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We all want to be happy and successful, but sometimes our attitude contradicts what we say we want, and that gets in the way of the happiness we desire. Have you ever heard these phrases coming out of your mouth, or have you thought them?
I hate this stupid job.
Why does this always happen to me?
I […]
Our favorite body editor/editor mom tipped me off to this topic a few days ago, and I’ve been quietly following it ever since. So imagine my surprise and delight to find one of my fellow b5media bloggers quoted in a story about it in today’s NYT business section!
Excerpt: “While many individuals spoke to us about […]
I was extremely skeptical when I got the invitation from Lifetime TV to preview the new reality series How to Look Good Naked. To be completely honest, I was expecting it to be trashy and stupid. I was wrong.
Aside from the annoying host, Carson Kressley, who has bugged the heck out of me since the […]
Maybe we should be giving out condoms in taxis and clubs here in the US like they’re planning to do in the UK, because teen pregnancy rates are up for the first time in a decade and a half.
The birth rate had been dropping since its peak in 1991, although the decline had slowed in […]
It’s another theme day here at the Science and Health Channel, and most everyone is posting about the holidays. But not all of us, me included, celebrate holidays, so I wanted to do something else appropriate to the season. To that end, here are 7 tips for staying active and getting your daily exercise even […]
Special K and Registered Dietitian Lisa Cohn recently conducted a survey to better understand women’s holiday eating habits. According to a media alert I received on the topic…
…75 percent of women surveyed do not bring a healthy snack while shopping
…60 percent of women do not stick to their holiday eating goals
…4 in 10 women admit […]
Earlier this year, we had some very lively discussion on whether it’s appropriate to mandate the HPV vaccine for school-age girls. Some folks argued that parents don’t know when their kids will become sexually active (let’s all hope it’s older than 12, shall we?), so mandating the vaccine protects girls who many not know that […]
As a medical writer and editor, I’ve been seeing lots of controversy surrounding the concept of comparative effectiveness lately. It sounds good in theory, but so far, the execution leaves something to be desired. In short, comparative effectiveness is simply looking at two (or more) treatments for a certain ailment and determining which is the […]
It’s an issue of social responsibility as well as ethical, and it doesn’t appear that a resolution will be coming any time soon. It’s complex and multifaceted. It’s highly controversial. It’s sex ed.
Part of the problem is that there are a lot of unanswered questions about sex education. Who’s responsibility is it? When does someone […]
This weekend, my husband and I visited Bodies: The Exhibition with a group of friends during its last days in the DC area. I was amazed by how incredible we are! Here are the top things that stuck with me:
The human skin. One exhibit was literally the skin from a whole body. I was alarmed […]
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