more likely to be born healthy. A woman’s health is often mirrored in the healthy development of her child through infancy to adulthood.

Men also have the same influence and many fathers are taking an expanded role in parenting. Women still, however, tend to have a greater influence on their children’s health.

Women have some unique health needs and concerns, as gender does make a difference. Their reproductive systems are designed for pregnancy and birth during their reproductive years. Whether or not they have children, they may face various health challenges such as menstrual cycle problems, urinary incontinence or cancers of the breasts, uterus, cervix or ovaries.

In this issue of Apple magazine, several of our stories look at women’s health. One of them is What Mom Taught Me by Valerie Berenyi (page 40), in which five Alberta women talk about the influence their mothers had on their health and their character.

Men’s health is important too and our issue features two stories directly tied to men’s health. In her 50+ column Manopause Not the End of Male Fertility, Colleen Seto writes about how a change in testosterone may be more than a function of illness or aging (hint: sleep, activity and healthy eating can help). Our Keep in Mind column, Getting Men to Open Up by Greg Harris, considers men’s reluctance to talk about mental health problems. You’ll also find a number of research-related stories from our partners, Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions.

As always, we hope to shed a little more light and a little more understanding on health and wellness in your family, in your neighbourhood and in our province.