I received an alarming phone call this morning from my youngest sister Brooke (from Virginia) this morning telling me that she was diagnosed with the Swine Flu (also called H1N1)!  I was panicked!  After we got off the phone, I started pulling up some data on the disease.
For those fo you not familiar with the [...]

I just found out a great fitness community JUST FOR WOMEN (sorry guys!) and it is FREE.  Aren’t the best things in life always free?  This growing community currently has 100,000+ women.  With your free membership you’ll receive free online fitness training, free online diet plans that you can customize,  supportive community messageboards, weekly check ins, your [...]

Did you know that snoring could be a sign of a condition known as “sleep apnea”?  Women with sleep apnea typically make periodic “gasping” noises that can interrupt their sleep.  They may also experience sleepiness during the day.  Treatment of sleep apnea symptoms really depends on the root cause.  If some other medical conditions are [...]

Breat augmentation surgery (also known as augmentation mammaplasty, breast enhancement surgery, breast enlargement surgery, and occasionally, “boob job”) involves the use of breast implants to create fuller breasts.  The implants can also be used to restore volume after pregnancy or weightloss.  Choosing the right doctor is critical to having a successful procedure.  Here are some things you [...]

Nearly 1 out of every 5 women in the US smokes.  As alarming as this statistic is, women are now starting to smoke at younger ages.  This year, lung cancer will claim more lives of women than breast cancer.  Tobacco causes more deaths than motor vehicle deaths, AIDS, suicides, murders, and alcohol related fatalities COMBINED!
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There is not much more in this world a woman hates more than a vaginal yeast infection. These types of infections can be very embarrassing, to say the yeast…I mean least!  Vaginal yeast infection symptoms are usually associated with extreme itching in and around the vagina.  Other symptoms can also include… 

Burning, redness, and swelling of the [...]

If you are looking to become pregnant, one of the first questions most women ask is “when is the best time to get pregnant?”.  The answer is very simple…it all depends on the days you are ovulating.  So you know that much.  What is the best way for you to EXACTLY calculate this all important [...]

For all of my ladies who are going to the gym and mindlessly slaving away on treadmills and stationary bikes, I’m going to talk to you today about a BETTER way to use these machines for fat burning; a way that 99% of women are NOT doing.  The method is called high intensity interval training, [...]

Every woman wants to know how to lose weight fast.    As a society, it seems we all want results YESTERDAY!  The fitness TV infomercials take advantage of this fact.  If you flip through 10 TV channels, you’ll likely to find at least one infomercial for some sort of ab contraption or weight loss product.   They try to [...]

The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an international health campaign put on each October by breast cancer charities.   The goal is to increase awareness and faise funds in the fight against breast cancer.  AstraZeneca, which manufactures breast cancer drugs, started the event back in 1985.  Since then, many other foundations and charities have joined [...]