I’ve never been a fan of New Year’s resolutions, since I find myself making the same ones year after year. Wash, rinse and repeat. I guess that means they never really worked for me. Or perhaps instead it’s a matter of me being unrealistic: After all, setting new behaviors is not a once-and done. To achieve something truly worthwhile can take years of planning and hard work. Success is rarely … [Read more...] about Hindsight is 2020: Five New Year’s Resolutions Learned from Looking Back
7 Common Activities That May Be Damaging Your Eyes (and How to Stop)
You’re protecting your eyes from the sun, but do you know about these other dangers? “Although some causes of vision loss can’t be prevented, many can be avoided by taking simple precautions,” says Jeffrey Goshe, M.D., an ophthalmologist at Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute. Read about 7 ways to protect your eyes at Parade.com. … [Read more...] about 7 Common Activities That May Be Damaging Your Eyes (and How to Stop)
Keep Your Eyes Healthy With These Common Vision Changes
Along with the wrinkles, graying hair and creaky joints that often come with age, there’s another certainty: changes in your vision. It’s normal for most people, as they grow older, to have small changes in their vision, such as difficulty seeing while driving at night, problems focusing on objects close up and an increased sensitivity to glare. But Rishi Singh, M.D., a retina specialist at the … [Read more...] about Keep Your Eyes Healthy With These Common Vision Changes
10 Great Gift Ideas for the Healthy Woman in All Of Us
If you – or someone else – needs some inspiration for gift-giving or giving hints, here are some great, healthy ways to indulge in a gift that doubles as being good for you, the planet, and/or all of humanity. Check out the selections below, some of which come with an added gift of a discount. When life weighs you down... Sleep with this. Your precious sleep may suffer when the going … [Read more...] about 10 Great Gift Ideas for the Healthy Woman in All Of Us
What Netflix, Cisco and others are doing to support stressed-out working parents
Netflix, Cisco, Intuit and other employers are recognizing the value of parental leave policies for recruitment and retention and are supplementing existing benefits or creating new ones. Today 72% of moms are employed, either full-time or part-time. Of these, 55% have children younger than 18, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center analysis. Yet many U.S. companies don’t go beyond the … [Read more...] about What Netflix, Cisco and others are doing to support stressed-out working parents
Protect Your Peepers: 6 Easy Ways to Help Keep Your Eyes Healthy
You only have one pair of eyes, so keeping them healthy should be a top priority. Besides getting regular exams, feast your eyes on these six cool ways to maintain good vision. Read about 6 ways to keep your eyes healthy on Parade.com. … [Read more...] about Protect Your Peepers: 6 Easy Ways to Help Keep Your Eyes Healthy
How To Sleep Better Even Though Your Hormones Tell You Otherwise
Menopause and sleep: They can be rebellious roommates. The Sleep Foundation puts the number of menopausal women dealing with insomnia (and feeling less satisfied with their sleep in general) at 61%,1 but if you’re the one fighting to fall asleep and stay asleep, that number feels more like 100%. Read more about better sleep during menopause on JennyCraig.com. … [Read more...] about How To Sleep Better Even Though Your Hormones Tell You Otherwise
Everything You Need to Know About Home Medical Tests, Including Which Ones Tend to Be the Most Accurate
Curious to know if you have a urinary tract infection, high cholesterol, hepatitis C, HIV or colon cancer? Do you suspect you might have food allergies, a slow thyroid or sluggish metabolism? Now you can purchase a kit at the drug store, take it home and collect either a blood, urine, stool or saliva sample—and mail it off to a testing laboratory for a physician-reviewed analysis. Within days, … [Read more...] about Everything You Need to Know About Home Medical Tests, Including Which Ones Tend to Be the Most Accurate
Why Men and Women Feel Pain Differently
Billie Jean King won the battle of the sexes when she beat Bobby Riggs in a winner-take-all tennis match in 1973, but chances are, if she had sustained an injury in the match, things might have taken a different turn. That's because men and women experience pain differently, with women being the losers. Research finds that not only do women feel pain more often and more intensely than men, … [Read more...] about Why Men and Women Feel Pain Differently
The Ultimate Guide to Surviving the Winter Blues
Feeling sad lately? As the days get shorter and colder, you may feel tired and moody, depleted of energy or enthusiasm. That sad feeling is officially known as SAD, or seasonal affective disorder, and it's quite common, especially in wintertime. Although experts aren’t sure, one theory is that the seasonal changes disrupt your body’s circadian rhythm, your body’s 24-hour internal clock … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Guide to Surviving the Winter Blues