Breastfeeding Prevents Behavioral Problems

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The Truth about Germs and Kisses: Just How Safe is a Smooch?

Perhaps the most universal sign of enamored affection is the kiss. Young adolescent girls dream of their first kiss; newly married couples seal their commitment with a kiss; and steamy make-out sessions on the big screen usually signify at least some level of affection. But aside from the obvious pleasures, what else can a kiss deliver? How about a lot...

Women’s Optimum Health: 10 simple steps

As women, it is impossible to avoid being bombarded by the innumerable health and fitness tips our society constantly throws in our direction.  Everything from how to eat healthier, obtain a natural glow by doing yoga, get firmer abs and buttocks by doing Pilates—the list goes on and on!  Personally, I have found that regardless of how in shape...

Common Knowledge About Gestational Diabetes

I did not become familiar with gestational diabetes until recently when my sister-in-law and my best friend were both diagnosed with it within a week. Many women I know, myself included, have made it through pregnancies without having any serious problems like gestational diabetes. Basically, gestational diabetes is a disease that can come on during pregnancy but that usually disappears...

6 Important Health Tests for Women

If you’re a woman, visits to the physician for your annual exam requires going beyond checking of weight and cholesterol screening as you age. The longer you live, the more susceptible you become to conditions and diseases that might have been prevented—or perhaps treated to improve the quality of life—if only common health screenings had been done. So, which tests...

5 Best Foods for Menopause

If you’re in menopause or you’re about to go through it, you may notice your body has changed.  There may be a little extra “pudge” in your belly that simply won’t budge despite your best efforts. While this is frustrating, it’s comforting to know other women are going through the same thing. Practically all women gain some weight during the menopause...

How to Prevent Breast Cancer the Natural Way

From the time you’re a young women, you are taught the dangers of breast cancer and ways to detect it. You are encouraged to perform monthly self-breast exams, and mammograms are recommended as you age – or earlier if cancer is in your family history. And so, breast cancer becomes almost an unavoidable threat in your life. You may...

Vitamin D Increases Breast Cancer Survival

The scientific and nutrition communities are beginning to realize the significant, unparalleled health benefits of Vitamin D. It has long been known that Vitamin D works with calcium to support bone health, but its benefits are much more far-reaching than that. Every single cell in the human body requires Vitamin D to function properly. To get an idea of...

Milking It for All It’s Worth? The Debate Over Extended Breastfeeding

The Debate Over Extended Breastfeeding

With the release of TIME Magazine’s new provocative cover-- depicting a 3-year-old standing on a stool, suckling casually from his mother’s breast— the public debate over breastfeeding has been reignited. The argument over this particular editorial seems to have many facets, the most obvious of which being that the cover’s shock-and-awe approach puts the relatively private matter in clear public...