Life Goes Strong

Hollywood Beauty Insider: Fall for One Love

cpearlman — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:19:26 +0000

As a lifelong romantic, I can totally vouch for the idea of one love. Occasionally, those warm, fuzzy, heart-stopping moments can extend to ….a beauty product.

Okay, I know it's not the same sort love, but there is nothing wrong with falling head-over-heels for a product that uber-stylist Rachel Zoe has already professed as one of her favorites.

I'm talking about the One Love products that are becoming quite the must-have in Hollywood. This pure, natural, yummy feeling line of skin care products leaves you feeling deliciously clean and baby soft.

Is Forever Young a Good Thing?

cynthianellis — Mon, 16 May 2011 17:29:57 +0000

There's 74-year-old Jane Fonda on a Cannes red carpet in a cutout dress. And there she is showing off at an awards show with toned bare arms. And how can we possibly forget the close-up of that remarkably taut face that makes her look 20 years younger?

I should be happy that Jane Fonda is showing us that we never have to look old. I should probably revel in the fact that if I put my time and money into it, I would never, ever have to look my age.

Green Tea Glee

Stephanie Dolgoff — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:19:48 +0000

Green tea, touted as everything from a metabolic stimulator to possible cancer fighter to a cholesterol and diabetes controller, may have earned new bragging rights: Green tea may help prevent kidney stones, a new Chinese study suggests.

Kidney stones occur when minerals clump together in your kidneys, and cause pain. Green tea extract appears to change the shape of calcium deposits, so they don't group together and form large stones. Smaller stones and crystals wind up in urine and are simply excreted.

That stuff in your soup

Steve Mullen — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:02:24 +0000

I don't know about you, but these days I take it for granted that there's mercury in tuna and hormones in milk. In Fast Food Nation I learned that a lot of what comes down the pike to be let out at McDonald's, Jack in the Box and Burger King all comes from just about the same spot next to a highway in New Jersey or maybe from Dayton. Not long ago I learned that teflon, when heated to a certain temperature that its manufacturer says it will never reach in our kitchen, emits a poisonous gas.

Smart Woman's Guide to Midlife Health

Steve Mullen — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:54:03 +0000

Women looking for a single source manual on midlife health will be hard put to find something more complete and as easy to access as The Smart Woman's Guide to Midlife and Beyond. Janet Horn, M.D, and Robin H. Miller, MD, both women, both highly qualified in women's health, joined together to create a comprehensive guide to staying healthy after 50. They are quite clear in their introduction that this is not a book about staying young. Rather, this is a book about what to do to stay healthy in the years that lie ahead.

One Good Way to Reduce MRIs among Premenopausal Women

Steve Mullen — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:47:31 +0000

A certain percentage of premenopausal women with irregular menstrual cycles will undergo mammography and then need an MRI, too. When ordering breast MRIs, physicians know that the density of the breast changes during the menstrual cycle, and that depending on the stage of a woman's cycle, the breast tissue may be more or less difficult to enhance for viewing during the MRI. Catch a woman at the wrong time of the month and the MRI might need to be repeated.

Coral: The New No-No

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:40:01 +0000

Time to peel the "Save the Whales" bumper sticker off your car and replace it with one that reads, "Save the Coral." It's latest cause celèbre in the jewelry world. There are no rules against harvesting the calcified marine organism, which since ancient times has been said to hold powers from aiding women's fertility to warding off the evil eye. Today the world's continued love affair with the reddish-pink material has led to its diminution. Global warming and pollution haven't helped. Some jewelry houses have responded with a self-imposed ban on using coral.

Only the Lonely

Barbara Kantrowitz — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:28:43 +0000

This is the holiday season, when we are all supposed to be thinking warm thoughts about all the people we care about: family, friends, neighbors, co-workers. At least, that's the scenario laid out in greeting cards and on the Hallmark Channel. The reality is a little different for many of us. You're lonely – and it's only getting worse.

Tainted Chicken Alert

Barbara Kantrowitz — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:22:15 +0000

I'm not a vegetarian although the idea of becoming one seems more tempting every day. Now on the heels of a wave of stories about bad hamburger, a Consumer Reports study finds that a lot of the chicken on grocery store shelves is tainted as well.

Forever young: cool or creepy? You decide

Stephanie Dolgoff — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:13:32 +0000

I came across this article from Florida Trend about "anti-aging medicine" and the MDs who practice it (apparently the Sunshine State has the most anti-aging practitioners in the country.) The piece likened the trend to plastic surgery for your insides—doctors promote hormone supplementation such as human growth hormone (HGH), intravenous vitamins, and other off-label treatments for what mainstream doctors consider the normal effects of aging.