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Formal diagnosis or not, there are a lot of women out there who are disordered eaters, and I’m one of them. I struggle to remember to eat, and then when I remember, I struggle to make myself do it. Sometimes I will bribe myself with goodies like Krispy Kreme jelly donuts just to get something […]
Genetic testing for breast cancer is both popular and controversial, but a new player is on the horizon: blood testing for breast cancer. It may be available in UK as soon as next year and works by detecting abnormal gene patterns not found in healthy tissue. According to a recent BBC Health article about the […]
Women’s health in the US is unsatisfactory on a national level and barely making the grade state by state, according to a women’s health report card from the National Women’s Law Center and Oregon Health & Science University. States that failed were:
Alabama
Arkansas
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Washington, DC
West Virginia
Find out how your state and its neighbors fared.
Do you think […]
In this week’s Lean Plate Club column, Washington Post health and nutrition writer Sally Squires proves that it’s possible to eat healthily on a $21/week food stamp grocery budget, even though Congress couldn’t quite pull it off. Here are the highlights from “How Far Can Your Dollar Stretch?“:
Food stamp benefits, which go to 26 million […]
On the heels of Wednesday’s article on the closer examination of doctors’ relationships with pharmaceutical companies, an editorial in today’s New York Times calls for some house cleaning on a much higher level, in the FDA.
Earlier this week, Gardiner Harris and Janet Roberts reported in “Doctors’ Ties to Drug Makers Are Put on Close View,”
In […]
We’ve already talked about how writing can be good for you, but Catherine Orenstein has taken it to the next level. She’s training women to write opinion pieces and get them published in newspapers. So not only are you getting the benefits of writing down your thoughts and ideas, but you’re gaining the […]
Try to go to bed at the same time every night. Grown-ups need bedtimes, too, and setting a regular sleep schedule will help you fall asleep faster and get higher-quality sleep.
Create an environment conducive to sleep. If your neighborhood is noisy, invest in a small fan or white-noise machine to mask the outdoor […]
According to the National Institutes of Health, there are 10 things you should know about every medical resource on the Web. Here are my answers for LivelyWomen.com as of February 26, 2007.
1. Who runs this site?
LivelyWomen.com is part of the b5media network, a global blog network. As your host, Kristen King (that’s me!) […]
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