About 67 million Americans — a third of all adults — have hypertension, a symptom-less disease that is a major contributor to heart disease, stroke and kidney disease. But we’re tracking this silent killer with random readings from a device that was invented in the 1890s. A better solution is...
Last year, a 38-year-old friend sent me a link to an article titled “My Secret Grief: Over 35, Single, and Childless” by “Savvy Auntie” author Melanie Notkin about her heartbreak over not having children with the email subject line “She nailed it!”
I quickly replied with the answer...
Antioxidants seem to be in everything these days. Just walk down the aisle in your local grocery store, and you’ll see the shelves lined with products boasting they contain antioxidants.
But how safe are they? Should we be loading up on them? Are antioxidants the same as vitamins...
When night sweats, hot flashes and other signs of menopause come to call, many women find themselves desperate to soothe their symptoms.
For some, the search for relief will lead them to consider bioidentical hormone therapy, a treatment that has been popularized by such...
NEW YORK — When I found out I was pregnant, I didn’t really want to tell my friends. We’d talked about babies, over wine and second draft feature articles at a nonfiction writers’ group, and everyone agreed that if you’re smart, you wait until you’re 35. “There’s too much to do before then!” said one of the women. I was 26 when I got pregnant,...
