Heart disease kills one woman every minute. For generations, women’s heart disease has lurked in the shadows as a silent and misunderstood killer. Its victims are often presumed to have died of natural causes or passed peacefully in their sleep. Legendary entertainer Barbra Streisand is lending her voice to a…
If you’re a parent of a teenager, you’re probably familiar with the mood swings hormone surges can produce. You know how they affect temperament — but what about heart health? Although hormone changes and rapid growth can cause temporary changes in cholesterol levels or blood pressure, hormonal surges don’t pose a…
Blueberries have superpowers,” says Vilma Andari, M.S., nutritionist and founder of NutraHealthFood, a health and wellness company in Los Angeles. While this statement may seem radical, Andari is on to something. Recently, Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association published a study reporting that blueberries may cut heart attack risk in…
By: Susan Sugerman, Adolescent Medicine Physician | Contributor From the time our kids are born, we parents work tirelessly to love and protect them, knowing there will come a day when they have to fend for themselves. When that moment comes, we hope that they will love themselves as much…
Long hailed as being able to predict the trends based on word usage alone, Oxford Dictionaries unveils an annual Word of the Year that’s eerily on target (for example, last year’s word was “selfie”). This year’s word? Vape. It means inhaling and exhaling the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette…
The Sandwich generation is a generation of people who care for their aging parents while supporting their own children. According to the Pew Research Center, just over 1 of every 8 Americans aged 40 to 60 is both raising a child and caring for a parent, in addition to between…
Should I get a flu shot? Can ear buds make my kids deaf? Does low vitamin D make you sick? You don’t need to waste another second wondering and worrying. We’ve got the definitive answers right here. Q: Does the flu shot work? A: “The influenza vaccine, a.k.a. the…
There is a chorus of parents and educators who are worried about teenagers possibly being addicted to their texting and social media activities. Many believe that the constant need to be communicating online with their smartphones or other devices is causing teenagers to become anti-social; that they will lose the…
By Bobbie Ames | Contributor OK, your teen is dating and Valentine’s Day is coming up. What do you do? What do they do? What is appropriate? Does anyone else feel bad for the poor boys these days? I mean just asking a girl to homecoming has turned into a…