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  1. More Hope In A Jar? The Anti-Aging Skin Care Promise

    From magazines and newspapers to web pages and online blogs, it is hard to miss the promises being made for products designed for beauty and skin care. And the most tantalizing promises of all? Those that touch not just our vanity, but also our fears of growing old. It’s an approach that seems to be

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  2. Patients Not Always Told of Lab Results

    June 22, 2009 -- Primary care clinicians and their staffs sometimes fail to inform all patients of the results of lab or screening tests --  or fail to keep records that patients were informed and thus have no proof, says a study in the June 22 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. That poses

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  3. 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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  4. When Your Period Signals a Problem

    In her 20s, Theresa Lauigan experienced heavy bleeding and painful cramping during her menstrual cycle. Her doctor told her she had fibroids, noncancerous growths in her uterus, and termed it a "wait and see" situation. A few years later, when the menstrual pain became unbearable, Theresa pressed he

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  5. 6 Sex Mistakes Women Make

    Ladies, be honest: when your sex life becomes a little humdrum, out comes the mental catalogue of all the ways your partner isn’t quite measuring up.  Guys tend to get a bad rap when it comes to understanding women’s bodies and what turns us on, making them easy targets in the blame game when sexual

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  6. Gestational Diabetes: Link to Sugary Drinks?

    June 8, 2009 -- Women who drink five or more sugar-sweetened colas per week may be more likely to develop gestational diabetes if they get pregnant, according to a new study. The study was presented on June 6 in New Orleans at the American Diabetes Association's 69th annual scientific sessions meeti

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  7. Women More Stricken by Health Care Costs

    May 8, 2009 -- Medical bills and other health insurance issues may prompt more women than men to skip health care visits, a new report shows. The report comes from the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation focused on the health care system. Data came from a 2007 Commonwealth Fund survey on health

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  8. Disability Gender Gap for Seniors

    May 5, 2009 -- A new study shows that women, though likely to live longer than men, are up to two and a half times more likely to suffer from disabilities than men as seniors. Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center examined the records of 5,888 people 65 and over; they found that women ar

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  9. 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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  10. 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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