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If you're a mom who's been online—and who hasn't asked a million parenting questions online—you may have laughed at the "Wine Mom" memes.
These jokes come from a good place. They acknowledge that it's okay to find parenting difficult, other moms get your struggles, and being a parent doesn't reflect someone's picture-perfect Instagram. Moms have often stopped drinking while pregnant to avoid well-known risks for their babies, so it's understandable they want to celebrate their new family.
In a world where alcohol often takes center stage in social gatherings, advertising, and the media, it can be easy to think that you should be drinking. While alcohol can help you relax and give you a buzz, it comes with negative side effects. Some are immediate, and others only impact your life down the road. Equip yourself with the facts and discover 5 reasons for women to reduce their alcohol consumption and achieve greater well-being and fulfilment.
One in every five deaths in the United States is due to cancer. Among women, cancer ranks as the second leading cause of death, trailing only heart disease. After some types of skin cancer, breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among US women. There is reason for optimism, as there have been huge advances in treatment and improvements in breast cancer survival rates. However, breast cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death among Black and Hispanic women and is the second leading cause of cancer death among women overall, after lung cancer. In 2020, over 40,000 women died of breast cancer in the United States, 2,441 of them in New York State.
