Women Are Working Harder During This Pandemic

Every time there is a shift in our culture, it usually means that women have to manage more tasks to keep the household running. And so it follows, women are working harder during this pandemic. “More Work For Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology From The Open...

Good Sleep, Better Health

Without sleep we will eat more unhealthy foods, drink too much alcohol, will be persistently irritable and angry.

Home Births

I cringe at the mere mention of the words Home Birth. As much as I don't want to offend the exceptional nurse midwives who provide this approach, and do not want to belittle the exercise of self-determination by mothers who choose this route, I worry about the risk....

What You Can Do to Avoid a Cesarean

Cesarean births dates back to the sixteenth century. Its use, then and now, has saved the lives of countless babies and mothers. But now, one in three babies are delivered via cesarean-section. What one hospital is doing to reduce the number of cesareans was printed...

Better Sleep makes for Better Sex.

Birth control. Check. Wax/Trim/Groom complete. Check. Well rested. Huh? Thanks to Dr. Kalmbach and colleagues, we now know that lack of sleep can directly reduce your ability to become aroused. We have all heard about the increased risk of depression, obesity and...

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Rape.

Rape.

I am afraid. Children. That is what they are--although they think that they are prepared and ready to face the world--often suffer one of the most traumatic and life altering events early in life and away from the protection that the watchful eyes of parents could...

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Nurture Yourself with Food

Nurture Yourself with Food

    It's been a long cold winter. When it's cold, we all deserve some pampering. I like to pamper myself with good food.  Food that, nurtures my body and warms my soul. After exhausting my muscles with shoveling, I often sat down and had a warm bowl...

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Go RED Everyday!

Go RED Everyday!

 Stop smoking. If you plan on smoking, you should also plan on dying young and probably dying of a heart attack. When blood supply to the heart gets to a critically low point, when the artery that sends nutrients and oxygen to the heart muscle narrows, you will suffer...

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Can’t Sleep?

T’is the season of merry and many sleepless nights. Many of us who already suffer from insomnia will further wrestle with this villain this holiday season. In celebration of the end of one year and the beginning of another, we will spend without restraint, travel...

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This Month is All About the BOOBS

This Month is All About the BOOBS

October is breast cancer awareness month. Or, Breast Awareness Month. In our lifetime, 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer. That's a lot of women who will face this devastating diagnosis. Risk increases with age, delayed childbirth, obesity, having more than 2...

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