Posted January 19, 2011
According to KTLA Hot flashes are difficult to treat. Hormone therapy works well, but many women are reluctant to take hormones because of concerns about the side effects of long-term use. Natural remedies are safer, but several studies show they help little, if at all. Antidepressants may benefit some women, however. In a study published […]
Read MorePosted January 12, 2011
According to The Los Angeles Times we hate to nag, really. But maybe that wadded-up bag of Cheetos is a sign that your get-healthy resolve is wearing thin — and just two weeks into 2011. These 11 tips from family doctor Amy Balka in the Health Notes blog of the Newport News Daily Press emphasize […]
Read MorePosted January 03, 2011
According to The Los Angeles Times here is the way to make a resolution you can keep. Make sure your resolution is at least theoretically possible and the outcome is at least theoretically in your control. Meaning, don’t resolve to lose 50 pounds by tomorrow or to win $50 million in the lottery. Specificity is […]
Read MorePosted December 30, 2010
According to The Los Angeles Times anesthesia doesn’t put patients to “sleep,” as they’re often told. Rather, anesthesia puts the brain into a state of unconsciousness that’s more like being in a reversible coma than being asleep, a new study says. The study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday looked at […]
Read MorePosted November 23, 2010
According to ABC news before the Thanksgiving holiday celebration begins, there’s a lot of stress. But experts say it doesn’t have to be that way. If you pay attention to what’s most important, experts say you can save yourself a lot of time, money, and worry. Instead of running around before Thanksgiving, Duncan Burns, a […]
Read MorePosted November 15, 2010
According to The Orange County Register some celebrity watchers suspect that breast implants are responsible for the figure of singer Katy Perry, but she says she’s naturally so well endowed that she once wanted her breast size reduced. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, she said the weight of her breasts gave her back pains […]
Read MorePosted November 14, 2010
According to The Los Angeles Times: heard the one about lead in lipstick? If not, you must not have an e-mail account, because this has to be one of the most prolific urban myths perpetuated through mass messaging in the history of cyberspace. Seven years after it first originated, it finally popped up for the […]
Read MorePosted November 11, 2010
According to The Los Angeles Times working women are equal to men in a way they’ll wish they weren’t. Female workers with stressful jobs were more likely than women with less job strain to suffer a heart attack or a stroke or to have clogged arteries, a big U.S. government-funded study found. Worrying about losing […]
Read MorePosted November 09, 2010
According to the Los Angeles Times Connecticut is at the top of the list of well-being in the U.S., beating out Massachusetts and New York. So says a study from the American Human Development Project. The project is part of the New York-based Social Science Research Council. Based on official government data, the list is […]
Read MorePosted November 08, 2010
According to theLos Angeles Times Vanessa Smith's prominent scar just below her belly button is both a badge of honor and a symbol of her so-far successful recovery from colon cancer. The 36-year-old Aurora resident has joined 12 other cancer survivors in baring their respective surgical souvenirs in a 2011 calendar designed to raise awareness […]
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