This Week’s Top Stories

THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES

Update: Brazilian Blowout Lawsuit

A few months ago HerBusyLife published a story about the effects that Brazilian Blowout hair straighteners were having on the health of clients and employees of salons across the country because of the use of formaldehyde in their product. Read the article here. According to the New York Times, a class action settlement has been enforced and Brazilian Blowout will have to pay … [Read More...]

Eco Stiletto: Tay Clean & Pure

Lord knows we love our products, but there’s something to be said for a little jar of something that does everything. That’s what we found in Tay Clean & Pure’s All Purpose Shea Butter for Skin & Hair. The pure shea butter, organically harvested at a Women’s Co-op in West Africa, is blended with organic rosemary essential oil, creating a rich aromatherapeutic … [Read More...]

LaughLines: Freckles and Frown Lines: Having Nun of It!

Nuns used to run in my family, back in the days when career paths for women were limited to teachers, nuns, and nurses. Most women picked marriage, of course, to avoid working (ha!), but we were hip-deep in nuns. Did I say nuns or Nuns? For you non-Catholics, there are small n and capital N nuns. In our grammar school, we had both. Nuns, with a small n, wore “modern” habits – … [Read More...]

LIVING UNSCRIPTED: Watch Out for the Kids!

One of the funny bones of midlife dating is the fact that we're a bunch of empty nesters who are actively reinvesting years of well honed nurture-nature in to new adult relationships. With grown children in various stages of financial and emotional independence, we miss the care-taking and are filling in the gaps with each other. … [Read More...]

Win a Free Cookbook and Apron!

Now, looking and feeling younger is that much easier with FoodTrients: Age-Defying Recipes for a Sustainable Life, a new cookbook that foodies are raving about! With 66 beautifully illustrated recipes, chef, restaurateur, and senior living executive Grace O brings healthy aging out of the science lab and into the kitchen. Combining delicious foods with the latest research … [Read More...]

Nutrition Over Easy: Is Industry Sponsored Research Useless?

What a waste of everyone’s time. A company that manufactures a soy-based meal replacement drink funds a study comparing a soy-based meal replacement (i.e., their product) with a “standard breakfast” which had the same number of calories but was lower in protein, higher in refined carbohydrates. They found–gasp!–that the high protein breakfast controlled hunger better … [Read More...]

Relationships

Testosterone Can Fuel Distrust in Women

Over the past few years, many of my patients have come to me with health conditions that are either directly or indirectly influenced by their levels of testosterone. Indeed, maintaining healthy testosterone levels in both men and women can be tricky after the age of 50. Too much can cause just … [Read More...]

Take Two Friends and Call Me in the Morning!

At an evening class at Stanford, the last lecture was on the mind-body connection -- the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker (head of psychiatry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one of the best things that a man could do for his health is to be married to a woman. … [Read More...]

Relationships

Health and Anti-Aging

Shoulder And Back Pain? Check Your Gallbladder!

Every now and then one of my patients will call me complaining of a kind of strange, uncomfortable pain in their right neck and shoulder blade area. Most often, they also don’t feel well either – a little nauseated, maybe a little stomach pain and don’t feel much like eating. They wonder if … [Read More...]

Could You Be Eating Too Much Estrogen?

Several of my patients, male and female, are dealing with a particular hormone imbalance of estrogen calledestrogen dominance. This means that their body is getting too much estrogen which has caused a whole domino-effect of problems. Too much estrogen in a woman’s body can increase her risk … [Read More...]

You Can Prevent Blindness Through Good Nutrition

As you know, with age comes a growing number of health concerns. … [Read More...]

An In-Depth Look At Ways To Quit Smoking

With a new year around the corner, many of my patients are looking at ways to improve their health. Quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do to better your health almost immediately with progressive benefits the longer you stay off cigarettes. Cigarette smoking is one of the leading … [Read More...]

Beat Constipation With Food, Not Drugs

Unfortunately, the typical American diet is sadly devoid of fiber. And if you’re one of the millions of people who suffer from gas, constipation, and bloating the lack of fiber could be placing your health in risk. Not eating enough fiber could be the catalyst to many serious diseases such … [Read More...]

Health and Anti-Aging