Category: Health & Fitness
6 Good Health Habits Made Better
You walk, you nap, you brush your teeth. Now get more out of all these smart everyday choices with these ingenious tweaks.
Filed under: Health & Fitness || Published in: Prevention Magazine
My Hair Battles
Breast cancer caused a brief truce in the writer’s love/hate relationship with her curly tresses.
Before I had chemotherapy, I had a volatile relationship with my hair. It was an intense, 34-year affair, with all the usual ups and downs, or rather, in this case, shorts and longs, not to mention straights and frizzies.
Filed under: Health & Fitness || Published in: More.com
Role Reversals
Who becomes the caretaker in a medical emergency? Probably not the person you expected.
Last Saturday night, instead of going out for a much-anticipated dinner with my husband and friends, I did something I’ve never done and always hoped I’d never have to do: I dialed 911. My husband’s hip – or should I say the new version of his old hip that he received just a couple of weeks before – decided that the ball and the socket wanted a separation.
Filed under: Health & Fitness || Published in: More.com
Why I Hate the New Mammogram Guidelines
Twenty years ago, the writer, then 34, had a mammogram she feels saved her life.
Quick. Think back to what you were doing on a specific day 20 years ago. Or what you were wearing. Or even what the weather was like or what you had for dinner that night. Chances are you can’t. (I’m challenged by even trying to remember what I did yesterday.)
Filed under: Health & Fitness || Published in: More.com
Reduce Your Diabetes Risk
Millions of Americans have high blood sugar—and most don’t know it.
Here are steps you can take to stay healthy.
Filed under: Health & Fitness || Published in: AARP Magazine
Aging Population not Immune to "Young" Ailments
Mononucleosis, sexually transmitted disease, ear infections and strep throat. Most of the time, these ailments are associated with the younger crowd, right?
Yes—and no. Just because you’re over 50, you are still susceptible to any one of these disorders…
Filed under: Health & Fitness || Published in: Humana
Dressing Slim for Your Shape
Having a few pounds to lose doesn’t mean you can’t dress to impress. Top experts share fashion guidelines to help you find the best styles to flatter your figure.
Filed under: Health & Fitness || Published in: Weight Watchers
Exercising When Not Feeling Well: Does Activity Help or Hurt?
It happens. You’re going strong with your exercise program, and then, one day, your energy wanes. It’s a sniffle, or perhaps something more. Often it can be difficult to figure out if you should plow ahead or take some time off and rest. Most helpful: listen to your body!
Filed under: Health & Fitness || Published in: Weight Watchers
Pair Up to Pare Down: You Could be the Key to His Success
True, you love your partner…but not necessarily all of him. Lately, you’ve noticed the pounds creeping on, and so has he—even though he’s blaming the dry cleaners for shrinking his pants! Your man may be on the fast track to becoming overweight.
Filed under: Health & Fitness || Published in: Weight Watchers
Prevent Plantar Fasciitis; What You Need To Know About This Painful Foot Condition
“It felt like the muscles on the bottoms of my feet were being ripped apart with each step,” says Laura March, a Weight Watchers member in New York. She developed extreme heel pain from walking the streets of Florence in slip-on shoes during a semester abroad. What she was experiencing was plantar fasciitis (fa-shee-EYE-tiss), a foot condition that affects nearly 2.5 million Americans each year and can come on gradually or start suddenly, sometimes for no apparent reason.
Filed under: Health & Fitness || Published in: Weight Watchers
