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  1. What color should your pee be?
    By Aimee Raupp on Oct 23, 2009
    Do you ever wonder what color your pee should be? Well, here it goes! Your urine should be pale yellow to clear in color. It should...
  2. What’s your body trying to tell you?
    By Sarah Kelsey on Oct 22, 2009
    If you’ve ever thought about what causes dry eyes, painful muscle spasms or aged cracking joints, wonder not. We’ve compiled a...
  3. What is endometriosis?
    By Sarah Kelsey on Oct 20, 2009
    It was recently announced that Padma Lakshmi, host of the popular reality series Top Chef , is pregnant. What makes her story so...
  4. Hyperhidrosis: Excessive sweating
    By Michele Thompson, MS on Oct 1, 2009
    Imagine being the maid of honor at your sister’s wedding and staining your dress from armpit to waist. For the estimated 8 million...
  5. Walk to raise eating disorder awareness
    By Sarah Kelsey on Sep 23, 2009
    Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder adversely affect the health of millions of Americans. Experts estimate that...
  6. Prescription drug abuse an American epidemic
    By Michele Thompson, MS on Sep 9, 2009
    With the latest celebrity prescription drug deaths of DJ AM and Michael Jackson, prescription drug abuse is boldly situated on the...
  7. Teen acne: Easing back-to-school angst
    By Michele Thompson, MS on Sep 6, 2009
    In today’s image-obsessed society where millions of teens (and adults!) upload photos to Facebook, MySpace and Flickr, looking...
  8. How to physically and mentally prepare for surgery
    By Michele Howe on Aug 18, 2009
    Having already endured three surgeries to repair my loose right shoulder, I grew increasingly more curious about what actually...
  9. Back to school tips to avoid swine flu
    By Michele Thompson, MS on Aug 17, 2009
    If your kids have been free of colds and flu all summer, the thought of the H1N1 swine flu virus has probably not crossed your mind....
  10. What you need to know about brain fog
    On Aug 6, 2009
    The occurrence of brain fog is a common health concern among thousands of people. Unfortunately, brain fog is one of those loosely...
  11. 5 Beauty tips to conceal rosacea
    By Michele Thompson, MS on Jul 28, 2009
    Rosacea is an chronic inflammatory skin disease chracterized by facial redness, bumps and pimple-like blemishes that affects about...
  12. What you need to know about psoriasis
    By Sarah Kelsey on Jul 24, 2009
    According to the National Institutes of Health, as many as 7.5 million Americans suffer from the chronic skin condition called...
  13. Tips to avoid chiggers
    By Michele Thompson, MS on Jul 24, 2009
    Summertime is high season for bug bites and itchy rashes. Chiggers, also called harvest mites and red bugs, are particularly small...
  14. How to eat during cancer treatment
    By Sarah Kelsey on Jul 16, 2009
    Undergoing cancer treatment is never easy, especially when the side effects of radiation or chemotherapy kick in. The side effects...
  15. Irritable bowel syndrome: Symtoms and treatment
    By Sarah Kelsey on Jul 14, 2009
    One in 54 people, or about five million Americans, suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a debilitating, uncomfortable and...
  16. Vaginal injury: Avoid the water skiing douche
    On Jul 7, 2009
    Every year, emergency rooms across the country experience an influx in water-related injuries, many caused from water skiing...
  17. Constipation remedies: Natural ways to stay regular
    By Annette Taylor on Jul 3, 2009
    Many people suffer with constipation and though it may appear to be an amusing situation, this uncomfortable condition is no...
  18. Is it acne or rosacea?
    By Michele Thompson, MS on Jun 22, 2009
    Would you give up dining out, shopping or doing other things you enjoy if it meant healthier skin? You might if you are one of the...
  19. Are you at risk for osteoporosis?
    By Sarah Kelsey on Jun 22, 2009
    As many as 12 million people across the United States deal with osteoporosis every day. Forty-four million Americans have low bone...
  20. How to revive your sex drive
    By Sarah Kelsey on Jun 21, 2009
    “I’m tired.” “I have a headache.” “There are too many other things to do.” Sound familiar? They’re all common...

Almost every woman on earth is dealing with some sort of health condition. Whether you have minor illness or whether you are dealing with a life altering ailment, rare is the woman who has no health related concerns to deal with on a daily basis.

If you are facing a health condition, you don't have to fight it alone. There are many others who are sharing in your fight, whether its against breast cancer, reproductive conditions, heart problems or any number of other health problems afflicting women. You can read about how other woman are handling their health conditions and get information from doctors and other specialists.

From allergies to arthritis and diabetes to cancer, the more information you have at your disposal, the better off you'll be in your quest to deal with and cure your nagging health conditions.

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