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Moms feel left out of health care reform debate

I confess I've been a bit like an ostrich about health care reform. I don't understand it. I feel ill-equipped to try and impact it. And I didn't think anyone was really interested in what the mother of a tween and the wife of a self-employed...

Published 19 Jan 2010 8:34 AM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Money, Health, Mom, Politics
Keep Your Fury Friends Safe On Halloween

With all of the kids, costumes, parties and candy, Fido's safety might be overlooked on Halloween. Here are some great tips from Shelley Frost, who wrote Your Adopted Dog: Everything You Need to Know about Rescuing and Caring for a Best Friend in...

Published 29 Oct 2009 8:03 AM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Family, Health, Pets, Safety
Just say no to cough medicine...abuse

As we enter cold and flu season odds are you'll be at the store looking for cough medicine. It will be difficult to get without assistance...and that is a good thing. Turns out 2.4 million teenagers abuse cough medicine every year, and the number...

Published 12 Oct 2009 11:11 AM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Family, Parenting, Health, Tweens, Drugs
What is it like to live with Diabetes?

What is it like to have to monitor everything you eat and its impact on your body? How does it feel to have to pierce your skin a few times a day? Do you crave sweets? Do you get thirsty? Do certain aromas make you queasy? I don't know the answers...

Published 29 Sep 2009 9:20 AM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Health, Diabetes
Warning: This image has image has been retouched

If a group of French politicians have their way, a warning like the title of this post will appear on all retouched images found in print media and packaging. Failure to disclose that airbrushing or retouching has been done to an image could carry a fine...

Published 23 Sep 2009 5:26 PM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Beauty, Fashion, Health, Media
Biggest Loser widow is already biggest winner

Abby Rike may have just started her quest to win this season's " Biggest Loser " title, but she has already proved to the world that she is the "biggest winner" for simply choosing to "be here." You see Abby lost her...

Published 18 Sep 2009 8:05 AM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Fitness, Health, Widow
Dining out can be healthier if you know the facts

I am so grateful that many restaurants are including health information on their menus or websites. It takes some of the guesswork out of trying to make healthy choices while dining out. And websites like CalorieKing.com and iPhone apps like Lose It ...

Published 6 Jul 2009 2:52 PM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Health, Food
Caught in the middle of caregiving?

What do you do when you are caught between the care of your children and the care of your aging parents and you find yourself in need of care for you? That's just the situation Kelly Corrigan describes in her debut novel, The Middle Place . The gut...

Published 16 Jun 2009 2:38 PM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Family, Parenting, Health
New Reclaiming Your Health Sistherhood hits home for this Jane

Jane Nation is all about the many life transitions women go through. Some we experience once in a lifetime; others we seem to experience over and over again at different points in time. That is definitely true for me when it comes to our new Sisterhood...

Published 11 Jun 2009 3:00 PM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Fitness, Health, Friendship
Take time to treat yourself today

Even though we are in the middle of a recession, many people are still splurging on the things they find important. Just because the economy is rough doesn't mean you have to miss out on an occasional massage or stop socializing over a meal with friends...

Published 5 Jun 2009 7:37 AM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Brands, Health, Food
Why can't 40 be 40 instead of the new 20?

First of all, let me congratulate Valerie Bertinelli for turning her life around inside and out. I'm proud of her 50 pound weight loss--regardless of her age. What frustrates me is the media flurry it set off (per usual) about why 40 is the new 20...

Published 1 Apr 2009 8:02 PM by Jane Nation

Filed under: Beauty, Brands, Fitness, Health
Helping adult children get the health care they need

It is estimated that nearly 14 million young adults between the ages of 19 - 29 lack health insurance. Many of them had been covered by their parents health plan until being dropped due to age limits for dependents. But that is starting to change. Legislation...

Published 23 Mar 2009 1:30 PM by Jane Nation

Filed under: Family, Parenting, Money, Health
Trail of Tails perfect outlet for tweens to get involved in community

Not long ago I talked about the need for more community-service initiatives for tweens. I'm happy to report that I found a great cause not only for my tween, but also for me, my friends at work and our dogs. The Jacksonville Humane Society hosted...

Published 2 Mar 2009 4:10 PM by Jane Nation

Filed under: Fitness, Family, Health, Tweens, Pets
Matters of the heart

I've been searching for the right time to share my most recent life event and how it is affecting my life. The celebration of National Heart Month and Valentine's Day inspired me to write this post today. On December 30, 2008, my mother-in-law...

Published 12 Feb 2009 10:01 PM by Jane Nation

Filed under: Family, Health, Death, Love
Guilty pleasures and relaxing endeavors

Facebook. Old reruns of the TV show, “Saved by the Bell.” Naps. Bad Reality TV. Cleaning. Red Wine. Reading. Working Out. Being with Girlfriends. Funny how what gives us pleasure and what relaxes us all seem to go together. And while these answers came...

Published 21 Nov 2008 8:24 PM by Jane Nation

Filed under: Health, Passions

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Moms feel left out of health care reform debate

Keep Your Fury Friends Safe On Halloween

Just say no to cough medicine...abuse

What is it like to live with Diabetes?

Warning: This image has image has been retouched

Biggest Loser widow is already biggest winner

Dining out can be healthier if you know the facts

Caught in the middle of caregiving?

New Reclaiming Your Health Sistherhood hits home for this Jane

Take time to treat yourself today

Why can't 40 be 40 instead of the new 20?

Helping adult children get the health care they need

Trail of Tails perfect outlet for tweens to get involved in community

Matters of the heart

Guilty pleasures and relaxing endeavors