I rarely print other people’s articles but I found this quite interesting. A study at the University of Cologen, Germany, indicates that if we believe in superstitions, they just might bring us good luck. Of course, the crossed fingers or rabbit foot (I’ve always wondered about that one – the rabbit certainly wasn’t lucky) aren’t […]

There are several popular home remedies for a yeast infection. In truth, however, most of them either do not work at all or don’t work as well as medicines, even over-the-counter ones. There are only two home remedies for yeast infection that really work. Prevention Of Yeast Infection One of the most important home remedies […]

If you are wondering if there are yogurt health benefits from this creamy milk product, you only need to pay attention to the cold shelves of your neighborhood supermarket. There are plain yogurts, sure, but there are yogurt flavors Mother Nature never imagined, yogurts with toppings, yogurt with granola, yogurt with jam on the bottom […]

(Menopause Treatment Part 1: Forget the Damn Rocking Chair!) The Day My Doctor And I Got Into A Screaming Match OK, I'm exaggerating. We weren't really screaming – just 'raising our voices' a bit. I went to him to talk about my menopausal symptoms, and I have to admit they weren't nearly as severe as […]

Humans are like all animals – we have an inborn need to re-create ourselves. For women, the period of recreation begins with menarche when we become old enough to be pregnant and ends with menopause when we can no longer have children. Menopause is welcomed by some women because we will no longer have monthly […]

Americans spend 30 billion dollars a year on prescription and over-the-counter medications for headaches. These medications are ineffective at best; many of them are even harmful and can cause even more health problems. Also, people often develop a tolerance to pain medications, so they are continually increasing their dosage. Eventually these medications actually end up […]

The American population is exposed to an alarming number of harmful pollutants and toxins on a daily basis. There has been an alarming increase in the number of cancer, illnesses, and chronic health conditions diagnosed within the past decade as a result of these substances. What many women do not know is that at least […]

Unless you're very informed about labels and fanatically careful about additives, chances are you eat very few 'pure' foods – meaning foods that don't include anything but real food. The two most prominent are preservatives (which makes food last until approximately 2500 AD) and sweeteners. One of the newly-popular ones is fructose. But is this […]

How common are male yeast infections? A male yeast infection is much less common problem than its female counterpart. It happens only sporadically and the symptoms are often virtually unnoticeable. Most of the times, a male yeast infection is caused by transmitting the yeast into a penis during a sexual intercourse. However, the infections may […]

In part 1 of our series on healthy smoothies, we talked about the GIANT advantage of making smoothies a part of your life – and that is that you can easily add a wide array of fruits and veggies to your diet (and you know you should, right?) We also talked about the components of […]