women's health issues
How Much Do Infertility Treatments Cost?
Posted on April 13, 2010
Just because you are beginning infertility treatment doesn’t necessarily mean you are going to undergo a $20,000 procedure. Here’s the the basic progression of your baby-making journey, from Budgeting for Infertility: How to Bring Home a Baby Without Breaking the Bank by Evelina Weidman Sterling and Angie Best-Boss
The Top 13 Things to Do or Say and Not to Say or Do to Someone with Breast Cancer
Posted on March 11, 2010
A list to share with those well-meaning people who really don’t know what to say or do, by Janet Thompson, author of Dear God, They Say It’s Cancer
Budgeting for Infertility: 5 Things You Can Do Now
Posted on March 11, 2010
Here are five things you can do to prepare yourself for the financial challenges you will encounter once you decide to spend on family building. From Budgeting for Infertility: How to Bring Home a Baby Without Breaking the Bank. by Evelina Weidman Sterling and Angie Best-Boss
Can Overweight Mothers Predispose Their Children to Obesity?
Posted on January 6, 2010
How a pregnant woman’s excessive weight could “program” her child’s future size is not yet understood, but several studies have found that women who are overweight when they become pregnant, or who gain an excessive amount of weight during pregnancy, may in turn promote the development of obesity in their children. From Annie Murphy Paul, author of Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives
Is Being a Perfectionist Ruining Your Life?
Posted on December 15, 2009
Here are tried and true ways you can de-perfect you and become a happier person. From Karen R. Koenig, a cognitive-behavioral therapist and the author of Nice Girls Finish Fat: Put Yourself First and Change Your Eating Forever
Stop Being a People Pleaser and Take Control of Your Diet
Posted on December 8, 2009
Why being a people pleaser makes you the queen of carbohydrates, from cognitive-behavioral therapist Karen R. Koenig, author of Nice Girls Finish Fat: Put Yourself First and Change Your Eating Forever.
6 Tips for Building the Strongest Bones Your Body Can Have
Posted on November 25, 2009
Fifty percent of American women will be afflicted with osteoporosis. One out of four women has osteopenia, a stage of bone loss before true osteoporosis sets in. Here, from Dr. Maoshing Ni, author of Second Spring, are six ways to nurture your bones and ward off bone loss.
