What's Ailing You?
Authentic Woman Magazine (IL) May/June 2011
When Shirley Brummell of Burr Ridge was diagnosed with lupus in 2001, neither Shirley nor her family anticipated the impact the disease would have on her life.
With three sons raised and a daughter in high school, Shirley and her husband Cha ... Read More
Forsyth Family Magazine (NC) Jan 2012
Picture this hypothetical scenario. You are a healthy, active person in your forties or fifties. Your family is grown or in college. You have moved up the career ladder at work, and you have more responsibilities than ever. Suddenly ... Read More
Her Living (NE) August/September 2011
Celiac disease is a genetic digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with the absorption of nutrients from food. People with celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, barley, and rye. Although gluten is found ... Read More
Her Living (NE) August/September 2011
Mary Prusa has always been an avid exerciser. So when she joined a new health club and started losing weight – she thought she had finally found the magic bullet. But the weight kept coming off. Within a couple of months, she had shed 30 pounds ... Read More
Northwest Woman Magazine (WA) March 2012
Endometriosis affects 176 million women worldwide and causes untold suffering, yet both the public (and much of the medical community)
are in the dark about it.
The first thing everyone should know about endometriosis is that it is ... Read More
Her Living (NE) February/March 2012
When we purchase a new car, it comes with a maintenance manual. Some newer cars even have a status message on the dashboard that alerts drivers to necessary service. Although our bodies come with no maintenance manual, we can make our own “dash ... Read More
Her Living (NE) February/March 2012
"Do you know your cholesterol level?” That’s the question most of us have been accustomed to being asked over the years. But knowing your total cholesterol level is no longer enough. Now we know that the components of your cholestero ... Read More
My Generation Magazine (ME) Feb 2012
One rainy spring day this year, I put off my daily walk and settled in with a bowl of popcorn to watch a favorite old movie on Turner Classic Movies, a favorite spot for early boomers. It was Bette Davis in “The Little Foxes.”
The gre ... Read More
South Bay Woman Magazine (CA) February 2009
(NAPS) Beverly Johnson, the first African-American model to grace the cover of Vogue magazine, is speaking out to help women seek treatment for a common and often painful condition: uterine fibroids. Although up to 75 percent of all women in the U.S. ... Read More
Rochester Women Magazine (MN) 2008
What it means to receive the gift of blood By Penny Marshall It was a beautiful Saturday in August. I had clothes on the line, plans to meet a friend for lunch and a day filled with expectations of accomplishment. A dull, persistent ache in my abdome ... Read More
Forsyth Woman Magazine (NC) May 2009
Being diagnosed with cancer once is bad enough, but twice in ten years would leave anyone feeling defeated and asking many questions. But Karen Robins, a two-time cancer survivor, is anything but defeated. Robins was diagnosed in 1997 with cancer in ... Read More
Maine Women Magazine (ME)
by Sharon Bagalio, RNA registered nurse who also holds a master’s degree in public health, she is director of Risk & Emergency Management at Mercy Hospital, where she has worked for more than 10 years. She lives in Yarmouth. I hate bugs. I ... Read More
Vive Magazine (FL)
Would you send a loved one out in a boat into the middle of the ocean surrounded by hungry sharks without an oar? Now imagine that one shark is labeled high cholesterol, another poor diet, and another lack of physical exercise get the picture? Are yo ... Read More
Rochester Women Magazine (MN) 2008
Changing the way you handle stress can save your heart By Karen Einisman Juggling the day-to-day demands of life can be overwhelming at times. There’s your work, your family, your community obligations. And they are all pulling you in different ... Read More
Forsyth Woman Magazine (NC) May 2009
At age five on a spring day in April, my home in southern West Virginia was destroyed by fire and I received third degree burns over 50 percent of my body. The year was 1959 and there were no burn centers. My odds of survival were slim to none but I ... Read More
Maine Women Magazine (ME)
HPV vaccine not so popular yetBy Leslie BridgersA staff reporter for the American Journal in Westbrook, she is a graduate of Bowdoin College.If you could do something now to prevent you or your daughter from getting cancer in the future, would you? I ... Read More
Forsyth Family Magazine (NC) Jan 2012
Picture this hypothetical scenario. You are a healthy, active person in your forties or fifties. Your family is grown or in college. You have moved up the career ladder at work, and you have more responsibilities than ever. Suddenly ... Read More
Her Living (NE) August/September 2011
Celiac disease is a genetic digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with the absorption of nutrients from food. People with celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, barley, and rye. Although gluten is found ... Read More
My Generation Magazine (ME) Feb 2012
One rainy spring day this year, I put off my daily walk and settled in with a bowl of popcorn to watch a favorite old movie on Turner Classic Movies, a favorite spot for early boomers. It was Bette Davis in “The Little Foxes.”
The gre ... Read More
South Carolina Woman Magazine (SC) Nov 2011
Have you ever gone through an event in your life that just totally knocked you off your feet? We all experienced the shock of September 11th, 2001. If you were like me, that day’s events brought a sense of total helplessness and fea ... Read More
South Carolina Woman Magazine (SC) Nov 2011
It is believed that due to evolutionary changes in the human jawbone, changes in diet and eating utensils, which require less use of teeth, and lack of decay thanks to proper cleaning and awareness, wisdom teeth are no longer necessary. Referre ... Read More
Authentic Woman Magazine (IL) May/June 2011
When Shirley Brummell of Burr Ridge was diagnosed with lupus in 2001, neither Shirley nor her family anticipated the impact the disease would have on her life.
With three sons raised and a daughter in high school, Shirley and her husband Cha ... Read More
Her Living (NE) August/September 2011
Mary Prusa has always been an avid exerciser. So when she joined a new health club and started losing weight – she thought she had finally found the magic bullet. But the weight kept coming off. Within a couple of months, she had shed 30 pounds ... Read More
Northwest Woman Magazine (WA) March 2012
Endometriosis affects 176 million women worldwide and causes untold suffering, yet both the public (and much of the medical community)
are in the dark about it.
The first thing everyone should know about endometriosis is that it is ... Read More