Posted February 06, 2012
Photoshop and other retouching software packages have come under fire in recent years especially when they're used for the purpose of advertising. According to recent Glamour magazine article the pushback against advertisers who regularly Photoshop their models is becoming an increasing trend. According to the articlemajor health organizations, like the American Medical Association, are calling […]
Read MorePosted February 05, 2012
Most women are exposed to thousands of pictures over a lifetime of women with high heels and long legs. It is become one of the standards of beauty. A recent New York Times article looked at the science behind wearing high heels and exposed how damaging it can be. According to the article women who […]
Read MorePosted January 30, 2012
The popular Brazilian blowout product shot to popularity mostly due to celebrity endorsements. A cloud with talk of unsafe chemicals haunted the product for the past year or so. Now the Attorney General has made it official the chemicals are dangerous and customers must be warned. According to recent article in the Orange County Register Attorney […]
Read MorePosted January 22, 2012
The concept of energy healing goes back thousands of years and is rooted in Asian history. The US government funded a study to determine if energy healing could relieve fatigue felt by breast cancer patients. According to the Los Angeles Times energy healers say they can detect and channel and even manipulate this energy in […]
Read MorePosted January 04, 2012
They say that the mind is a powerful part of everything that we do. According to a recent article the brain has a lot more to do with our success in dieting then we give it credit for. According to a post in Time online magazine, a new study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) suggests that prolonged […]
Read MorePosted January 02, 2012
As America struggles with the obesity epidemic, finding the source seems to be an important component to finding a cure. According to Channel 2 news fat is hereditary. About half our propensity to gain weight or not is inherited,” says Dr. Steve Smith, an obesity expert and scientific director of Sanford-Burnham Translational Research Institute for Metabolism […]
Read MorePosted December 29, 2011
You do not have to look very far to find someone who has suffered a hangover. As the new year approaches many expect to join the ranks of sufferers. Advice for how to prevent or cure a hangover is not in short supply. According to the Los Angeles Times studies show that no matter how […]
Read MorePosted December 28, 2011
January is the diet month of the year. Cloaked in New Year’s resolutions, marketing companies live for this month. Most Americans have tried several different diets over a number of years. According to the Los Angeles Times most of us eat more fruits and vegetables, many choose an established weight loss program, and one in four of us […]
Read MorePosted December 27, 2011
The beginning of the year predictably has the most number of weight loss ads. The most common resolution is to lose weight for the New Year. But, what about those who have lost the weight and managed to keep weight off? What should their New Year’s resolution be? Believe it or not, many of these […]
Read MorePosted December 25, 2011
As we approached the last week of the year, it is the perfect time to reflect upon what is important not only to our lives physically, but also to our appearance. Of course with each passing year we age and it is impossible to ignore the signs of aging as time progresses. Often women who […]
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