• Health and Fitness

    Las mujeres de raza negra tienen las tasas más bajas de cáncer ovárico, pero son menos propensas a sobrevivir la enfermedad

    October 2, 2024 - By 

    English Septiembre de 2024 es el Mes de Concientización del Cáncer Ovárico a nivel nacional. Al igual que para la mayoría de cánceres, el cáncer ovárico tiene mejores desenlaces clínicos si se trata en forma temprana. Sin embargo, es difícil detectar cánceres ováricos en forma temprana porque frecuentemente no hay síntomas. Solo en EE.UU., hay casi 20,000 casos nuevos de cáncer ovárico y más de 14,000 muertes cada año. El cáncer ovárico, el cual ocurre cuando células anormales en los ovarios crecen sin control, es más común en mujeres de raza blanca, pero las mujeres de raza negra tienen las…

  • Health and Fitness

    My “Small” Cancer Turned Out to Be Stage 4 Breast Cancer

    October 1, 2024 - By 

    As told to Jacquelyne Froeber October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. December is my birthday month. It was also the month I scheduled all my yearly health exams, including my mammogram. But December 2014 was busy, I guess. (I burned all my journals from that time — but that’s another story.) I don’t remember why I didn’t go for my mammogram, but I didn’t get one until June 2015. The day after the exam I got a phone call. There was something abnormal in the imaging, and I needed to have a biopsy. I was a nurse, so I knew…

  • Health and Fitness

    What Is Melanoma and Why Are Melanoma Rates Increasing?

    October 1, 2024 - By 

    Español In the 1970s and ’80s, the smell of piña coladas wafted through the ocean breeze at every U.S. beach. In the summers before the invention of spray-canned sunscreen, my friends and I basted ourselves with tropical-fruit-scented tanning oils in a quest for the perfect tan. We felt smugly confident we were responsibly protecting our skin from the sun’s harmful rays. After all, our Hawaiian Tropic bottles boasted a sun protection factor (SPF) of 2. You don’t have to look too closely at the Polaroid pictures from this time to see that we were effectively and efficiently deep-frying ourselves in…

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    ¿Qué es el melanoma y por qué están aumentando sus tasas de incidencia?

    October 1, 2024 - By 

    English En los setentas y ochentas, el aroma de piñas coladas flotaba en la brisa marina en todas las playas de EE.UU. Durante los veranos, antes del invento de protectores solares en latas de aerosol, mis amigas y yo nos bañábamos en aceites con esencias de frutas tropicales en búsqueda de un bronceado perfecto. Estábamos sumamente seguras de que protegíamos nuestras pieles responsablemente contra los peligrosos rayos del sol. Después de todo, los frascos de Hawaiian Tropic alardeaban un factor de protección solar (FPS) de 2. No tienes que ver las fotos Polaroid tan de cerca para ver que estábamos…

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    I Was “Too Young” to Have Colon Cancer

    September 30, 2024 - By 

    Español As told to Shannon Shelton Miller I was thrilled to be pregnant with my first child at 29. Everything went well for about eight months — until the day I went to the restroom and the toilet was full of blood. I immediately called my OB-GYN because I was scared something was wrong with my baby. At the appointment, he assured me we both were fine. It was probably just hemorrhoids or my baby was starting to rest on my organs as he grew bigger, leading to some bleeding. But new symptoms started to show up. I was dizzy,…

  • Supplements

    The Benefits of Daily Smoothies

    September 23, 2024 - By 

    We live in the times when technological advances have simplified our lives in a way unimaginable. In the modern day, people live fast-paced lifestyles, they rush for work and take kids to school, among other things. There’s little time to sit and have breakfast together as a family, let alone prepare it. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day as experts often say. It kicks start our brains, keep them alert throughout the day, and it boosts our energy levels to carry out our daily activities and tasks. A smoothie has become relevant these days since we consume…

  • Critical Care

    5 tips this happiness guru wants you to know about

    July 31, 2024 - By 

    Find yourself in a slump or bombarded with negative thoughts? Founder of The Happy News, Emily Coxhead reveals five tips on how to be happier Firstly, there is no simple way ‘to be happier’, happiness doesn’t come from one particular place or person or thing (although, cups of tea and lying on a beach would definitely be top of the list for me). We need to try and steer away from this idea that after our next holiday, pay-rise, new purchase we will be happier because if there is an underlying problem, niggling thought or feeling or generally just a…

  • Critical Care

    Calorie Deficit – how to gradually reduce calories for weight loss

    July 29, 2024 - By 

    Looking to lose weight? You need to be in a Calorie Deficit. Instagram fitness sensation Courtney Black  (@courtneydblack) shares her tips on how to gradually reduce calories for weight loss  A calorie deficit simply means consuming LESS calories (via food) than you burn in exercise and general daily movement. This process (when done safely and correctly) is how your body can reduce weight over a period of time. Your daily calorie intake is personal to you and is based on your height, weight, goal and activity level. Cutting too many calories from our diet too quickly, can work against us…

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    The new 50’s – Healthista

    July 26, 2024 - By 

    The New 50’s Turning 50 certainly feels like a milestone, but somehow less dauting that it might have felt to the generation before, as we have more access to pioneering ways that we can move better, balance our hormones, get glowy skin and calm our minds. As our life becomes more challenging in our 50’s, we are pulled in different directions, as we balance looking after teenagers and elderly parents, our needs can easily get left behind.   My little black book of the best things that can take us through this decade, with more ease and have my stamp…

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    Discover the Secrets of Longevity in Sardinia: A Blue Zone Paradise 

    July 25, 2024 - By 

    Sardinia – from the food, to the lifestyle of locals, here’s why it’s one of the healthiest places in the world. Anna Sheehy reports on her trip to the Blue Zone Paradise  Nestled in the heart of the Mediterranean, Sardinia is more than just a picturesque island with stunning beaches and vibrant culture.   This enchanting island is one of the world’s five Blue Zones, which are regions where people live significantly longer and healthier lives.   this beautiful Italian island is only a two hour flight from London With its breathtaking landscapes, rich cultural heritage, and an emphasis on wellness, Sardinia…