Three Top Herbs Used in Menopause
In many industrialized countries, menopause can be a time of great discomfort and stress. Menopause is not a disease, to be viewed as something to be treated', but a passage in life from childbearing years.
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What Do You Mean? Secrets of Clear Communication
A big problem in relationships is being clear. How clear are you when it comes to communicating with the opposite sex? How clear are you with yourself? Do you know what you really mean? Read on to find out how to be clear.
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What Goes On Inside? (Your digestive System)
Your well-being depends on what you eat, when you eat, how you eat, fluid intake and how well your food is absorbed. We absorb everything we need to sustain life through our lungs, digestive system and skin. A robust digestive system is central to our well-being, tirelessly extracting the fuel and nutrients we need from the food we eat. It is vital that we are aware of protecting our digestive system.
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What is an Advanced Health Care Directive and Why Do I Need One?
Advanced health care directives are written instructions that communicate your wishes regarding care and treatment should you no longer be able to make your own health care decisions. Some directives are broken down into two parts - a Living Will and a Health Care Power of Attorney (HCPOA). The exact language and type of document will vary depending upon the laws in your location.
Basically a Living Will allows certain treatments to be withheld or withdrawn if using them will only prolong your dying process; or if you are unconscious (and in a vegetative state) and there is no hope for recovery. An example of treatment may include feeding tubes or resuscitation if you heart stops working.
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Your Body is Your Temple--Treat it That Way
You've heard this statement many times: Your body is your temple. What does that mean? And how can we take care of it?
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All Things Are Not Always Created Equal
A look at omega-3 fatty acids. Are they good for us and how much?
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Facial Hair in Women - What Can You Do About It?
Women, especially at midlife find they have new facial hair growth. Just what is a woman to do?
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FDA Approves Conditional Silicone Breast Implants
On Wednesday 4/143/05, the FDA health advisors recommended removing the 13 year old ban on silione-gel breast implants. This move came about as Mentor Corp. persuaded the FDA that its newer silicone implants are much more safe and durable than older versions. The company may use these implants only under the following safety conditions set forth by the FDA.
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Female Breast Reconstruction After Weight Loss Surgery
After massive weight loss from gastric bypass surgery many female patients require breast reconstruction surgery.
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Lingerie: What Not To Wear
Your lingerie, what goes under your clothes, is just as important as the clothes you wear and can dramatically affect how you look.
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Shape Your Legs, Tone Your Butt and Build Functional Strength With The Reverse Lunge
Lunges are an exceptional exercise for conditioning a mom's lower body. They stress the muscles from a perfect angle to develop beautiful shape and symmetry in your legs, thighs and butt.
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Study Shows High Pollutant Levels in Mother's Milk
There is no doubt mothers' milk is the best food in the world for the babies. Unfortunately, mothers' milk of today ain't the same as the mothers' milk thirty years ago. A recent study confirmed prev...
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The Advantages of Testosterone for Women
Testosterone is also a female sex hormone. Total hormone replacement means restoring the natural balance of all hormones to the levels of men and women's' physical and mental peaks. Even though many women take estrogen and progesterone, they still do not feel like their youthful selves.
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The Facts About Breast Implant Surgery
Thinking of breast surgery? Here's what you should know...
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The Five Most Important Powers Mid-life Women Must Use to Stay Young
Gerontologists say that 70 percent of the aging process is controllable with the right lifestyle choices. Anti-aging expert Barbara Morris agrees, and has written a hot new book, Put Old on Hold that...
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800cc Breast Augmentation: Translating the Jargon and Getting the Breasts You Want
Many women say that they would like bigger breasts without really considering precisely what bigger' means to them...
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Breast Augmentation
Breast augmentation is a procedure in which an implant is surgically placed behind each breast. The following article details the procedure, risks and benefits to the procedure that is quickly becoming one of the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures in America.
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Healthy Sex Prevents Illness
Love causes people to look and feel better about themselves. An active sex life prevents illness.
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Kuan Yin, Chinese Goddess of Compassion
Women everywhere have prayed to her as the Tibetan Tara, the Christian Madonna or as the African Yemaya and, as Kuan Yin, she is one of the most universally beloved of deities in the Buddhist tradition
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Menopause and Women's Health
Entering menopause requires even more attention on a women's health. Find out what nutrition, including vitamins and supplements, you should be aware of.
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Midlife Madness
Midlife is a time of evaluation -- is it too late to pursue that dream or is there still time? Getting some perspective can help.
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Mindfulness and Mood Swings: 7 Secrets to Successful Mood-Watching
There's a mood storm brewing. Learn these seven tips to help you through all kinds of inclement mood weather.
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Surviving the Holidays
Advice for women with health concerns on having a healthy holiday season.
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Women, Weight & Size Acceptance: Accept Your Wonderful Self
One of the greatest obstacles preventing people from becoming successful at weight loss is the constant barrage of nutrition and dieting misinformation. A great weight loss program begins with solid, well-founded information. Get a jump start on your next weight loss effort by by shedding some old, tired dieting myths.
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Women and Hot Flashes
You suddenly feel a burning feeling on the face and the upper body, probably with a lightning-fast heartbeat, nausea, vertigo, headache and other irritating symptoms. You are experiencing what is commonly known as a ?hot flash.? What infernal reason is behind this? Hot flashes are a woman?s biological process caused by the hormonal dictates of menopause. Principally that is, but it can also be brought about by particular medications and the styles/manner of living.
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