7 Tips for a Faster Recovery From a Hysterectomy

Posted on September 8, 2010

One in three American women will have a hysterectomy by age sixty. If you’re one of them, find out what it will be like from women’s health experts Evelina Weidman Sterling, Ph.D., and Angie Best-Boss, authors of Before Your Time.

3 Exercises for Reducing Stress

Posted on August 26, 2010

Relaxed, deep breathing is the key to breaking free of stressed-out feelings and can help to reduce chronic muscle pain. Try these three methods — for beginners to more advanced practitioners. From Muscle Medicine: The Revolutionary Approach to Maintaining, Strengthening, and Repairing Your Muscles and Joints, by Rob DeStefano, D.C., Bryan Kelly, M.D., and Joseph Hooper

What Breast Cancer Patients Should Know About Prosthesis

Posted on July 20, 2010

Helpful tips on prosthetic options and reconstruction for women who’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer. From Dear God, They Say It’s Cancer: A Companion Guide for Women on the Breast Cancer Journey by Janet Thompson

The Truth About Aging: The 5 Principles of Longevity

Posted on July 1, 2010
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The truth about aging is that you — right now — have the ability to live 35 percent longer than expected with a greater quality of life and without frailty. How? Start by understanding these five new principles of longevity, which will change the way you think about the way your body ages. From YOU: Staying Young by Drs. Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet Oz

Get Great Guts: 4 Ways to Slow the Aging Process by Caring for Your Digestive System

Posted on June 24, 2010

Considering all the other life-threatening health problems we tend to worry about, it may seem that digestive distress ranks somewhere between canker sores and bunions in the pecking order of age-related problems. But the truth is that there’s a whole world inside your gut that influences how you age. So be kind to your stomach, say Drs. Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet Oz in their book YOU: Staying Young, by taking these four steps.