Health & Wellness
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Electrolux Blogger Winner!
by Sarah on Monday, March 8th, 2010 | 1 comment
Thank you to all our friends in the blogging community who responded to our request to promote the Electrolux and Kelly Ripa Cake Off! Thanks to you, millions of people read our posts and went to Kelly-confidential.com and helped in the fight of Ovarian Cancer. The winner of the American Express Gift Card, chosen at ... [read more] -
TOSS THE EMBARRASSMENT ASIDE AND SAVE LIVES…
by Alicia on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 | No Comments
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Please take 2 minutes and if you have any of the risk factors or symptoms listed below, please get checked. And pass this on to other people you know who you think should read this. Risk Factors of Colon Cancer: • Age 50 or ... [read more] -
Taking Baby Steps to Losing Weight
by Sarah on Monday, February 15th, 2010 | No Comments
The first three letters in the word diet are D-I-E. Unappealing as that may be, losing weight is the second most popular New Year’s resolution year-in and year-out. We think it’s safe to assume that a big reason it tops lists year after year is because seventy five percent of people throw up ... [read more] -
Meet Alison Greenberg, Amazing Woman & Ovarian Cancer Survivor
by Alicia on Monday, February 15th, 2010 | No Comments
Meet Alison Greenberg, Amazing Woman & Ovarian Cancer Survivor I want you to meet our close family friend, Alison Greenberg. Alison has always been an amazing woman. I am sure you know someone like her. She is the one with the most energy, the most enthusiasm for life and the one that everyone else ... [read more] -
Modern Mom Cares And We Need YOUR Help Too!
by Alicia on Thursday, February 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Modern Mom Cares And We Need YOUR Help Too! Modern Mom is teaming with Electrolux http://www.kelly-confidential.com/rd/0003/ and a group of amazing women over the next two weeks to bring you: (1) Interesting and useful posts that you will want to read (2) EASY ways to help Ovarian Cancer Research Who wouldn’t want to do that? Check back ... [read more] -
What You Need to Organize to Effectively Manage a Serious or Chronic Illness
by Sarah on Thursday, February 11th, 2010 | No Comments
What You Need to Organize to Effectively Manage a Serious or Chronic Illness By Sarah P. Welch and Margaret D. Smith, MD A diagnosis of a chronic or serious illness is life altering. It is entirely normal in the days following to feel a bit numb, not to mention out of control, overwhelmed and lost. ... [read more] -
Buttoned Up Expert: What Is Green?
by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff on Monday, January 18th, 2010 | No Comments
What Is Green? by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff, www.ecostiletto.com “Green” isn’t a label or a certification; it’s a state of mind that, to us at EcoStiletto.com, means the product is created through environmentally and socially conscious means. When it comes to “organic” and “natural,” however, it’s all about the label, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ... [read more] -
Evernote: Medicine and Vaccines
by Cass on Monday, January 11th, 2010 | 1 comment
It's that time of year when the sickness spreads fast and furious and the hope of a window opening warm day is a very distant dream still. With all of the medicine and with vaccinations around us I turn to Evernote. I have a Health & Wellness Notebook. This notebook holds the following notes: * ... [read more] -
Simple Ways To Organize Your Older Relatives
by Alicia on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 | No Comments
So many of my friends these days have one or more older relatives they are taking care of in one form or another. In fact in 2010, nearly half of the American workforce will be caring for an elderly parent. I am certainly one of them. My mother is 89 years ... [read more] -
Guest Guru, Lee Woodruff, Book Excerpt
by Sarah on Monday, October 26th, 2009 | 3 comments
Book Excerpt from Perfectly Imperfect by Lee Woodruff After every full- blown crisis comes the moment when the adrenaline retreats and the shoulders sag. The person is out of the critical zone. The patient has been discharged from the hospital. The divorce papers are signed. The father has been buried. The chemo has started. This is the ... [read more]
