Think that the stinging sensation that occurs for several minutes after your new exfoliating or anti-aging product means that it’s really working? Think again.
Scrubbing, toning, and using mask after mask may not be the cure if your skin seems dull or irritated. So stop picking and prodding, and adopt a more gentle approach in order to get your skin back to looking its best.
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Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich announced an expansion of the Illinois Healthy Women program to cover 45,000 more women each year.
The Illinois Healthy Women program, created by Gov. Blagojevich in 2004, promotes healthy births and economic independence by providing reproductive health and family planning services to low-income women, free of charge.
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Yoga and Depression
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and McLean Hospital have found that practicing yoga may elevate brain gamma-aminobutyric (GABA) levels, the brain’s primary inhibitory neurotransmitter.
Manicures are just about every woman’s favorite way to relax and get pampered. However, there are some precautions that should be taken when getting your nails done at a salon.
Being choosy about where you get your manicure done can mean the difference between having gorgeous nails and having a nail and skin care nightmare.
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Skin Lesions
Microarray technology, now makes it possible to more definitively identify skin lesions in mice that are thought to be at high risk of progressing to a type of cancer known as squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
Microarray technology allows researchers to simultaneously compare the degree to which hundreds of genes are expressed (converted into proteins).
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Researchers in the U.S. say that just 10 minutes of exercise a day can help even the most inactive overweight women.
This will be a relief to many women who are over-whelmed by the dogma which dictates that exercise must be an all or nothing affair to offer any physical value.
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Update your bag or tricks — and your makeup bag — with these new rules for women of color.
With so many new, beautiful cosmetics options for women of color, it’s time to throw out that old, dated, just-doesn’t-work-anymore makeup advice! Here, fresh takes on old dark-skinned beauty thinking from Byron Barnes, creative director of Iman Cosmetics:
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Believe it or not, many women, full-figured and thin alike, battle the dreaded double chin. Everything from extra pounds to weight loss to poor posture can exacerbate this problem, and minimizing its appearance can seem like an impossible task.
But take heart: There are beauty and fashion tricks you can use to create the illusion of a longer, slimmer, double-chin-free neck. Here’s how:
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Manicures are just about every woman’s favorite way to relax and get pampered.
However, there are some precautions that should be taken when getting your nails done at a salon.
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Recreational Water Illness
Many Iowans head to the swimming pool, aquatic park or a lake to catch a break from the summer heat, not to catch a recreational water illness.
In observance of National Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week (May 21-27), The Iowa Department of Public Health is highlighting the importance of healthy swimming behaviors and recreational water illness prevention.
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