Weight Loss: It’s Not About The Twinkies, Stupid – (cross posted at BlogHer Health & Wellness) Here’s what I think about the Twinkie Diet and the professor who claims to have lost weight on it… In an unprecedented show of…
Category: women’s health
Does HRT Put Women at Risk For Breast Cancer?
Understanding The Latest Research About Hormone Replacement Therapy For years there have been suspicions and studies linking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to breast cancer, but new research is now definitively linking HRT to an increase in breast cancer death rates.
Get Your Free Breast Cancer Health Kit
The Choose You Breast Cancer Health Kit is a wonderful resource for all women, and anyone who loves one. It basically puts all the information you need about breast cancer prevention at your fingertips. The Health Kit takes you step…
Diet & Weight Loss: How I Lost The Last 10 Pounds
This is my personal story of how I lost those last 10 pounds. It started over two years ago when I lost 30 of the 40 pounds I had gained. Those first 30 came off just by making healthier food…
Are e-cigarettes the way to Quit Smoking?
A few weeks ago my daughter and I were at the mall doing some back-to-school shopping and walked by a kiosk selling what looked like cigarettes. We both thought it was odd, but we assumed it must be some type…
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Do Heavy Drinkers Outlive Non-Drinkers?
TIME recently reported on a new study that suggests heavy drinkers outlive non-drinkers. However, as usual with these studies, it’s not as cut and dry as the title suggests. This latest study is a bit very misleading, especially for women. …
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Diet Pills: Are they worth the risk?
It’s no secret that I’m not fond of diet pills, and I’ve written quite a bit about my disdain for “Alli: The Diarrhea Diet” over the last few years. And it is now being reported that the prescription diet pill…
Are You Sitting Yourself To Death?
What are you doing right now? Aside from reading this post, you are most likely sitting somewhere. On your couch? At your desk? In a chair? Wherever you find yourself sitting, I’m sure that it won’t come as a surprise…
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Ten Tips for Looking and Feeling Healthier
These days we need to do everything we can to help ourselves look and feel healthier. We have more work, more worries, more responsibilities — and all of this can take a real toll on how we look and feel. …
The Big-C to raise money for American Cancer Society
For every person who watches the trailer, Showtime will donate $1 (up to $25,000) to the American Cancer Society… Join the American Cancer Society and Showtime’s The Big C in the movement to create a world with less cancer and…
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