Lupus is a hard to diagnose autoimmune disease, that affects mostly women of child bearing years. This post will address the facts about Lupus – What is it? How is it diagnosed? What are the symptoms? Then you can…
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Category: women’s health
How You Can Save Money On Food and Still Eat Healthy
Is it possible to save on the grocery bill, and still eat healthy? Well, it’s not easy. Stretching a dollar is getting harder and harder to do these days. But, we can’t give up on eating healthy, the alternative could…
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More Than Just Another Breast Cancer Awareness Post
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I wanted to do a little more than the average breast cancer awareness post. Here is my humble attempt. I’ve put this post together with; videos of survivors, an interview with Christina Applegate,…
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Top Ten Foods That Increase Your Cancer Risk
Last week I posted about Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and this past Wednesday, I participated in a very informative phone conference on bio-technology, cancer research, and cancer prevention. The conference focused on breast and ovarian cancer. Biotech.org invited health and…
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Down Syndrome: An Abortion Controversy
Down Syndrome: An Abortion Controversy My kids are 17 and 14, so it was quite a long time ago, but I do remember going to one of my first prenatal visits. I remember being asked if I wanted to have…
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Surfing The Fitness Blogs on The BlogHer Blogrolls
I thought I would take tonight’s post to do a roundup of some of the great fitness blogs on BlogHer. I took some time and surfed the Health and Wellness BlogHer Blogroll (I also used BlogHers new search tool), and…
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September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. So, I thought I would start this post with something I wrote about ovarian cancer, over a year ago. The Sad Reality of Ovarian Cancer. Why It’s Important To Know The Early Symptoms… One…
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McCain & Obama: The Politics of Health Care
[cross-posted at BlogHer Health and Wellness] A new report is out about insurance and health care, and it’s not good. If you think the cost of health care is high now, just wait…It’s going to get even higher. Who would…
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Is Gardasil Being Over Hyped By The Media?
A new question surrounding Merck’s HPV vaccine. Is the media to blame for over hyping Gardasil? Personally, I think there is enough blame to go around for everyone here. But, the latest evidence is pointing to the news media sensationalizing…
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FDA Approves Radiation of Produce
In response to recent salmonella outbreaks, the FDA has approved the irradiation of produce. Question…Is this supposed to make me feel better about eating produce? If so, it’s not really working that well. What do you think? Does the benefit…
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