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Top Ten Ways To Retire Retirement
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- Retire the word “retirement” from your vocabulary. Look it up: it means to “withdraw” or “retreat.” Words can shape reality, and it’s time for this one to go. Doesn’t “renaissance” or “graduation” better describe your post-career life?.
- Realize that retirement is a relatively new concept in human evolution. A few generations ago, before social security and full-time leisure became culturally embedded as the “norm,” elders remained productive members of society, relied upon for their insight, wisdom and skills. Read More→
We all know how difficult it is to get the men in our lives (including ourselves!) to go to the doctor. But the longer they put it off, the more they put themselves at risk for tons of serious diseases—including prostate cancer.
More men get diagnosed with prostate cancer per year than women do with breast cancer, and yet men still tend to keep the topic under wraps. Well, no more, says Norris Beren! A top CEO and cancer survivor, Norris will educate, enlighten and inspire Living Fully After 40 Radio listeners who may be battling with the disease (or know someone who is). With more cases being diagnosed every day, it’s time to get this topic out in the open where it belongs—and Norris is here to do just that Read More→
Addiction Codependency is the pandemic issue currently affecting the lives of over 40 million American adults.
In the book, Fine…ly—My Story of Hope, Love, and Destiny, Randi Fine’s exposé is a beacon of light for the myriad of sufferers who don’t know where to turn for help. With five decades of hard-earned insights, and with unguarded vulnerability, Ms. Fine offers hope, validation, and meaning to all who read her story.
Randi Fine’s spiritually uplifting memoir, Fine…ly, examines the underlying issues that began in her childhood, and then builds the codependent experience brick by brick. The true story follows the author’s complex journey that spans more than fifty years, and explains society’s Read More→
FDA approves new dose of FASLODEX in the fight against metastatic breast cancer
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FDA approves new dose of FASLODEX in the fight against metastatic breast cancer
(ARA) – For the approximately 155,000 women in the US who are currently living with metastatic breast cancer,1 an effective treatment option may offer more disease control. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new dose of a medicine called FASLODEX® (fulvestrant) Injection for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer whose disease has spread after treatment with antiestrogren medicine. FDA approval is based on a clinical study that showed FASLODEX 500 mg delayed breast cancer progression by 20 percent compared to the previously approved 250-mg dose and had a comparable safety profile.2
“For women with metastatic breast cancer, the treatment approach centers on slowing the progression of cancer,” said Gershon Locker, MD, Senior Medical Director AstraZeneca Medical Affairs. “FASLODEX 250 mg has been an option for some patients for some time, and now we know that FASLODEX 500 mg is better at delaying that progression.”2,3 Read More→
AVOID MAKING COMMON MISTAKES
By Dr. Eva Mor
In my book Making the Golden Years Golden, I help the reader develop plans for their future retirement. Women tend to be less prepared then men. In this article I address the women that are more likely to be less financially savvy, and thus make costly mistakes.
The statistics show that women live longer than men, on the average 8-10 years longer, 50 percent of marriages end in divorces, so you must be prepared to manage your finances wisely if you should be one of the women that are living on their her own. The following are 10 mistakes that are most commonly made as well as suggestions of how to avoid them, or correct them:
- Being unfamiliar with finances.
Women tend to let their spouses handle family finances and all related decisions. Protect yourself by making sure you know of all investments, all accounts, and your name appears on all of them. Joint ownership establishes your legal right to all assets in the event of your spouse becoming ill, or the unfortunate event of the marriage ending. Read More→
Making the Golden Years Golden with Dr. Eva Mor on Living Fully After 40, 12-9-2010
Posted by: | CommentsDr. Mor an epidemiologist and a health care specialist. She also holds a Masters degree in Gerontology and Health Administration.
For the last 25 years Dr. Mor has dedicated her career to bettering the lives of the elderly. She has done so through work in nursing homes, chronic disease institutions, and acute care hospitals, as well as in home care services. She has been part of planning committees for the improvement of health services for seniors, and has done research to find out what services are available for this specific population, and what should be developed in the future.
Bitter Melon and its Many Health Benefits
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Bitter Melon and its Many Health Benefits
Author: by Brent Boyd
Many vegetables are known for their numerous health benefits. Diets composed of more vegetables can reduce the risk of chronic disease and other health ailments. Vegetables can supply the body of necessary nutrients like vitamins, minerals, and fiber that are vital for development and maintenance of the body and internal organs. In addition, many vegetables contain disease-fighting phytochemicals that can help reduce the risk of different kinds cancers, heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
One such health-promoting vegetable is called bitter melon or bitter 
gourd (Momordica Charantia). Aside from being a food source, bitter gourd is also used as a source of alternative medicine. This vegetable grows in tropical areas like East Africa, Asia, South Africa, and the Caribbean. It is rich in iron, calcium, potassium, beta carotene, and phosphorus. Improving the body’s insulin levels is one of the primary health benefits of bitter melon. Read More→
Stephan Dorlandt is an 18 year veteran of the natural products industry. He has owned a health food store, performed over 10,000 live blood cell consultations as a clinical nutritionist, and he currently owns and operates a dietary supplement company. His products are sold by practitioners (MD’s, chiropractors) and health food stores. Stephan’s writing has appeared in Clinical Psychiatry News, Erboristeria Domani, Neurology Today, and Natural Products Marketplace. His first book, “DR GOURD: What Bitter Melon Can Do For You,” was published in March, 2010.
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) nonprofit APOPS website now live
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By Sherrie Palm
After a couple of months of loading information vital to help women with pelvic organ prolapse and getting the bugs worked out, the APOPS-Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support Inc, website is finally ready to go. I’d like to invite and encourage you to check out our site and please share this email with ALL women you know-women with incontinence issues should check out the POP questionnaire link below and if the “shoe fits”, take a copy of it to their physicians to get checked for POP. Read More→
Five things to know about the 2010-2011 flu season
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(ARA) – Last year’s flu season turned out to be less severe than initially feared, perhaps because the H1N1 scare made people more vigilant about flu vaccinations. Still, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average of 24,000 people in the U.S. die from the flu each year, and more than 275,000 were hospitalized from just the H1N1 virus last season.
Now another flu season is upon us. And while the World Health Organization has declared an end to the H1N1 pandemic, the organization expects the virus to circulate for years to come and to continue affecting young people most severely. That means getting vaccinated against the flu is just as important as ever. Read More→