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Women’s Health

Health Advice for Women (and men) – A Sauvignon Tale

A funny parody on pharmaceutical drugs pushed on TV, this “Health Advice of Women” is actually good advice. A glass of red wine at night does reduce stress and can be beneficial to your cardiovascular system.

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Get Clean, Breathe Clean — Remove Your Shoes

Taking off one’s shoes prior to entering a house is a really good idea. Shoes carry lead, arsenic, pesticides and other evil compounds indoors. Once inside, these pernicious chemical cocktails get absorbed in household dust.

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Want 10 Extra Years? It’s Easier than You Think!

Author Dan Buettner writes about areas he calls “blue zones”, like Sardinia, Okinawa, Costa Rica (the Nicoya Peninsula), Ikaria (a Greek island), and Loma Linda, California. What these blue zone residents have in common include exercising regularly, eating more vegetables/less meat, engaging in social networking, and having a sense of purpose.

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The Seriously Serious Problems of Obesity, Sleep Apnea and Obesity

Obesity can cause sleep apnea causing stroke, high blood pressure and heart disease. Loosing 25 lbs can result in a 3x remission rate.

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The Seriously Serious Problems of Obesity, Brain Degeneration and Obesity

Obesity affects brain degeneration. Brains of the obese look 16 years older and are prematurely aged, have 8% less tissue. Overweight? 4% less brain tissue and 8 years older. Exercise and a healthy diet can are necessary for brain health.

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The Seriously Serious Problems of Obesity, Diabetes and Obesity

Type 2 diabetes is often reversible! It requires some learning and a change of behavior.

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Guidelines Push Back Age for Cervical Cancer Tests

New guidelines push back the age for cervical cancer screening. They stipulate women should delay their first Pap screening test until age 21.

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The Seriously Serious Problems of Obesity, Cancer and Obesity

Four Reasons to Reinvent Yourself, Part 2 of 5: Cancer and Obesity This is one part of a five-part series about the many chronic and debilitating health issues connected to obesity.  Please scroll to the bottom of this post for the list (and links) to the other posts in this series. ACCORDING TO the National [...]

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In Reversal, U.S. Guidelines Urge Mammograms at 50, Not 40

[Update 11/19/09: "New mammogram guidelines unlikely to curb policy coverage" is the latest pronouncement from the medical establishment, doctors and insurers alike.  Insures say they base their coverage decisions upon a broad array of research and guideline from various sources, many of whom continue to stick with the former policy of frequent screening starting earlier [...]

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Right Haircut for Your Face Shape?

IN THIS transparently obeisant genuflection to my female readers, I proffer this summary of a tutorial on getting the right haircut for your face shape.

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