November 25, 2008 – 3:02 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
“Americans have a shorter life expectancy than people in 41 other countries — even though Americans spend more on health care, on average, than people anywhere else.
We’ve done it to ourselves. As a nation we’re over-medicated and undernourished. We’re overly obsessed with how we look and undervalue how we feel. We put an overemphasis on [...]
November 4, 2008 – 8:05 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Vaccine Watchdog Group Calls for Transparency
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is calling on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to publicly release the study design, data and names of principal investigators involved in a statement this week maintaining that Gardasil vaccine is safe with no serious side [...]
October 31, 2008 – 10:13 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Oprah and Friends is one of my favorite sites to visit. There is ALWAYS some nugget, in some cases , a whole mine full, of wisdom. Oprah and Friends reminds we women to treat ourselves more kindly. That is message that we can’t hear too often. If you haven’t already, please go to http://www.oprah.com/community [...]
October 29, 2008 – 9:41 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) — Women are four times more likely to develop a debilitating and potentially lethal lung disorder known as pulmonary hypertension, a new study shows.
Pulmonary hypertension is caused by high blood pressure in the arteries that supply the lungs with blood. People who suffer from the condition can become tired, dizzy [...]
October 20, 2008 – 8:24 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Does Thinking Make Us Fatter?
Researchers Find Mental Tasks Cause People to Eat More
As a so-called knowledge worker, who spends more time on my computer then on my mattress, I found the following article by Lee Dye, published on ABC News, Online, September 10, 2008, fascinating and frightening. The majority of women hold “Think-Work” positions. If [...]
October 13, 2008 – 7:51 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
A Recent CNN Article lead with this headline…
Gardasil® Deaths, Gardasil® Side Effects, Gardasil® Paralysis -
Is the HPV Vaccine Given to Prevent Cervical Cancer Causing More Medical Problems?
A vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer is coming under fresh scrutiny amid thousands of complaints linking it to a range of health problems.
Gardasil® has been the subject of [...]
By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
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October 9, 2008 – 8:56 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Please take the time to visit the Sister Study web site.
The Sister Study is the only long-term study of women aged 35-74 whose sister had breast cancer. It is a national study to learn [...]
October 1, 2008 – 11:38 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Some folks refer to their morning coffee as “Rocket Fuel.” If they are making their coffee with tap water, they may be speaking literally, not figuratively. They just don’t know it.
The Environmental Protection Agency is poised to rule that it will not set a drinking-water safety standard for perchlorate. This component of rocket fuel has [...]
September 26, 2008 – 11:07 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Hysterectomy Less Frequent and Has Fewer Complications
By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: September 19, 2008
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
DAVIS, Calif., Sept. 19 — Hysterectomies in California have declined significantly since the early 1990s, as have the rates of complications associated with them, researchers [...]
September 25, 2008 – 9:19 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Overall, stroke is this country’s third-leading killer. About 700,000 Americans will have one this year, according to the American Stroke Association.
But 55-percent of all strokes and 60-percent of stroke deaths occur in women.
About 100,000 women die annually of stroke, 40,000 more than the number of men who die from it. The fact that risk goes [...]
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