Added by Sarah on December 5, 2009 at 4:55pm —
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With 2010 right around the corner, many of us are making New Year's Resolution lists that include making our personal (and professional) lives better. I would bet that most of the lists include health measures to improve physical, mental and emotional lives, and I want to encourage you to make those changes the
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Added by Sarah on December 3, 2009 at 5:01pm —
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I don't normally talk about beauty products when it comes to women's health, but with the gift-giving season quickly approaching us, I thought I would give women (and men!) some stocking stuffer ideas with the 2009 Women's Health Magazine beauty award product listing! 18 of these products on the full list are under $8; helping keep your cash in your wallet! Here are just a few Women's Health Magazine reader's picks products, but c…
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Added by Sarah on December 2, 2009 at 7:30am —
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Earlier last week I addressed the relationship between women, exercise and their fertility levels, AmyK brought up a great point in the comments of that post
Exercise and infertility: how closely are they related? asking about the relationship between
men, exercise and
their fertility levels. It didn't s
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Added by Sarah on December 1, 2009 at 5:00am —
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When one thinks about the effect HIV/AIDS has on the people living with it, food security doesn't normally come to mind; even for HIV/AIDS health activists. However, food security in many countries can be directly related to HIV/AIDS cases. In many rural African communities, HIV/AIDS deaths are creating a labor shortage in both domestic and farm work capacities.
The loss of income comes from both the death of the working family member as well as the diversion of
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Added by Sarah on November 30, 2009 at 7:00pm —
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Finally scientists have come up with an excuse so that we don't have to go to the gym: hard work outs may lead a woman to be less fertile. Science Daily published results of a November 2009 study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) showing that a woman's body may not be able to support…
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Added by Sarah on November 27, 2009 at 7:30pm —
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Finally we have reached the end of the the World Health Organization's (WHO) first ever …
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Added by Sarah on November 27, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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After addressing the first point of the World Health Organization's (WHO) first ever
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Added by Sarah on November 26, 2009 at 7:30pm —
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After addressing the first point of the World Health Organization's (WHO) first ever …
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Added by Sarah on November 25, 2009 at 8:00am —
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After addressing the first point of the World Health Organization's (WHO) first ever women's health report yesterday; Women's Health Report: let's talk inequalities, today let's take a look at how very central sexuality and reproduction are to women's health. I mentioned …
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Added by Sarah on November 21, 2009 at 8:00am —
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As I have been reading the WHO’s first ever Women’s Health report, I have been surprised by the
lack of surprise that I am actually experiencing. Reading through the five main points in the executive summary, while I am angered by the data and the response to the previous, I am honestly not surprised. Unfortunately, women are still considered inferior beings, whether here in the United States or across the globe in sub-Saharan Africa.
For the next few days I’m going to try to address s…
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Added by Sarah on November 20, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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With the recent expulsion of Dr. Michael Kamrava from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Reproductive Science Center of the San Francisco Bay Area (RSC) has embraced the revised embryo implantation guidelines. Due to the national attention Nadya Suleman received from her six implanted embryos (resulting in eight live births last winter), the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) has changed the recommended limit to the number of implanted embryos transferred dur
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Added by Sarah on November 20, 2009 at 6:30am —
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Young adults, because of their proximity to research opportunities (mostly at colleges and universities) have become study fodder more and more lately. One of the more recent studies done shows that in young women, alcohol abuse, obesity and depression are creating a "toxic triangle". Reuters' article Obesity, …
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Added by Sarah on November 19, 2009 at 5:30am —
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"The birth control pill may have done more than just help liberate women, it may have also changed "the laws of attraction" between the sexes, according to a new study." ~MSNBC: The Pill makes women pick 'dad' over the 'cad'
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Added by Sarah on November 18, 2009 at 8:30am —
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Infertility isn't normally something women are comfortable joking about. I recently started a discussion about the fact that my friend is infertile, what can I do? Besides the tips and tricks that have been suggested there, I thought I'd share something that might make those with infertility giggle a bit (and hopefully those without giggle too, because I sure did)!
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Added by Sarah on November 17, 2009 at 2:30pm —
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While doing some research yesterday, I came across some new Health Activists I'd like to introduce you to.
PJ is a 30-something teacher who has been living with fertility treatments for almost two years now. Since December of 2007,
Infertility on the Brain has chronicled PJ's daily struggles with infertility, both the ups and the downs - with her head held high an
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Added by Sarah on November 14, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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Imagine you're a newlywed living with your husband, working forty hours a week (eighty, really, when you consider his job as part of your life, too). You come home, are exhausted, share the chores around the house and still things aren't always easy. You have a dog who requires a twice-daily walk, a cat who pees outside the litter box if you don't scoop at least once a day, and sometimes your mother-in-law stops by unannounced. On top of this, you live with migraines and your husband takes anti-…
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Added by Sarah on November 13, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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Every once in a while, my Google-fu fails a bit and I have to really search for something to share with ya'll. This time, I found quite a few somethings that I think at least one of you will get a kick out of, and hopefully we can start a conversation about
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Added by Sarah on November 12, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Last week, some friends and I were discussing Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's 2012 Presidency election probability; one of the topics that came up because of this discussion was the unfair treatment of women, both globally and nationally. The men in the room were among the first to remark that they weren't surprised an African American man was elected President before a woman was; they both saw the disparity in how women are still treated. The conversation soon ran into t
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Added by Sarah on November 11, 2009 at 6:30am —
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While many moms never worry about the size of their children, mothers of obese kids now have another issue to begin worrying about. The latest issue of Neurology has provided results that show a woman's risk of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) may be more than doubled if she were obese in her teen years. Women'sHealth.gov issued an easy-to-read statement about the relationship:
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Added by Sarah on November 10, 2009 at 5:07pm —
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