It’s the last week of American Heart Month, a time I like to focus on Women’s Heart Health. For a long time heart disease was thought of as a “man’s” disease. But we now know that heart disease is actually…
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. …
HCG Diet: Should Starvation Be An Acceptable Weight-Loss Plan? Have you heard of the hCG diet plan? It’s been around since the 70’s and is making a comeback in today’s quick-fix society. With promises of quick weight loss and little…
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When it comes to healthy living, don’t sweat the small stuff. Whether you’ve just begun to adopt a healthy living lifestyle, or you’ve been eating and living healthy for years, there’s no need to put pressure on yourself to be…
Did you know that more women die from heart disease than men in our country? It’s true. But when it comes to researching treatments for heart disease, women are being left behind. So I wasn’t surprised when I read a…
There is a lot of stigma and misinformation surrounding eating disorders, and I imagine the biggest misconception about eating disorders is that it’s somehow the patient’s fault…But that couldn’t be further from the truth. Since this week is National Eating…
Sometimes less is more, and in the case of breast cancer surgery this seems to the case. In a just released study on women with breast cancer, it turns out that the removal of cancerous lymph nodes may not always be necessary. The results…
Nutrition: Are Women Getting Enough Vitamin D and Calcium? (cross-posted to BlogHer) How much vitamin D do we need? A recent report calls for a small increase in the daily recommendations of vitamin D, but does not go as far…
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.
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…