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Secrets of Super-Healthy People
“Are you secretly envious of your co-workers and friends who, like superheroes, never seem to get sick? You know, the ones glowing with good health while everyone around them is sneezing, sniffling, and coughing like villains. Don’t hate the healthy people. Instead, steal the secrets of people who manage to stay above the sickroom fray […]
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Hormone Therapy: Synthetic Progestins and Progesterone Are Not the Same
“It’s 2002 all over again, and women are being warned against taking hormone replacement because of its link to breast cancer. Why is history repeating itself? Because we haven’t learned an important lesson. Synthetic progestins are not the same as progesterone, and reporting on them as if they confer the same risks and benefits is […]
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A Woman’s Nation: Reclaim Your Right to Birth Right
“The times have truly changed. According to the newly released The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything, women now make up half the work force for the first time in written history! This means that our voices and skills are impacting all areas of society more than ever before. The Shriver Report also found […]
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Women’s Conference Exclusive: Dr. Christiane Northrup
“What would you say to women who are experiencing changes in their bodies? Educate yourself – always. The biggest pharmacy is right here (points to her head), so begin to focus on everything you like about your life. Lifestyle solutions will keep you living longer and vitally. ” Excerpted from Women’s Conference Exclusive, May 2009
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A Natural Approach to Pelvic Health: Join A Research Study!
“Millions of women suffer from irregular, erratic, sluggish, heavy, lengthy, crampy, or difficult periods. It’s so common that most women have been led to believe this is normal. It’s not.” Excerpted from A Natural Approach to Pelvic Health, January 2010
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Protect Your Breasts with Vitamin D
“There’s a paradigm shift going on in medicine as new research reveals a far greater role for vitamin D. Vitamin D is not just for kids — or the prevention of rickets. Optimal levels of Vitamin D (40-80 ng/ml) enhance the creation and functioning of healthy cells throughout the body. In addition to protecting the […]
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Buyer Beware: Statins to Lower Cholesterol Are Not a Panacea
“Researchers and others are recommending that anyone with inflammation (elevated CRP) take a statin to prevent heart disease–even those who are healthy and not at risk for heart disease. My advice? Buyer beware! The study’s so-called medical breakthrough–that reducing inflammation reduces the risk for heart disease–is not new! For years, I, and many other credible […]
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Get Well, Be Well, and Stay Well
“Today, the science of the mind-body connection, or psychoneuroimmunology, can explain how emotions are associated with physical changes in the body. Our perceptions — how we interpret events in our lives — change stress hormone levels of cortisol, epinephrine, and norepinephrine. Chronic fear, resentment, sorrow, and depression raise stress hormone levels. When these levels remain […]
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Sex Over 40 “How to Have Great Sex”
“You’d think by now we’d have gotten the hang of this sex thing. After all, we’ve been at it for 20 years or more. But if you’re feeling the ground has shifted a bit (or a lot), there’s a reason: In midlife, hormones are fluctuating, relationships are changing, and self-esteem is soaring. The net net: […]
