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Classic snacks under 80 calories and Common birth control side effects
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The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. An asterisk * indicates a required field.The material in this site is intended to be of general informational use and is not intended to constitute medical advice, probable diagnosis, or recommended treatments. See the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for more information. Ad ChoicesThe rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. An asterisk * indicates a required field.The material in this site is intended to be of general informational use and is not intended to constitute medical advice, probable diagnosis, or recommended treatments. See the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for more information. Ad Choices [Read the full article]
Hormone-based birth control often comes with side effects that can range from slightly annoying to bad enough to make you switch. You may not know what you can tolerate until you've given a couple of them a try.But here are some solutions for the most common problems.The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. An asterisk * indicates a required field.The material in this site is intended to be of general informational use and is not intended to constitute medical advice, probable diagnosis, or recommended treatments. See the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for more information. Ad ChoicesHormone-based birth control often comes with side effects that can range from slightly annoying to bad enough to make you switch. You may not know what you can tolerate until you've given a couple of them a try.But here are some solutions for the most common problems. [Read the full article]
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms include pain, gas, cramping or bloating, and diarrhea or constipation. Every case of IBS is different, but symptoms are thought to be triggered by certain foods, stress, hormonal changes, or medications. Treatments include dietary and lifestyle changes, stress-management techniques, and—if those aren't enough—medicine for pain, diarrhea, or constipation. IBS affects twice as many women as it does men, and most people who suffer from it don't see a doctor for their symptoms. But it is a common problem affecting between 7% and 10% of the world's population—including these familiar faces.The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. An asterisk * indicates a required field.The material in this site is intended to be of general informational use and is not intended to constitute medical advice, probable diagnosis, or recommended treatments. [Read the full article]
Sex after menopause? Some experts will tell you it(TM)s a downhill ride of waning sex drive and dried up hormones. Sorry, we(TM)re not buying it. We happen to think there are plenty of 50-plus babes who are rocking it just as much as in their younger days. (See Madonna.) And there(TM)s no reason the rest of us shouldn(TM)t too.You(TM)re not bothered by menses. You(TM)re not bothered by kids in the house. You can have sex in any room in the house, says Irwin Goldstein, MD, the director of San Diego Sexual Medicine at Alvarado Hospital. You can have the greatest sex life on earth.The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. An asterisk * indicates a required field.The material in this site is intended to be of general informational use and is not intended to constitute medical advice, probable diagnosis, or recommended treatments. [Read the full article]
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No stress relief for stress writer and Organized mind, organized life
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Editor's note: Last year, CNN Health chronicled the breast cancer journey of our stress columnist, Amanda Enayati, in a series of five essays spanning from diagnosis to recovery. Today, she writes about the uneasy closure afforded by her recent reconstructive surgery, more than four years after diagnosis. The original essays can be found here.(CNN) -- "I see here you'll be staying overnight," says the woman at the surgery check-in, fixing me with a soothing beam.I'm sure my husband is making apologetic faces behind my back. I don't care. I've been at this counter before. Last time, it felt like I barely got out with my life. No Hotel California for me this time.The mood is understandably lighter this round. Last time, they were removing one heck of a cancerous tumor. This time, they're reconstructing one breast and lifting the other one to match. Why, it's darn near a party.We move to the next window, where they place white plastic bracelets on both my wrists. [Read the full article]
Editor's note: Margaret Moore (aka Coach Meg) is the co-author of "Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life." She is the director of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital and the founder and CEO of Wellcoaches Corporation.(CNN) -- If there's one big lesson I've learned over the past decade while training thousands of health and wellness coaches and coaching many clients, it's this: An organized mind enables full engagement in a health-giving style of life.So I jumped at the opportunity to co-author "Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life" with Harvard psychiatrist Paul Hammerness, where we translate the science of brain organization into six principles, or "rules of order," and offer self-coaching solutions.The kind of organization I'm talking about is not decluttering your office or home, or purchasing the latest app to organize to-dos and projects. [Read the full article]
(CNN) -- Two women with untreatable eye diseases said they had dramatic improvements in their vision after injections of human embryonic stem cells, making it the first documented time these controversial cells have helped someone."This is a big step forward for regenerative medicine, said Dr. Steven Schwartz at UCLA's Jules Stein Eye Institute. "It's nowhere near a treatment for vision loss, but it's a signal that embryonic stem-cell based strategies may work."Schwartz added several caveats - that the study was preliminary, only in two patients, and that it's difficult to measure vision in low-vision patients. But even so he was "thrilled and excited" about the study.Schwartz and his colleagues published their study in The Lancet. For each patient, stem cells derived from an embryo were injected into their retinal tissue. They had to take anti-rejection drugs for a short period so their eyes wouldn't reject the foreign tissue. [Read the full article]
With more than 800 people waiting, Pastor Rick Warren took them one by one and immersed them in the church's baptism pool. During this spiritual rite at Saddleback Church, the pastors hold the people briefly underwater, and then pull them out."On that particular day, I was baptizing 858 people," Warren told his congregation last fall. "That took me literally four hours.""But I thought, I'm fat," he said. "I'm a terrible model of this. I can't expect our people to get in shape unless I do."Warren, considered one of the most influential pastors in the country, delivered the inaugural prayer for President Obama in 2009 and wrote the best-selling book "The Purpose Driven Life." Now, he was embarking on a new mission: Curbing the obesity epidemic at church.Warren seems like an unlikely man to lead an anti-obesity crusade. A ruddy man with plastic frame glasses, he has admitted to gaining 90 pounds over the last 30 years and failing at various yo-yo diets. [Read the full article]
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Ditch 5 pounds without trying and 10 reasons you're not having sex
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This time of year, who wants to count calories or go on a diet? But you can keep your weight steady or even drop a few pounds without any special effort. Yes, really.We(TM)ve tapped some of the nation(TM)s top health and fitness gurus (plus real women who have done it) for advice on getting slim effortlessly. Read on to learn their secretsThe rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. An asterisk * indicates a required field.The material in this site is intended to be of general informational use and is not intended to constitute medical advice, probable diagnosis, or recommended treatments. See the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for more information. Ad ChoicesThis time of year, who wants to count calories or go on a diet? But you can keep your weight steady or even drop a few pounds without any special effort. [Read the full article]
Not getting any? You(TM)re not alone: Women today have less time for sex than their 1950s counterparts. And it(TM)s estimated that 40 million Americans have what experts call a sexless marriage (having sex less than 10 times a year).A regular sex life is good for your health. It can satisfy all sorts of emotional- and physical-intimacy needs and help partners stay close, says Anita H. Clayton, MD, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia and author of Satisfaction: Women, Sex, and the Quest for Intimacy.So why the dry spell? You can chalk it up to a sheer lack of time, but there are a slew of other reasons, too"from weight gain and perimenopause to technology overload (stop texting now) in the bedroom. Here(TM)s how to beat the top 10 sex busters.The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. An asterisk * indicates a required field. [Read the full article]
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New norm: Single dads, gay parents and Best companies for working moms
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(Parenting.com) -- There was a time when gay parents and single adoptive mothers were unheard of, but the new norm is that almost anything works well as long as there's a dedicated adult and plenty of loveChristopher Fraley and Victor Self have been married three times -- to each other. They first exchanged vows in St. Barts in 2008, and again in South Africa on their honeymoon. Then this past summer, on July 24, 2011, they became the first same-sex couple in Rye, New York, to legally wed. Coco, their daughter, was right by their side.Fraley and Self met in 2003. "I saw kids in my life, and Chris did, too," Self remembers. Eventually, "we decided to get married," adds Fraley, who works for an investment fund. He bought Self a ring, but didn't ask Self's mother for his hand. "Nobody is the wife," he insists. [Read the full article]
(Parenting.com) -- Stressed about work-life balance? Take a look at this list from Parenting's sister magazine Working Mother of the top ten companies that keep working moms' needs in minds, excerpted from the Working Mother 100 Best Companies.Working a reduced schedule won't hurt your career at this audit, tax and advisory services firm: Moms who put in just 20 hours per week still earn full benefits and remain under consideration for top jobs. In 2010, the firm added training that helps them better navigate the workplace and advance in their careers; nationwide sessions assist the human resources team in advising and managing employees on such arrangements. At present, more than one tenth of female client-service partners, directors and managers have cut their hours"and nearly all say that it has made them feel happier, more committed and more supported by the firm. [Read the full article]
(Parenting.com) -- Plenty of moms want to work at home, but it isn't all bunny slippers. Get tips on being the best WAHM you can be in this excerpt from the Working Mom Survival Guide, from Parenting's sister publication Working Mother.Whether you work from home occasionally or run a business from your basement, there's a lot to love about breaking free of the office. You get to wear sweats all day. There's no commute. You don't have to listen to that gum-cracker. Working from home does come with its own set of challenges. Check out some of the biggest and how to handle them.Because many a home office is a desk and a laptop in a room that pulls double duty, it's easy to get distracted by the "house" stuff to do. The lure to do a little organizing can soon turn into a half-day project--and not the one that you're being paid for.What to do: Use bookcases, curtains, and screens to physically define your work area. [Read the full article]
(Parenting.com) -- Men talk to me all the time about sex, which is only natural, since I'm a sex therapist and I make my living talking to people about their sex lives. But it's funny how many guys like to talk to me when I'm not working, when I'm pushing my sons in their double stroller or watching them at the playground. Neighbors know what I do, and it seems to draw the men to me --and they open up about certain things that the guys who actually come to see me with their wives just don't. Every time this happens, I end up saying the same thing: "Dude, don't tell me, tell your wife." Then comes the part where he shrugs and says, "Yeah, I guess you're right, I'll do that," but you and I both know it won't happen. [Read the full article]
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