I was brought to life by Michelle Robson, who feels that we need a place online where women can connect with each other, share health experiences, have access to top doctors, and learn how to advocate for themselves and those they love.
In EmpowHER's "HER Daily Dose," Bailey Mosier looks at research that says blueberries or strawberries can help women delay cognitive aging and maintain memory.
May 21, 2012 - 9:43pm
The old saying "A sound mind and a sound body" is actually very true. Dr. Connie Mariano explains what you can do to help improve mental health.
May 21, 2012 - 9:34pm
What would you do if you heard that while contributing to your community, you could also provide local jobs?
While doing this, you would be improving the health of your local community and ...
May 21, 2012 - 9:25pm
Several years ago I started a food journal because I wanted to lose weight and get in shape. But I was mainly interested to see the foods I was putting in my body without thinking much about it. ...
May 21, 2012 - 9:11pm
As a kid, remember writing reports about your summer vacation and what you did on it? Although writing the reports wasn't very fun, going on vacation was.
Even though that may have been years ...
May 21, 2012 - 8:55pm
It is important to get a good night's sleep so your body can function the best it can. However, it is often difficult for some people to get a full and relaxing sleep. Medications, lifestyle ...
May 15, 2012 - 7:59pm
For how long have you had that muffin top, spare tire or whatever people are calling it today?
It can be frustrating to try on new jeans and have belly fat hang over the waistline. Or how about ...
May 15, 2012 - 7:15pm
Michelle King Robson provides tips on how eating superfoods can help with weight loss and maintaining a thinner figure.
May 15, 2012 - 4:23pm
Bailey Mosier explains how seniors can gain health and wellness benefits by leading a purpose-driven and more meaningful life after retirement.
May 15, 2012 - 8:56am
How do you stay in touch with your grandchildren if they live far away in another state or another country?
That may be hard enough, but how do you communicate with them if you don't have a ...
May 14, 2012 - 4:03pm
The cost of obesity is growing, one study shows a link between stress and breast cancer, and women's brains respond differently to nicotine than others.
May 11, 2012 - 9:54am
In this edition of "HER Daily Dose", Michelle King Robson explains how one study links stress with aggressive breast tumors.
May 11, 2012 - 9:20am
In this edition of EmpowHER's "HER Daily Dose", Michelle King Robson examines a few lifestyle habits that may be bad for your heart and lead to heart disease.
May 10, 2012 - 8:28am
In this edition of EmpowHER's "HER Daily Dose", Michelle King Robson discusses the dangerous new fad of teens drinking hand sanitizer to get drunk.
May 9, 2012 - 8:52am
In this edition of EmpowHER's "HER Daily Dose", Michelle King Robson shares a few tips on how you can eat your way to a skinnier you simply by working superfoods into your diet.
May 8, 2012 - 9:11am
Grandparents and grandchildren are a great match, and recent research from Concordia University and Wilfrid Laurier University proves this.
According to medicare.org, visiting grandchildren can ...
May 7, 2012 - 11:39pm
At EmpowHER, we share tips and references to women to be better health advocates. Here are my 5 tips for dealing more effectively with your own healthcare.
Tip No. 1 -- If you're not happy with ...
May 7, 2012 - 11:37pm
Although you may be nearing or past your middle-age or senior years, you may often still feel as you did when you were twenty. Despite such feelings of youth, your body may not really be so ...
May 7, 2012 - 11:34pm
The other day I was spending some kid-free time with my friend. We enjoyed chatting and eating bagels and coffee without being interrupted, then moved on to shopping.
While shopping, we walked ...
May 7, 2012 - 11:32pm
The area on plants and fruits that give them their bright color are known as flavonoids or bioflavonoids. They used to be called Vitamin P.
Flavonoids are beneficial to the body and many ...
May 7, 2012 - 11:29pm
In this edition of EmpowHER's "HER Daily Dose", Michelle King Robson examines a study in which scientists claim to have found a scientific explanation as to why it may be harder for women to quit ...
May 7, 2012 - 9:42am
Although aging is a part of everyone's life, many people between their fifties to seventies worry about the aging process. Some ignore the matter, while others accept aging by jumping into ...
May 1, 2012 - 12:50am
Many studies from the past three decades suggest a strong link between one's weight and the risk of chronic illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes and some cancers.
Experts say that healthy ...
May 1, 2012 - 12:47am
While trying to cure a sickness, many times we look at laboratories to discover a synthetic, manufactured cure. But more often, we are finding that all the vitamins and nutrients we need are in ...
May 1, 2012 - 12:41am
Out in nature, winter is considered a season of hibernation and rest. But since humans don't get the same amount of rest each winter as other beings in nature, many people often feel sluggish and ...
May 1, 2012 - 12:38am
The Buddhist quote "Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened," helps me remember that happiness never declines when it is shared with ...
May 1, 2012 - 12:32am
When Christy was just 21 years old, the car she was riding in was in a serious collision. Although her seat belt protected her from more severe injuries, Christy was ejected from the car and ...
April 19, 2012 - 6:27pm
Urologist Dr. Harold Tsai started using Urgent® PC to treat patients with overactive bladder (OAB) in 2007.
“It’s a pretty big part of my practice. Especially here in Florida where we see an ...
March 29, 2012 - 9:28am
At 65 years old, Margaret* worked in a school during the day and did tutoring in the afternoons. That was before overactive bladder (OAB) started to interfere with her everyday activities. Her ...
March 29, 2012 - 9:25am
Dr. Scott MacDiarmid is a urologist who specializes in treating patients with overactive bladder (OAB), urinary incontinence and dysfunctional voiding. He started using Urgent® PC with his ...
March 29, 2012 - 9:23am
Jennifer, 65, began having overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms 12 years ago. When she started suffering from urinary urgency and frequency, she knew she needed to see a doctor. Her mother had ...
March 29, 2012 - 9:20am
Just a month after the birth of her first child, Christine noticed that she had lost the ability to sense when her bladder was full, and that she was incontinent.
“It was like you were ...
March 29, 2012 - 9:17am
When Dr. Arnold Barefoot started using Urgent® PC he was looking for a way to help his patients gain control of overactive bladder (OAB) and associated symptoms of urinary urgency, urinary ...
March 29, 2012 - 9:15am
When Dr. Arnold Barefoot chose to give up the obstetrics portion of his practice to focus on gynecology, he realized that a higher percentage of his patients had issues with urinary incontinence ...
March 29, 2012 - 9:09am
For nearly 15 years, Kathy, 59, had a system to manage her urinary frequency and urinary urgency. The first thing she did when she went to a mall was locate the restrooms. Before being seated at a ...
March 29, 2012 - 9:05am
Ann, a continence nurse, spent her whole life dealing with mixed incontinence resulting from a birth defect of her urethra. While multiple surgeries corrected her stress incontinence, she was ...
March 29, 2012 - 8:57am
The immune system’s response to an inflammatory diet diverts the body’s energy from healing and repair and allows whatever is latent in our genetic makeup to “kick up” whatever is chronic ...
March 20, 2012 - 8:54am
In this edition of EmpowHER's, "HER Daily Dose", Bailey Mosier discusses which lipsticks have the highest and lowest amounts of lead.
February 16, 2012 - 9:09am
Vibrant Dentistry will host a free dental care event through Dentistry From The Heart. Offering the residents of Mesa and surrounding areas free dental care services on Friday, February 17, 2012. ...
February 15, 2012 - 11:09am
Vibrant Dentistry will host free dental care event through Dentistry From The Heart. – offering the residents of Mesa and surrounding areas free dental care services on Friday, February 17, 2012. ...
February 15, 2012 - 11:07am
Iconic singer Whitney Houston died Saturday at the age of 48, The Associated Press reports.
Kristen Foster, Houston’s publicist confirmed the entertainer had died, but the cause of death was ...
February 11, 2012 - 7:46pm
A community member asks a great question, can yeast infections lead to vulvodynia? If so, why?
February 9, 2012 - 11:30am
In this edition of EmpowHER's, "HER Week In Health" Bailey Mosier reminds us that Feburary is National Heart Month, we also learn the difference between being committed to your relationship and ...
February 3, 2012 - 11:41am
For many, the topic of having sexual intercourse while a woman is menstruating is very taboo. Some men and women may cringe and scream ʺGross!ʺ while others may revel in the sexual ...
February 3, 2012 - 12:35am
Currently, emergency contraception, also known as the "morning after pill" or Plan B One-Step, is available for purchase to women 17 years or older with a valid ID. However, females 16 years and ...
February 3, 2012 - 12:23am
According to the American Pregnancy Organization, "Pregnant women can have some light irregular bleeding during pregnancy, but it should not be like a normal period."
Some women may confuse ...
February 2, 2012 - 11:56pm
In this edition of EmpowHER's "HER Health Minute", Michelle King Robson covers a study that suggests that there may be a link between genetics and your outlook on every day life.
January 30, 2012 - 1:42pm
In this edition of EmpowHER's "HER Week In Health" for the week of January 27, 2012, Bailey Mosier discusses a study that suggests that women feel more pain then men, we’ll also learn why kids use ...
January 27, 2012 - 1:58pm
In this edition of EmpowHER's, "HER Health Minute", Michelle King Robson discusses a study that indicates how Twitter can be used to predict people's mood.
January 23, 2012 - 12:00am
In this edition of EmpowHER's "HER Health Minute," Michelle King Robson shares information about what women should know when it comes to understanding vulvar discomfort.
January 20, 2012 - 11:51am
