i often see that women can't take the fact or rather accept the truth when men ditch them or leave them.they kind of feel that they don't in them anymore.they start feeling insecure about ...
I tried this year, I really did. I amped up my Vitamin C intake through supplements, eating broccoli and strawberries, but still ended up with an annoying head cold. I also try very hard to take ...
My voice tends to sound gravelly or warbling when I'm tired or fatigued. Why is this? Is there anything I can do to prevent it on those nights when I get less than five or six hours of sleep?
A friend of mine recently got a nasty case of what I would call ringworms on the back of her calf. She said she's had the same two lesions for about a year and can't recall how she got them. She ...
We've all had the common cold and some of us even suffer from autoimmune disease, but did you know these were considered mysterious?
Check out this multimedia presentation on mysterious ...
An experimental treatment for depression is reportedly giving hope to patients who suffer from its most severe form. Deep brain stimulation (or DBS) in which the brain is stimulated with ...
In a meeting last week, Steve Jobs, who's a survivor of pancreatic cancer, looks like he lost some weight, and his new gaunt appearance apparently has some people talking.
Given his role in the ...
Have you ever given your doctor or specialist a gift to say thank you for the care or advice they've provided? How was it received? Should patients give gifts if they've already paid for ...
It's hard to separate emotions from the body and what's more important is that you communicate what you're feeling with your doctor if you're feeling ill. According to familydoctor.org, this is ...
I have a friend who is 21 years old, living in Los Angeles and looking for a doctor who specializes in endometriosis. Her case is pretty severe and she's in and out of the hospital pretty ...
Over the weekend, a friend of mine was talking about tonsil stones -- essentially a white build up on the tonsil that can lead to some pretty foul breath. She was saying she has removed hers with ...
According to this article, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4327263.ece, three-legged races and sack races have been banned at an elementary school in Washington because kids just ...
My mom is wonderful. A few years ago, when I was going through a difficult relationship, she gave me some helpful words of advice (author unknown) that I still carry with me to this day. The ...
So, I found out about this term -- HSP or Highly Sensitive People a few days ago when I was chatting with a friend about her son heading off to Kindergarten. She said she was worried about how he ...
NPR has a great multimedia presentation on different countries and their approaches to healthcare. The presentation boasts a pretty cool tool that allows you to evaluate life expectancy based on ...
Does anyone have any recommendations for extreme tooth sensitivity? My dentist mentioned that I have pretty good dental health, and recommended tooth pastes for sensitive teeth. Tried two now, ...
My family and I are planning a beach vacation, and it seems every year one of us is stung by a jellyfish or bitten by sand mites (is that even the right term?).
What should I pack as first aid ...
Turns out Elizabeth Edwards, breast cancer patient advocate and wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards, is behind a multi-million plan to push for universal health insurance. The ...
I have relatively pale skin and am looking for a reliable sunscreen. I came across this link yesterday and found that my stand-by products may not be giving me the protection I need. Has anyone ...
For the past few mornings, I've been working in a 45-minute walk before I head into work. I've dubbed this time "Big Dog Hour" because all my neighbors with dogs 100 pounds or more seem to be out ...
So, we've all heard of the superfoods -- foods packed with so much nutrition, you'd be foolish to reach past them and grab a handful of Doritos. And while most of us seem to have incorporated some ...
Great piece written by a breast cancer survivor that discusses how stress can manifest itself physically especially in women. (Source: New York Times) The article was apparently inspired by a sign ...
I just heard on NPR that yoga is trying to make its way into the 2020 Olympics! Some practitioners of Bikram yoga (the fast-paced yoga, where you sweat it out in a heated room) are creating a ...
I'm recently divorced, a very, very welcomed change in my life that I've embraced and celebrated, and yet I still carry this deep anger that will just pop out unexpectedly, usually when I'm ...
Yesterday was National HIV Testing Day. Americans, especially between the ages of 13-64 are encouraged to get tested for HIV in an effort to have everyone ultimately tested for this disease that ...
Great article out of the Wall Street Journal today that says more Americans are delaying health care because of costs.
"About 20% of the respondents in a 2007 survey of 18,000 people said that ...
Tina's post about depression being exacerbated by certain medications got me wondering about the so-called natural anti-depressants like Sam-e and St. John's Wart.
Many doctors advice ...
I'm pretty shocked by this, since birth control is so highly effective. I suppose I simply assume that if you don't want to get pregnant, you'll make sure to take birth control each and every ...
First it was MRSA – known to the medical world as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus that had outwitted modern medicine by creeping through hospitals and other healthcare settings, ...
So, this was a new one to me Empathy Deficit Disorder or EDD. According to one psychologist, the condition is rampant among Americans.
Douglas LaBier, Ph.D., director and founder of the ...
I know Empowher is all about health and wellness, both inside and out. And rightly so!
But what happens when it's terminal? Unfortunately, not everyone or everything can be made better. ...
Dr. Joseph Mercola, a well known and highly regarded MD in the Chicago area, has an Ezine that is worthwhile and provides current health information. I'm sure many of your already subscribe. ...
My husband is a Webmaster, and works 8-12 hour days at his computer. He recently read that it is not good to "sit all day", and that standing is a better alternative, as it helps with everything ...
Here's a couple of tips from Harvard on how to keep your hands pain free. And let's face it, most of us don't think about them until they hurt...
It’s a good idea to have an ergonomic ...
A recent episode of the television show The Secret Lives of Women (seen on We TV @ www.wetv.com), highlighted women of different sizes. Some extremely tall or small and some extremely heavy. ...
Fortunately, I don't fall into the category of having a selfish spouse but
If you check off a vast majority of the boxes on this list, the odds are your favor that you are on treacherous ...
Not sure if you caught this story about how the American Medical Association is smoking mad about the new Hulk movie where the hero's nemesis smokes cigars in nearly every scene of the ...
A recent article in the New York Times said that the rate of deaths caused by prescription and other legal drugs (in Florida) was three times the rate of deaths caused by all illicit drugs ...
Princess Bubble duo
Posted by highprincess on June 12, 2008
Susan Johnston & Kimberly Webb certainly get my vote for Princess of the week. Best friends and former flight attendants have ...
Hi,
An FYI for all who have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia.
I was misdiagnosed with Fibromyalgia for 15 years. By the time a Natuopath found out what I really had, Hypothyroidism, my adrenals ...
I am 15 years old and i made out with my boyfriend on top of me. we both had clothes on and no penitration was made. i am a virgin but i know he might of ejaculated. can i get pregnant?
A court in Lille, France, annulled the marriage of a French Muslim couple at the request of the bridegroom when he discovered on their wedding night that his new bride wasn't the virgin she'd made ...
I came across this article on MSN.com:
Cigarette sales in the United States have declined in recent years, but sales of non-cigarette tobacco products have risen and offset the decline in ...
There are many jokes about sex in marriage, usually with the punchline of "it's an oxymoron", especially if there the couple has children...who has the time and energy anymore?!
Well, these ...
Here's a wonderful story of hope and what can be accomplished through modern medicine.
This child's first “birth” was about six months into Keri McCartney’s pregnancy, when surgeons at Texas ...
Check out this fascinating article about sarcasm and how the ability to detect sarcasm develops in the brain ...
Here's an excerpt ...
"The smirking put-down that buries its barb by stating ...
There are many situations and occurrences in life that can test the strength of a family unit, including environmental factors, physical factors, mental factors, biological factors and social ...
I have a friend who thinks she's dealing with a passive-agressive student in one of her classes. Does anyone know what 'qualifies' as passive aggressive bahavior and what she can do about it?
i often see that women can't take the fact or rather accept the truth when men ditch them or leave them.they kind of feel that they don't in them anymore.they start feeling insecure about ...
dragonfly commented on Anonymous' post why cant women take it when a man leaves her?