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If you missed it on Sunday night, here’s i2y founder Matt Zachary on Lifetime TV’s Side Order of Life:
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Thanks to Kendra at Diabetes Notes and Laura at CFS Squared for the tip off on National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week this week.
What’s an invisible chronic illness? Anything that people won’t know you have just by looking at you. Examples include…
Mental illness
Eating disorders
Endometriosis
Diabetes
Arthritis
Chronic pain
Heart disease
Autism
Migraines
Cancer
Multiple sclerosis
Chronic fatigue syndrome
and anything else you just can’t see
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You ask…
My cycle has been short, light, and almost non-existant for the last three months. A nurse told me that this was ok, as long as it was at least a drop, it was ok, but she said this without examining me or giving me any test. Is this ok? What’s going on?
Lively Women answers…
Well, […]
I love this first-ever public service announcement from my favorite nonprofit, I’m Too Young for This. Check out founder Matt Zachary’s smiling mug and get the facts on cancer in younger adults.
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In honor of today’s “Going Green” Science and Health Channel Theme Day, here are 5 green foods every woman should eat for optimum health:
Spinach. It’s not just for Popeye — spinach is an important part of any woman’s diet. It provides vitamin k, vitamin C, iron, calcium, and that all-important folic acid to name just […]
The cover of the current issue of In Touch Weekly caught my eye last night, and I just had to pick it up even though I’m not usually someone who reads stuff like that. Just look at Nicole Richie! She looks positively ill. No wonder the cancer rumors have started circulating… (Interestingly, there […]
I know, I know, the blog is Lively Women, but today we’re focusing on the guys as part of the Science & Health Channel’s monthly Theme Day. This month’s topic is, you guessed it, men’s health.
According to WomensHealth.gov (ironic, no?), even though men’s life expectancy is approaching ours, they still need to be extra careful […]
Are they good for you? Are they bad for you? Will they make you lose weight or gain it? Increase your sex drive or wipe it out? Raise your cancer risk or reduce it?
How do you know who/what to believe when it comes to reliable information about your birth control pills?
Health Magazine breaks down 10 […]
I had no idea I was so controversial, but wow! Over at Weary Parent, we’ve been having an ongoing debate about whether the fast-spreading state mandates for the recently approved HPV vaccine Gardasil is a good idea. Responses have ranged from unmitigated support to moral outrage. Apparently I’m somewhere in the middle, […]
Earlier this month, Texas became the first state to mandate the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, trade name Gardasil (manufactured by Merck). Reactions are mixed, ranging from praise to righteous indignation, including some folks arguing that it gives girls the idea that extramarital sex is a-okay.
The requirement will take effect in September of […]
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