Jessica Ashley, Shine staff’s Blog
By Jessica Ashley, Shine staff Last updated: Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:08pm PST-
Nathalie Blanchard, an IBM
employee who has been on leave from her job for 18 months after
being diagnosed with "major
depression", uploaded herself out of her
disability benefits.… Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (55) | Blog
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While the well-publicized controversy over revised recommendations for the onset and frequency of mammograms is still being batted around by women, their doctors, government officials, and cancer organizations, more news has been released about changed guidelines for another popular cancer screening for women. Read More »
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In the Body Watch column of the TimesOnline this week, there was a very important health story that I think we should all bookmark and put on our radar as a seriously womanly concern for the remainder of 2009 and possibly into the 2010s.
It's quite serious, friends. It's a matter of (brace yourselves) cankles.
And not just any cankles. GWYNETH PALTROW'S CANKLES. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (21) | Blog
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When the news broke yesterday that 35-year old Anissa Mayhew suffered a massive stroke, social networking sites and blogs exploded with messages of support, prayers, and memories meant to inspire hopeful conversation about the mother and blogger.
It is not the first time this has happened. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (15) | Blog
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A woman died in a nursing home in New York on Monday and is remembered as a gardener and world traveler. While her family and friends may be mourning her loss this week, to most of us, her death would be relatively unremarkable. Read More »
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A government task force reversed long-standing recommendations on when women should start having mammograms and how often they should have them. According to the new standards, women should start having mammograms at age 50 rather than at 40, and should have them every two years. Just as shocking, the task force said breast self-exams are not effective and women should not be instructed to do them monthly. Read More »
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For years, I've been an active woman who didn't dare call herself an athlete. I've chosen challenging workouts but have not ever pushed myself completely out of the comfortable little box. I've done burlesque, belly dance, and some tough strength and walking training, but I've opted out of many opportunities to do the the activity that has scared me the most -- running. Read More »
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I am not a big sports fan. I
will go to a game and cheer but I don't have very much patience
for the rules or stats or plays. I love the Olympics but I
don't have it in me to follow those athletes throughout the
year on Saturday afternoon coverage of figure skating or swimming
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When I read today's Daily Beast
headline, "Does Suzanne Somers Cause Cancer?" I thought
it was meant to be a funny, or possibly snarky take on how an actor
best known for promoting the Thigh Master had suddenly become an
expert in alternative medicine. (We've criticized her here… Read More »
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It's no secret that I've wanted to become a runner for a long time. And I am not offering up breaking news by reporting that I have struggled with having enough commitment, energy, and faith in myself to go from wanting to be a runner to actually becoming one.
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