Features Related to Women's Health
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15 Healthy Lifestyle Tips After Your Hysterectomy
After a hysterectomy, a healthy lifestyle is no longer an option -- it's a necessity. Suddenly, weight gain is an issue. You may not sleep well. You may feel irritable. Your hormones are changing, and so is your body. The good news: With good nutrition, exercise, and stress reduction, you can offset
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A Fresh Look at Hysterectomy
Last year, Nicole was miserable -- heavy periods, lots of cramping. Not only did she have fibroids, but her uterus and bladder were slipping downward, causing serious discomfort. Nicole needed a hysterectomy, plus bladder repositioning, her doctor said. He advised her that abdominal hysterectomy was
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Could You Have an STD — And Not Know It?
Could you have an STD and not know it? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Some sexually transmitted diseases, such as gonorrhea, have symptoms that are often confused with signs of a bladder infection, while others, such as chlamydia, may not have any symptoms at all. Here is a look at the six most c
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Sheryl Crow's 8 Life Lessons
Three years ago, singer Sheryl Crow, 47, suffered a painful (and public) breakup with her fiance, cyclist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong, just weeks before receiving her own breast cancer diagnosis. Forced to nurture herself as she mended a broken heart and recovering body, the Grammy Award-win
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25 Ways to Create a Green and Healthy Home
Doing your part to protect the environment once meant separating paper from plastic in your recycling bin and buying organic greens that you carried home in a reusable tote. But these days, there is a lot more you can do to create a green and healthy home. Global warming, soaring energy costs, and o
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Sheryl Crow Adds Healthy Living to Her Repertoire
Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow is in a good place. Yes, she’s back on her farm just outside of Nashville, Tenn., close to family and friends again after keeping a demanding winter schedule that took her across the country and to Japan. The rock-country crooner, 47, promoted two albums (Detours and Ho
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5 Home Remedy No-No's
Some home remedies like cornstarch and water on a bee sting work just fine, but other do-it-yourself health techniques can spell trouble. For instance, do you really think you should be cleansing your colon from the comfort of your home? Or removing wax from your ear by holding a lit candle inches f
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The Best Time of Day
By Aviva Patz There's an optimal time for every health move, from eating breakfast and taking your allergy meds to quitting smoking and even having sex. Here's how to tune into those magic hours to boost your everyday well-being - and your long-term health. There's never a bad time to do something h
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6 Health Mistakes Smart People Make
By Sari Harrar The little things you can fix right now to keep your body healthy and happy in the long run. A University of Texas Health Science Center study found that people who sipped one diet soda a day for seven years were 41 percent more likely to be overweight than non-soda drinkers. The re
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Olympic Swimmer Dara Torres: New Life, New Book
At the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing, Dara Torres, 41, became the oldest swimmer to ever make the U.S. team. But she didn’t just make the team -- she came home with three silver medals. Five months later, WebMD Magazine caught up with Torres to talk about her new book and her life since making her
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