A Chicago plastic surgeon is pioneering the use of Botox to treat acne instead of wrinkles. Dr. Anil Shah has devised a way to get rid of acne by injecting areas where there are acne breakouts. Dr. Shah’s new experiments indicate that the drug is effective in skin pores….
Can’t decide what to call your impending babe? Put its naming rights up for auction on eBay! That’s what an unemployed Arkansas mother of six is doing for her seventh baby. With her husband in the Navy and stationed hundreds of miles away, and her financial troubles growing, Lavonne…
Our children, of course, are priceless. But they do have a cost: about a quarter-million dollars. A new government report estimated that a middle-income family with a child born last year will spend about $221,000 raising that child from birth through age 17, according to the Associated Press. (The…
Newborns less than 5 ½ pounds have a 70% greater risk of developing chronic kidney disease in later life, according to research published in the August issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. “Experimental studies suggest that restricted growth of…
My husband Alan laughs now at his introduction to beans as a regular part of his meals. And by regular, I do mean regular. I grew up in Texas, where we ate beans all the time. He grew up in New York City; I’m not sure he ever had…
Warning: This isn’t an Italian pesto. This is a Texas pesto. And the gnocchi is made with sweet potatoes, not white potatoes. Now, I don’t have anything against Italians or white potatoes. I love ‘em both. But I am trying to stay on the complex carbohydrate trail and they…
Lucky Vitamin introduces Amazing Grass products , the latest addition of organic super food products. Amazing Grass offers the most potent green vegetables in a convenient way that aligns with your hectic lifestyle. The company’s mission is to help people to be healthier and enjoy more active lives by…
Because my husband usually rises before me and switches on the tv in the other room, I often wake to the childhood jingle about stealing cookies from the cookie jar, repeated by a woman and a man touting their weight loss success on the Cookie Diet. It really bugs…
According to a latest study, consuming alcohol during pregnancy and small body size at birth may perhaps predict poorer sleep and increased chances of sleep disorders in 8-year-old children born at term. At least that’s what experts from the organization of American Academy of Sleep Medicine have to say….
To combat the many fetal deaths that occur annually because the placenta is too small, researchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed a method to measure the volume of the placenta, which provides nourishment to the fetus. Limits in current technology keep doctors from being able to monitor…