Celiac disease is becoming more known as more people are being diagnosed with it. Although it’s not entirely clear if the disease is becoming more common or people are just finally being diagnosed properly, the numbers of affected people are rising and this is presenting problems with some life-long rituals.
Celiac disease is a silent disease [...]
Despite the fact that I’ve talked about the benefits of online dating until I’ve been basically blue in the face, there is always someone that writes me that says, “I don’t want to date online because I’m not that desperate.” Yikes. Get a clue. If you really some additional reasons on the [...]
If it were up to me, I would stay friends with people forever in most cases. It pains me to see friendships end. But the reality is, they do end. Sometimes they change, and sometimes they implode. If a friendship ends and you’re feeling sad, here are some suggestions to help [...]
If you’re female, how do you feel about buying a car from the dealer? Chances are, you don’t want to go alone. Maybe it’s not in your head that women are treated differently when buying a car from a dealer.
According to a recent poll by NBC/Universal, around a quarter of women believe they aren’t taken [...]
Tonight I noticed a youngster ( fourth grade age) pushing his sister (kindergarten age) in a shopping cart through the supermarket while the parents waited for service at one of the counters.
Shopping image: sxc.hu
He wasn’t merely pushing the cart; he was whizzing up and down the aisles, around the vegetable and fruit displays, bouncing the cart [...]
If you’re a frequent Whole Foods shopper than listen up because a holiday baking essential has just been recalled. Whole Foods Market is recalling…
Organic raw hazelnuts, also known as filberts, that were sold in bulk in its stores in California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
Non-organic dry roasted hazelnuts (filberts) sold in [...]
Tomorrow marks World AIDS Day. For women of child-bearing age, the importance of HIV testing is twofold.
Transmission of HIV during pregnancy accounts for 91% of all AIDS cases among children in the US. Yet, antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy may reduce that transmission rate to 2% or less. If no treatment is received, a mother has [...]
In America, the land of freedom, are things really free and equal when it comes to health?
According to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, low-income women are four times more likely than higher-income women to report fair or poor health. They’re also almost twice as likely to claim a [...]
When you’re making your Christmas shopping list, remember to include new cookie cutters or other baking tools for making seasonal treats. I’ve included several different options below to get you warmed up.
Let’s face it. Pretzels look rather boring, but Christmas is the perfect time to dress them up! You can get the recipe and tools [...]
When they buy a home, most people think walls and doorways are there to stay. They’ll spend years griping about how much better it would be if that door was just over two more feet or if the wall between two rooms was moved just a little. But, even if the wall in question isn’t [...]