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Valentine's Day Giveaway Love is certainly in the air this month -- and we want to help you keep those giddy feelings alive and kickin' well past Valentine's Day! Leave a comment below letting us know how you and your sweetie keep the love alive and you could win a pair of tickets to our upcoming l
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Multitasking moms: Just say no! A study published last month in American Sociological Review shows that middle-class working mothers multitask more than their male partners (10 hours more per week) — and they’re not happy about it. Author Shira Offer, assistant sociology and anthropology professor
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By Patti Skelton-McGougan, Executive Director of Youth Eastside Services The holidays offer many delights, but the pace of travel and celebrations can add stress to family life. Taking a "gratitude break" — not just on one day, but every day — holds great benefits, as measured in a study at UC Da
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Exercising too much? Better (meno)pause From the department of “no good deed goes unpunished,” we have this news: A recent Japanese study—published in the December 2011 issue of the journal Menopause—found that women who exercised a lot were at “moderate but significant” risk for early menopause.
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Breast cancer awareness Last year, there were approximately 208,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer diagnosed in the United States. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. To kick off the observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, the Seattl
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In 2002, Medina resident Mary Alhadeff was a busy mother with a preschooler and 18-month-old twins when she learned she had a rare form of breast cancer. “The day I found out,” she recalls, “I looked at my babies and I thought, ‘Oh my God, I just don’t know what’s around the corner.’” Although stu
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Pregnant pause: Reasons to keep your weight gain in check Weight gain during pregnancy is crucial, but gaining too much can put women at risk for harmful weight gain later in life, according to a study published in the June 2011 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study’s author
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A new wrinkle study shows possible link between facial lines and osteoporosis That deep furrow between your eyebrows could indicate something more serious than a lifetime of squinting in the sun. WebMD reports that a study from the Yale School of Medicine has linked the deepness of a woman’s facial
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