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A Beginner’s Guide to Running

By Patricia Glynn for Beauty & Confidence – Now that it’s warmer out, you might be thinking about lacing up your sneakers. Running is a fantastic way to enjoy the season while conditioning your body. In fact, it’s one of the top calorie-burners around: You can torch 700 to 800 calories

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Mirabai Holland

Easing Chronic Stress

By Mirabai Holland M.F.A. www.mirabaiholland.com – Chronic stress. It’s everywhere. If you live and work on this planet it’s almost impossible to avoid. Feeling stressed? Me too! Today I’m writing about how to get rid of chronic stress and suggest some easy ways to get that burden off your back.

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Best Ways to Soothe Sensitive Teeth

Completely You: Oral Care By Alice Lesch Kelly for Completely You If you scream — for pain, not pleasure — when you have ice cream, you’re not alone: Forty million adults in the U.S. have sensitive teeth. Pain is triggered by highly sensitive nerves that reside deep inside a tooth.

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Low T can Affect Relationships

By Tammy Mahan – Men have fragile egos especially in the bedroom. Unfortunately, as a man ages his testosterone hormone begins to drop and this can lead to erectile dysfunction. This in return can affect the relationship. However, problems in the bedroom are not the only effects that can take

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Gillian Eadie

Anna has Alzheimer’s! What Do I Do?

Jenny was upset. Something wasn’t right, she just knew. Her best friend had missed their regular lunch date again and yesterday stopped in the middle of making a cup of tea, totally confused about what she was doing. Then the news came – Anna has Alzheimer’s disease. Has this happened

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Ellen Dolgen

Natural Ways to Improve Your Memory During Menopause

It’s not in your head: Menopausal brain fog is real. Many menopausal women have trouble with working memory, as well as keeping themselves focused, according to a recent study from the University of Rochester Medical Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago. (Watch Ellen on the TODAY Show discussing the

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Does Crying Make You Healthier?

Beauty & Confidence: Mind & Wellness By Winnie Yu for Beauty & Confidence – Suck it up. Don’t be a crybaby. Quit your crying. For years, we were told not to shed emotional tears, to pack away our facial tissues and save the tears for something really worth crying about. But

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Exercises for Rheumatoid Arthritis

By Tammy Mahan – While you may not want to exercise because of the pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the pain associated with it can actually be reduced or prevented with regular exercise. The risk of health problems including diabetes and heart disease is reduced as well.  It also

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The Prince of Dreams

By Jenny L. Cote – I had a dream my life would be So different from this hell I’m living, So different now from what it seemed… Now life has killed the dream I dreamed… (From Les Miserables, “I Dreamed a Dream”) I lost my mascara when Anne Hathaway sang

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What’s Your Biggest Body Gripe?

By for Completely You What’s your biggest body gripe? A. Cellulite — it’s everywhere! B. I wish my belly were flatter C. My butt is flat and saggy Your Diagnosis: Fitness and wellness expert David Kirsch, whose clients include Heidi Klum, Kerry Washington and Kate Upton, shows you how to

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At-Home Solutions for Summer Health Woes!

Life & Beauty Weekly: Health By Valerie Kalfrin for Life & Beauty Weekly – Summer is a time for days at the beach, pool and park — don’t let itchy rashes or burned skin be a wet blanket on your fun. But before you run to the pharmacy for a standard

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The Perfect 15-minute No-gym Workout

Beauty & Confidence: Fitness & Workout Routines By Katie Riley for Beauty & Confidence – What’s the No. 1 reason for not exercising? Not enough time. Life is busy — especially if you travel frequently. But setting aside a little time to sweat can have a huge payoff: According to a

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Vitamin D and Calcium Controversy

By Ellen Dolgen – There’s a controversy brewing over your bones. Earlier this year, the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommended that postmenopausal women refrain from taking supplemental calcium and vitamin D, saying little evidence exists that these supplements prevent fractures in healthy women. The media has been all

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Ellen Dolgen

Easing Menopausal Symptoms with Food

By Ellen Dolgen – An apple a day keeps the hot flashes away. OK, not really, but it’s not as far off as you might think. Diet is a huge factor in how perimenopausal and menopausal women feel and act, according to Susan Wysocki, WHNP, FAANP, president at iWoman’s Health.

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How To Break A Bad Habit (And Replace It With A Good One)

By Sandy Getzky – Nail biting, overeating and smoking are just a few behaviors that can quickly turn into bad habits, if practiced regularly.  We all have or have had bad habits that are unhealthy and unproductive.  The all-important question you may ask yourself is:  How can I stop?   You

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Pamela Carmichael

Sickness or Health – Which Do You Prefer?

Now at the setting of the sun [indicating the end of the Sabbath], all those who had any [who were] sick with various diseases brought them to Him, and He laid His hands upon every one of them and cured them.  —Luke 4:40 (AMP) I have been experiencing the challenges

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Linda Lochridge Hoenigsberg

It’s Never Too Late to Become What You Might Have Been

By Linda Hoenigsberg – It was May of 2001. I would celebrate my fiftieth birthday in two short months. A full year had gone by since I had fallen down the stairs, broken my neck, and had accidentally gotten addicted to pain medication. I had spent much of that year

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Jennifer Cote

“Old Flame”, New Meaning (Reducing Inflammation)

Eating Less PUFAs, Balancing Omega 6s, Can Lead to Improvements By Jennifer Cote – In the old days, “old flame” meant something else. I’ve had a few, and I’m glad there’s never been reason to rekindle any of them. Alas, “flame” has now become connected with a few physical woes.

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Are You at Risk for Diabetes?

By Kim Schworm Acosta for Completely You – If you’re a woman, chances are you worry about breast cancer. But did you know that twice as many women die of diabetes each year? In fact, one in 10 women over the age of 20 is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes —

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