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a guest post by John Brooks Pounders
(www.livelywomen.com) — Did you know that maintaining your happiness might be even more beneficial to your health than avoiding cigaratte smoke? In his BBC article The Health Benefits of Happiness, Dr. Derek Cox writes, “If you are happy, you are likely in the future to have less in the […]
a guest post by David D. Clarke, MD
(www.livelywomen.com) — Do you have an illness but your health care professional can’t find the cause? The usual, and still essential, approach to this problem is to keep working with your doctor or obtain another opinion (possibly from a specialist). But it is also important to recognize that […]
(www.livelywomen.com) — Last night, I found out that my mom’s dog, the dog I grew up with, died. When she called to tell me, her voice reminded me of the day she called me to tell me that my brother had died. For a heart-stopping moment, I thought something had happened to my other brother. […]
a guest post by Diane Lassen
(www.livelywomen.com) — I love food: I always have. As a child I always cleaned my plate, and as a young adult, I could out eat most people, given the opportunity. I collect cookbooks and read them like trashy novels. I love to cook, and I love to frequent good restaurants. […]
This is one of the saddest things I have ever heard in my life.
Carlene Balderrama, 53, of Taunton, Massachusetts, shot herself with her husband’s rifle on Tuesday afternoon after faxing a message to her mortgage company telling them that by the time they foreclosed on her house later that day, she would be dead. According […]
a guest post by Alicia Sparks
When it comes to mental illnesses and women, statistics lead us to believe that certain kinds of mental health problems seem to prefer striking females rather than males.
For example, women are more likely than men to develop most kinds of anxiety disorders (Dr. Kendall Genre discussed this issue in a […]
Alicia Sparks at Mental Health Notes writes,
Well, this is an interesting new take on suicide prevention.
According to Byron L. Lam, M.D. of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, and his colleagues, “improved treatments of visual impairment and factors causing poor health could potentially reduce suicide risk.”
Read the whole post, “Could Spectacles […]
Last week, I gave you a women’s health newsflash each day. Here are some interesting tidbits that didn’t exactly lend themselves to a category. Enjoy!
Film Content, Editing & Directing Style Affect Brain Activity, Neuroscientists Show
Using advanced functional imaging methods, New York University neuroscientists have found that certain motion pictures can exert considerable control over brain […]
Who has time to read it all? This week we’re doing a newsflash a day on the health topics you need to know about to stay healthy. (I know I said Monday-Friday, but here’s a bonus!) Today’s topic: Stress.
Poll: Stress of Debt Takes Physical Toll
The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in […]
I’m so not kidding about this. New panties = Improved self-confidence
I’ve been having, shall we say, body issues lately. You already know about my dysfunctional relationship with food, so I won’t rehash the details. Suffice it to say that I have a hard time dealing with how my body looks sometimes. I’m sure it drives […]
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