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Toxic Kisses: Lead in Lipstick Still Center of Controversy
A sultry red may be the perfect hue to paint your pucker this Valentine’s Day, but lipstick enthusiasts beware: your favorite shade of crimson could make you, and possibly even your kissable date, sick. An alarming 55% of drugstore and department store lipsticks tested positive for detectable traces of lead, some as high as 3.22 [...] Continue reading
Going Greek: Tips for Mediterranean Dieters
Ten years ago, most Americans wouldn’t think to buy, let alone try, some of the Mediterranean staples we now know and love. Hummus is the partygoer’s dip of choice, grocery stores now have their own self-serve olive bars, and Greek yogurt is so popular that even traditionally conventional yogurts are switching to Greek style. But [...] Continue reading
How to Make Kombucha at Home
In the past few years, kombucha, a fermented tea with beneficial nutritional properties, has captured the hearts of the health-conscious masses. Once a specialty item only found at high-end stores like Whole Foods, it can now easily be found in the health food section at most grocery stores, along with its distant cousin, kefir, a [...] Continue reading
How to Prioritize, Save Money on Routine Medical Care
The economy is showing signs of recovery, and the Affordable Care Act is making progress for the uninsured, but the cost of healthcare continues to be prohibitive for millions of Americans. According to U.S. Census data, there were 48.6 million uninsured people in 2011. When budgets are tight, how do we financially prioritize our health [...] Continue reading
Weather Winter Workouts: Don’t Let Your Exercise Routine Freeze Up
Colder temperatures and earlier sunsets may bring joy to winter-loving, hibernating bears, but for weight loss hopefuls trying to whip into shape, the weather and time change can really put a damper on fitness results. While it’s easier to lose motivation in the colder months, especially when indulging in a hot chocolate-induced stupor sounds like [...] Continue reading
Inside the CrossFit Cult – Should You Join?
Are you tough enough for Crossitfit, and is it really a workout for everyone? Continue reading
Mother Doesn’t Always Know Best: Cold and Flu Myths Debunked
The common cold earned its moniker for a reason. According to the American Lung Association, colds are the most common reason Americans visit the doctor, with adults contracting two to four colds per year, and children enduring the sniffles six to eight times annually. For every bug and virus that we encounter, there is an [...] Continue reading
The Future of the Texas Women’s Health Program
Starting Nov. 1, the state of Texas’s Women’s Health Program will no longer receive Federal Medicaid dollars. This means that in less than a month, Texas will have to almost completely foot the bill for its Texas Women’s Health Program, a program that provides women living below the poverty line with insurance for free gynecological [...] Continue reading
How to Avoid Bad Dentists
There may be nothing more cliché than saying that a trip to the dentist is rather unpleasant. It may have something to do with how intrusive it feels to have two strangers stick their fingers and tools into your mouth while they chat with each other about what they’re having for lunch that afternoon. And [...] Continue reading
Trying to NOT Get Breast Cancer? Me Too! How I Jumped on the Fast-Track to Reducing My Risk
I’d grown up hearing cautionary tales about breast cancer. I knew, through at least a few degrees of separation, distant relatives and friends who had developed the disease. Eventually, I always heard that they’d gone into remission and “beat” it with the usual treatments or trendy experimental remedies. Breast cancer, so I thought through the [...] Continue reading