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When Should You Start Getting Mammograms?

Posted by: | July 31st, 2012 | 7 comments

When I was a medical student in the 1970’s, a diagnosis of breast cancer was tantamount to a death sentence. We have come a very long way since then and now breast cancer is curable. The survival rate when it is detected early is 93 percent. View Full Post

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Inspired by the Olympics?

Posted by: | July 30th, 2012 | 0 comments

The 2012 Summer Olympics are upon us, and you know what that means. Many of us, all over the world, will probably start feeling grossly inadequate about the condition our bodies are in when faced with viewing Olympic contenders who personify the ultimate in physical fitness. We’ll be making promises to ourselves to get back on that exercise routine we abandoned, or resume that diet we put on hold, and start giving serious thought, once again, to getting in shape. View Full Post

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How Safe is Your Backyard

Posted by: | July 30th, 2012 | 0 comments

My friend’s first unfortunate mistake: Ignoring the broken ash-catcher on the bottom of his ancient Weber grill, which was loose enough to allow an ember to slip through. His second mistake: Grilling on the deck, rather than in the back yard. Add the two together and you have a tragic equation: A three-alarm fire that damaged the entire back half of his Florida home. View Full Post

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Why is Morning Breath So Bad?

Posted by: | July 30th, 2012 | 1 comment

What is morning breath? Why is it so bad? What causes it? And why the morning? And how come nobody ever has “afternoon breath” (well, that guy in the mail room is an exception—he always reeks!). Let’s answer those questions here today. View Full Post

HealthyWomen Joins Sharecare as a New Content Collaborator, Providing Expert Information on Women’s Health

Posted by: | July 30th, 2012 | 0 comments

Red Bank, NJ (July 30, 2012) – HealthyWomen today announced it has joined the robust network of experts on Sharecare.com, an interactive health and wellness social platform providing access to expert-developed answers, information and programs to help people live their healthiest lives. Through the partnership, HealthyWomen will draw upon its nearly 25-year heritage of providing women with trusted, unbiased health and wellness information by providing consumers with easily accessible information on a variety of women’s health topics from A to Z. View Full Post

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