Category: Wellness

Personal hygiene is an important part of any woman’s life. As a result, we spend hours cleaning our bodies, shaving delicate nooks and crannies, and perfecting every little bit of ourselves. After all, everyone wants to feel sexy in her own way. But when does grooming go from simple hygiene to dangerous health hazards? In…

Just back from the grocery store? Boy, do we have news for you. You might want to think twice before you refrigerate some of those newly purchased treats. In fact, some of your favorite finds may not need refrigeration at all. Check out these eight surprising foods that just don’t belong in the refrigerator. (At…

Are you heartbroken over the loss of a pet? The truth is that losing a pet is one of life’s most painful experiences. Not only are pets there through thick and thin, but they also provide unconditional love and support that can brighten any difficult day. Unfortunately, pets don’t live as long as humans. This…

“A state of anger caused by lack of food; hunger causing a negative change in emotional state.” To experience “hangry,” is to stare fear, fury even, in the face. Headache, fatigue, lightheadedness, irritability, loss of concentration – you know the symptoms if you’ve gone too long without food. We suffer from being hangry as much…

One, and then another. A pause of a few minutes, then several back-to-back. Then they come in rapid succession, hiccups like machine-gun fire. None of the go-to methods for getting rid of them seem to work, and one is more ludicrous than the next. A certain number of sips of water? Holding your breath? A…

They sound exotic, limited to far-off lands that you may not even be able to pinpoint without a map. Zika chikungunya dengue leishmaniasis occasionally we hear about these afflictions in the news, but they’re nothing to worry about if you live in the U.S., right? Even if you’ve never ventured outside the continental United States,…

Remember Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Miranda Hobbes and Charlotte York?   If you’re like many women in America, you spent the late ’90s and early 2000s glued to the tube watching Sex and the City. And if you didn’t, you might be hooked on reruns. That’s because the dynamics of female friendships are addictive. They…

Traveling with tummy issues can be tough — especially when you’re struggling to manage a digestive disease. That said, it’s important not to let a fear of symptoms hold you back from seeing the world. Remember this. If you’re dealing with a digestive disease, you’re definitely not alone. Lots of people with tummy issues travel…

Although many think it’s part of brand-new, cutting-edge scientific studies, fetal tissue research has actually been around since the 1930s, when it was used to develop vaccines. Fetal kidney cells were used to create the first poliovirus vaccines, which are estimated to have saved more than half a million lives each year since they were…

Most people rarely consider the role hips play in our lives. Until, that is, something happens to them and causes every movement to bring extreme pain. Because of their location on the body, the hips rotate and are involved in practically every movement -sitting, standing, walking, reaching and bending. The most common type of hip…