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7 Foods that will make you glow
Prevention Magazine offers these eye-opening tips for healthier looking skin… If you want younger, better looking skin, think beyond the sunscreen (but use that too) and tinker with your diet. “Good nutrition is a fundamental building block of healthy skin,” says Leslie Baumann, MD, a dermatologist in Miami Beach. The natural ingredients in food help ...
Fantastic Recipes from Shawnee Inn’s Chef “G”
Shawnee Inn’s Chef “G” was the hit of the PoconoWomen’s “Power of Ten” conference as he demonstrated cooking his “Ten Killer Kabobs”. As promised, here are some of the recipes he used to get the delicious results. And they’re just in time for BBQ season! Ladies! Fire up those grills! Thanks, Chef G! Lamb Shish ...
How to fight inevitable weight gain
Weight gain as we hit middle-age becomes a larger and larger issue. But you can fight off the menopausal binge. Read more here.
Going Under the Knife: Plastic Surgery Today
Real appearance is an important aspect of modern life. People today not only want to feel good inside; they also want to look good outside. To achieve this end a lot of men and women elect to undergo cosmetic plastic surgery procedures. The results are often dramatic and permanent, so it is important that the patient understands what to expect and that he or she chooses a plastic surgeon wisely.
Pregnancy After 40: Now No Big Deal
There are many reasons why you may not have a child until the age of forty. You may have married at a later age or focused on your career before having a family. In most cases, however, the decision – or surprise – of pregnancy after forty is the result of having a rather large ...
How to be a smart patient
A New Day for Patients and Doctors The relationship between doctors and patients is changing. Several things are happening at once. Patients now have access, via the Internet, to more and better information about health and healthy living than ever before. Doctors’ schedules are busier than ever, too, which means that the days of leisurely ...
The Biggest Change You’ll Ever Make: Attitude
You may have heard it said before that an attitude change is easy. All you have to do is change everything about yourself. As crazy as it seems, it’s the truth. A change in your attitude will eventually involve everything about you. It’s easy and yet, the fact that you have to keep at it day after day after day is what makes it really hard. An attitude change requires a long term perseverance that few people have. That’s what makes it the biggest change you will ever make
How Michelle Obama Outsmarted Obesity
Today Mrs. Obama is much more direct as she promotes her childhood-obesity initiative, Let’s Move. Speaking at a school in Alexandria, VA, in January, she said her family pediatrician “kind of waved the red flag for me, as a mother, and basically cautioned me that I had to take a look at my own children’s BMI.” (Credit Michelle Obama with making BMI, body mass index, a household term.) Like any parent, she said, Mrs. Obama thought her children were perfect and hadn’t noticed any unhealthy changes, let alone that they were in danger of becoming obese. “We always think that only happens to someone else’s kid,” she said
4 Ways to Live Longer
The hard science of medicine gets all the credit for staving off disease and adding on years. But practices that strengthen your inner life — your mind, mood, and sense of connection — count, too, often as much as any solution that comes from a scalpel or prescription pad. “There’s good evidence that emotional, spiritual, and social factors are all important for longevity,” says Gary Small, M.D., director of the Center on Aging at UCLA. Research shows that these four strategies help the most
Women Wanting To Jumpstart Their Libido
After 10 years of buzz about a Viagra-like drug for women, nothing has been approved to date. Two companies are racing to change that. Both have active, advanced research programs working on prospective female libido drugs, one of which is available now to women who qualify to join a clinical trial
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