women's health

Wellness

5 Tips for making your health a priority

Even though we all know we should be making healthy decisions and doing everything we can to put our health first, a lot of the time...

Aging

Anti-aging therapy with bioidentical hormones

For many women, menopause comes with hot flashes, low energy and mood swings. Chalk it up to declining hormone levels. Biodentical...

Conditions

Hypothyroidism: Dieting can damage your thyroid

Despite your best dieting and exercise efforts, you’re not losing weight and finding it even harder to keep weight off. Worse,...

Healthy Recipes & Nutrition

5 Tips for women's digestive health

Dealing with bloating and stomach pain rank high on the list of things you don't want to do this summer, so we talked with Dr Lisa...

Dieting & Nutrition

Top 10 power foods for women

It’s true: You are what you eat. So if you want to be a health-powered woman, load your plate with these 10 tasty power foods....

Dieting & Nutrition

Digestive enzymes: Do you really need them?

Depending on where you live and who you run with, digestive enzyme supplements just might be the talk of the town when it comes to...

Exercise & Fitness

Don’t ignore weird exercise symptoms

You exercise to get in shape and feel good. So when you feel shaky during your Zumba class and your downward dog makes your back...

Conditions

Surprising warning signs your health is in danger

We all go through our day dealing with life’s little inconveniences – filling in our brows, switching to a more potent,...

Exercise & Fitness

Summer fitness tips to beat the heat

When just the thought of getting off your hammock to refill your ice tea makes you break a sweat, you know it's hot. Waterproof...

Wellness

Birth control campaign: Let’s Go There

Actress JoAnna Garcia Swisher, known for her TV role as Reba’s teenage daughter on Reba , is taking a stand for young women. She...

Losing Weight

How to shred calories all summer long

Spring seems to be the big push for slimming down for beach parties and poolside fun, but once summer arrives, the heat, countless...

Conditions

What you need to know about actinic keratosis

The sun is shining, summer’s here and you’re probably already spending more time outside than in. You already know you need to...

Dieting & Nutrition

The best gluten-free fitness bag essentials

If you've got celiac disease or gluten sensitivities, the workout snacks and locker room items in your gym bag are going to look...

Exercise & Fitness

New moms! How to get a flat belly

As a new mom, along with losing the baby weight, it's no surprise that you are particularly conscious of your midsection. The rigors...

Dieting & Nutrition

Feel better about your body this summer

It’s summertime and the living is easy. Or is it? For many of us, the thought of hitting the beach in a bikini or wearing skimpy...

Conditions

Epilepsy facts: Epilepsy by the numbers

Epilepsy has been shrouded in stigma for thousands of years. However, recent media coverage in the New York Times and Newsweek...

Losing Weight

When a detox diet is really necessary

With the summer season right around the corner, more and more people are looking to get it in gear and get fit with intensified...

Dieting & Nutrition

Antioxidant power: Polyphenols and why you need them

You’ve surely heard about antioxidants and how important they are in the makeup of your healthy diet, but have you heard of...

Conditions

Bladder control surgery

Shawna was only two miles into running a 10-mile road race when she realized she was soaked. She crossed the finish line feeling...

Losing Weight

Think yourself thin: 5 Ways to use your brain to change your body

Can you think yourself thin? More and more studies — and people who have done it — say it’s possible. There are a variety of...

Losing Weight

Lose weight in minutes with weight loss technology

With so many people praising the power of visualization as a weight loss tool, it helps to be able to get a clear picture of what...