First-time mothers are getting older across the country and around the world, according to new federal data released today that show the average age of new moms increased to 25 in the USA and 29 in several countries, including Japan and Switzerland. The report from the National Center for…
Teenagers are trouble…at least that’s what my father always said to me as I asked for the umpteenth time to borrow the keys to the car that I had already scraped, bottomed out and rear-ended somebody with in the previous year. As a mother to two small ones, I…
You can buy all kinds of drinks and contraptions that are guaranteed to put you and your partner “in the mood.” Some foodies swear by aphrodisiacs such as oysters, figs, caviar, champagne and the good old standby, chocolate. With that in mind, ladies beware of men whose first date…
PMS is a fact of life for most women who are of the age where they menstruate. We almost all experience some way shape or form of the premenstrual symptoms such as moodiness, acne breakouts, exhaustion, cramping and irritability beyond belief at times, but there are some women who…
Acne patients throughout the world are looking for a quick healing of their situation. Some products for sale on the request for your points in a few hours, and they do, but the acne a bit. Can you really get rid of acne in less than seven days? May…
Vaginal yeast infections are common. Yeast naturally inhabits the vagina in small numbers. However when something disturbs the balance of bacteria in the vagina, yeast may overgrow leading to symptoms of thick white discharge and prominent itching. Antibiotics are a classical provocative factor. So are pregnancy and birth control…
It’s scary to be reading the news these days, especially about possible liver damage or even death from an over-the-counter drug that many of us might regularly use. But before you panic, I think it’s important to know the facts. Here’s what I’ve found… Read more… While consumers wait…
Did you read my earlier post about gray hair and stress being an old wives’ tale? It was comforting to read (well, sort of) that it isn’t an old wives’ tale, but is actually true. Recently, I read some old wives’ tales I could have sworn were true –…
Here’s some news that may cause an uproar amongst women who have opted for the birth control shot. Recent research out of the University of Texas Medical Branch, also known as UTMB, has determined that women who use this type of birth control (depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, or DMPA, in…
There are all kinds of cards in the world…credit cards, library cards, movie rental cards, customer reward loyalty cards, health insurance cards and the like. Now we can include in the multitude of cards we carry on a daily basis a “ condom card.” That is, if we happened…