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“Wow, you look amazing. What’s your secret?’ This is what a friend I hadn’t seen in a few years told me in 2017 at a wedding. At the time, I was so excited to be seen and to have my changed body seen as something positive. Six years later, I still think about that interaction often. In the spring of 2016, I started a medication for my chronic migraines that can also be prescribed as a weight loss medication. Losing weight was not my intention at the time and I didn’t even know if this would be a side effect…
08:59 am November 21, 2023 Have you seen friends or celebrities with puffy cheeks and plump lips? Odd looking foreheads and eyes? Unfortunately, these effects are everywhere, but the good news is that they are completely preventable. Patients and doctors both have a tendency to overcomplicate antiaging treatment, which leads to unnecessary procedures and some strange results. Our approach at SkinCare Physicians is completely different, simplifying the evaluation and application of our antiaging line of action. Let’s find out more. The SkinCare Physicians system follows the KISS system: “Keep It Simple, Stupid”! We only need a combination of 4 proven…
November 13 – 19, 2023 is Transgender Awareness Week. a week to raise awareness and visibility of transgender people and the challenges they may face, as well as an opportunity to celebrate excellence. In preparation for this week, the CGSHE communications team connected with CGSHE postdoctoral fellow Dr. AJ Lowik to learn more about gender-inclusive abortion care. What does it mean for abortion to be trans-inclusive and gender-affirming? Trans-inclusive care and gender-affirming care are related and interrelated, but ultimately different. Gender-affirming care is an approach to health care that affirms people’s genders – this means creating spaces and services where…
A recent study published in Scientific Reports highlighted how teenagers actively consult members of their social networks to obtain information, contradicting previous research that considered younger people to be passively influenced by peer pressure. Results from two experiments show that adolescents prefer friends over non-friends as sources of information, but evidence on the importance of popularity is mixed. Study: Determining who teenagers prefer as a source of information in their social network. Image credit: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.com The influence of peer groups on adolescent behavior and decision-making has been the focus of a growing body of research. Social influence can…
People with insomnia are nearly 70 percent more likely to have a heart attack than those without the sleep disorder, according to a large analysis presented yesterday at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology. The new study was published yesterday in Clinical Cardiology was conducted by an international team of researchers who looked at the link between insomnia and heart attack in more than 1 million adults from 6 countries, with an average age of 52. The study found that people suffering from insomnia were 69% more likely to have a heart attack compared to those who…
From food to relationships, everywhere we turn there is one toxic or another threatening to infiltrate some part of our lives. But you don’t have to accept toxins in your skincare. Not when you have Sally B’s Skin Yummies in your corner. Start replacing “toxic” with “non-toxic” by choosing skincare products that don’t contain ingredients and chemicals that can be harmful to your health. Sally B’s Skin Yummies collection of moisturizers, serums and balms are made with natural, organic and sustainable ingredients. They are free of parabens, sulfates, phthalates, synthetic fragrances and artificial colors – ingredients that can negatively affect…
Every intercourse is different: the lead, the context, the people, your state of mind. A lot of the messages out there about faking an orgasm can make us feel bad about doing it, leading to guilt and frustration. If you’re faking orgasms, I totally get it: I’ve faked more orgasms than I’ve done he had orgasms. I realized I was doing it to avoid feeling insecure about not being able to get off. And it hurt me more than it helped me.When I asked others if they did, I got all kinds of answers. Some of the answers included wanting…
You may have heard that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently recommended a new vaccine for use in the third trimester of pregnancy. Known as AbrysvoTM, the vaccine helps protect newborns from severe cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). RSV is the leading cause of infant hospitalization in the United States, with 58,000–80,000 hospitalizations occurring each year in children younger than 5 years. Even more alarming, 100-300 children under the age of 5 die from RSV each year. With these statistics in mind, this new RSV vaccine is exciting news for infants and their families. Ava, 24…
Use these intuitive food journal prompts to better understand your relationship with food and your body, your food history, and goals to guide your intuitive eating process. Intuitive Eating is a diet-free, self-care approach to nutrition, health and wellness that helps you make decisions based on your body’s inner wisdom instead of external rules or restrictions. When working to incorporate intuitive eating principles into your life, it’s important to understand where your thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors come from. The following intuitive eating journal prompts will help you reflect on your experiences and put into practice what you learn about intuitive…
In Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, cognitive decline is caused by the over-accumulation of a normal brain protein known as tau. Where tau accumulates, nearby brain tissue begins to degenerate and die. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered—in mice—that Alzheimer’s-type deposits in the brain lead to the accumulation of a form of cholesterol known as cholesterol esters, and that lowering cholesterol levels helps prevent brain damage and behavioral changes. . This has important therapeutic implications. The compound we used in this study has side effects that make it unsuitable for use in…