Pregnancy can be a wonderful moment. You wait nine months to receive two things: a beautiful baby and 25 extra pounds. Most women tend to lose a few pounds or so after having their baby. If you breastfeed you tend to shed more pounds because more calories are being burned. However, most women tend to gain more than recommended depending on what pregnancy this is or their diet. These are the women who feel misshapen after their delivery and desperately want to gain their body back.

The one question that strikes a cord with every woman after having a baby is [...]

In the past few years, I have become a professional patient. I have been in and out of the doctor’s office and hospital. There are times when I felt like I should just move in. I have dealt with the pain of the doctors pushing on me, and the medical tests that they have put me through. I have reported any new symptoms that have come up. It does not take a degree to become a “professional patient,” it just takes an illness. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia about two years ago.

According to the National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA), it is [...]

In my last article, we talked about how to gradually begin running. In this article, we will talk about what to do right before you actually go run; in other words, stretching.

If you ever happened to have a physical education class in school, you are probably familiar with a stretching routine of some sort. Feet together; then, touch your toes. Sit with the soles of your feet facing inward, and press your knees toward the ground. Assume Downward Facing Dog, and transition into the Open Lotus position while simultaneously attaining enlightenment.

It seems that no matter the sport, the general belief [...]

So you think you know what running is, right? Side cramps, pain, agony, and goofy shorts—most people associate these things with what is popularly known as running. However, other than watching Forrest Gump, very few people really know anything about it.

Maybe you see someone run by your house every day. Maybe you occasionally watch a high school track meet. Whatever the case, it is impossible to observe what running is. You have to experience it. Running is for the runner, not for the observer.

So if you do decide to give running a try, or a second, third, or fourth try, [...]

A spa located in the Hershey Hotel offers guests a chance to enjoy phytogenic skin care. The men and women working in that spa understand how to provide their clients’ skin with added nutrition. They know how to penetrate into the skin, allowing the deep areas of the skin access to important chemicals.

Most skin care products concentrate on the outer skin cells. Yet everyday, large numbers of those cells become loose; everyday the outer skin needs to replace lost skin cells. The replacement cells come from the deep skin. Deep skin cells divide and move up to the skin’s surface, [...]

Plastic surgeons present abdominoplasty as a promising solution to a cosmetic problem. That problem has resulted from a stretching of skin cells in one area of the body. Of course, underneath that excess, that region of stretched skin, lays a good deal of stored fat. Abdominoplasty, also known as a “tummy tuck,” has become the standard way to remove such skin and fat. As a [...]

“A History of Feminist Movements in the U.S.” is a tour through time of what women have went through for their rights. These were women who fought the struggle and won rights that have improved the lives of women today. Anna Cooper, an educated ex-slave , is one such woman who fought in the movement for all women just not African-American women. She felt that [...]

With the wars raging in Iraq and Afghanistan we really pray for those troops. We know they are fighting for their country and they proudly represent the USA. The story that is never really told is that of the wives left behind with one, two, or even three or more children. She is left behind with the burden or responsibility of carrying on life to some [...]