If some of the women in your life ignore their well-being, it may be up to you to turn the focus onto them.

May is National Women’s Health Awareness Month, a time to encourage women to prioritize their health. According to Dr. Beth Gaida from The Women’s Center of Door County Medical Center, it is often hard to get women to focus on themselves rather than their responsibilities at home and work. She says that by putting your health in the back seat while serving others, you may miss some small signs of bigger issues that could lie ahead.

Gaida adds that women’s health is a lot more than breast cancer, which is often put in the forefront in October. The leading cause of death in women is heart disease, and the most common cause of cancer in women is skin cancer. She also mentions that the timing for some cancer screenings is shifting for earlier detection. Forty percent of women will suffer from some form of cancer, though only 2.5 percent of those cases result in death. You can listen to our full interview with Gaida by clicking this link.