If you’re over 40, you may have noticed that it’s easier to gain weight -- and harder to lose it -- than it used to be. Changes in your activity level, eating habits, and hormones, and how your body stores fat all can play roles. But a few simple steps may help you slim down. Eat Your Fruits and Veggies Fill half your plate with them at every meal. Produce tends to have more nutrients and less fat and calories than meat, dairy products, or grains. And it may help you feel satisfied, even if you eat less. Fresh fruits, like apples and berries, are also great in place of high-fat or high-sugar snacks. Don't Skip Breakfast Experts recommend a healthy morning meal like oatmeal or whole wheat toast with fruit. It can help curb that mid-morning hunger that leads you to grab something unhealthy on-the-go or overeat at lunch. Small meals or snacks every few hours can keep your appetite in check all day long. Eat Less at Night If you get most of your daily calories at lunch (before 3 p.m....

Causes How do you get ovarian cancer? Stages Early Detection Center Stage 1 ovarian cancer often has no symptoms, but abdominal pain or a mass, and irregular vaginal bleeding might be indications you have ovarian cancer. The ovaries are the parts of the  female reproductive system  that produce a woman’s eggs and female hormones. Cancer of the ovary  is not common, but it is the deadliest of female reproductive  cancers . Women with  ovarian cancer  rarely experience the symptoms until  cancer  has reached an advanced stage.  At stage 1 of  ovarian cancer , the  cancer  is present only in the ovaries i.e. it has not spread in any other organs. Signs and symptoms at this stage may include Mass felt in the abdomen Distension or swelling of abdomen Abnormal  vaginal bleeding  (between menstrual periods or after  menopause ) Pain  or discomfort in the lower abdomen Back pain Bloating . Feeling full even with sma...