Personal Care

How Active Should We Be in Our Own Medical Care?

Erin Smith | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Leukemia, Responsibility, Doctor Patient Communication, Medical Care, Doctors, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Personal Safety, Personal Health, Personal Health Care, Personal Care, Healthy Living News
Erin Smith

Be a thinking, active, participating person in your family's health care. Do your homework. Trust your gut instinct. Ask questions, even if you feel uncomfortable doing so.

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Study Finds Parabens in Cosmetics Linked to Breast Cancer

Dr. Nalini Chilkov | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Personal Care, Paraben, Cosmetics, Breast Cancer, Journal of Applied Technology, Parabens Breast Cancer Link, Parabens Breast Cancer Study, Parabens, Parabens Breast Cancer, Health News News
Dr. Nalini Chilkov

Researchers from the University of Reading in the UK found that virtually all -- 99 percent -- of the tissue samples collected from women participating in the study contained at least one paraben, and 60 percent of the samples contained no less than five parabens.

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The Coming Age of the Family Caregiver

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Aging, Aarp, Gen X, Personal Care, Millenials, Baby Boomers, Caregiving, Caregiving Elderly, Family Caregiving, Caregiver, Home Caregiving, Caregivers, Health News News
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

The next 30 years will be defined by the quality of care we provide for our elders. How will the baby boomers age and die? How are we as their kids going to care for them well and honor their memory and legacy? What kind of lives will we review?

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6 Things Patients Can Do To Improve Health Care

Dr. Robert A. Kornfeld | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Personal Health, Physicians, Personal Health Care, Health Care Reform, Patient Health, Personal Care, Health Care, Patient Care, Healthy Living News
Dr. Robert A. Kornfeld

While we can all agree that there are "bad apples" in every line of work, the "bad apples" in medicine simply are not the reason that we are in the crisis we find ourselves in.

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Sensitive Skin Savers

Pandora Young | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sensitive Skin, Skin Care, Personal Care, Beauty, Style News
Pandora Young

Anyone plagued by a delicate epidermis knows just how treacherous the wrong toiletries can be. Lotions and soaps can be methods of torture for irritat...

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The Nine Commandments of Eco-Sex: Getting It on the Green Way in 2011

Stefanie Iris Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Argan Oil, Vegetarian, Raw Foods, Vegan, Green, Green Sex, Seduction, Coconut, Beauty, Hormones, Resolutions, 2011, Birth Control, Green Resolutions, Health, Greenwashing, Scrubs, Personal Care, Condoms, Sex Toys, 2011 Resolutions, Green News
Stefanie Iris Weiss

What's your number one resolution for 2011? If you answered, "getting more action," you've come to the right post. Whether you're looking to spice up your current relationship or start something new and steamy, here's how start doing it.

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Kiss My "Green" Lips

Deirdre Imus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cancer, Green Living, Toxins, Personal Care, Natural Products, Pregnancy, Cosmetics, Personal Care Products, Organic, Going Green, Health, Green, Teens for Safe Cosmetics, Teens, Green News
Deirdre Imus

Here's a reality check... the average consumer can use more than two dozen personal care products containing hundreds of chemical ingredients each day.

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Life Cycle: Will You Soap My Back?

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tub, Antiperspirant, Soap, Disposable Razors, Hygiene, Shower, Water, Environment, Green, Packaging, Environmental Impacts, Deodorant, Solar-Powered Razors, Low-Flow Showerhead, Personal Care, Simran Sethi, Sarah Smarsh, Green News
Simran Sethi

While the production of soap--or anything, really--has environmental repercussions all its own, the pretty smells in our personal care products have been linked to not-so-fine human ailments.

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