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31
Oct

Healthy Halloween: How to Turn Trick or Treat into Healthy Eats to Fight Obesity

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It’s Halloween, and according to the US Census Bureau, 41 million trick-or-treaters between ages 5 and 14 will be flooding neighborhoods across America. Costumed children will joyously fill their coiffures with “Halloween gold.” Of course I’m talking about candy and at the center of the Halloween excitement is about $6.86 billion worth of purchased decorations, …

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21
Oct

Heart Attacks in Menopausal Women

in General Health, Heart Disease, Menopause
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When I ask my menopause patients if they know the symptoms of a heart attack, the answer is usually, “No,” or they think of crushing chest pain. But chest pain or pain going down one or both arms is much more common in men than in women. Heart disease is the #1 cause of death …

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13
Sep

Blogging to relieve your stress

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You may wonder how blogging can reduce your stress. I did too. But imagine thinking about something and getting it out of your thoughts and into the open where you can “get it off your chest” and at the same time see if it can help others and if others are thinking it too. Blogging …

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18
Jul

North American Menopause Society Meeting

in Menopause
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I’ve just returned from the North American Menopause Society meeting in Chicago. Many friends there and lots of great content. I’ll be writing about some of the things I heard there in the next week. Stay tuned. One thing is certain, there is a real possibility for 60 to be the new 50 or even …

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15
Jul

Breast Cancer Tips

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This is breast cancer month. It’s one of the most scary diagnosis a woman can have and for many it is not well understood. Here is a link to an article that makes understanding breast cancer very clear. It’s always a good thing to understand a disease. Knowlege is the best way to both make …

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9
Jul

Obesity and our Genes

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Today a new study came out linking obesity to our genes http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/644136.html. It’s interesting findings and may contribute to the explosion of obesity we are seeing in the US and now world wide. But it’s hard to see how 2% of people with all these genetic mutation can cause two thirds of the country to be …

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