Are you having a vein/vain emergency? “We have dry heat! We have steam! We have moisturizing cream! We have mud packs! It’s a rigorous regime. Not a wrinkle when you twinkle or a waddle when you walk. Of course, there’s bound to be a little suffering. Eternal youth is worth a little suffering.” So sings a chorus of Hollywood aes... Read more »
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		Going through ‘the change’? Our mothers often called it “The Change.” That is, if we heard them speak of it at all. One of my colleagues told me he diagnosed menopause by the number of phone calls the spouse made to him. One morning he received a call from the husband of a long-standing patient saying, “She moved into [.... Read more »
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		Premature births on the rise The chances of a pregnant woman in the United States having a healthy, normal pregnancy and childbirth are good—but not nearly as good as they used to be. Preterm birth, defined as occurring three weeks before the due date, now occurs in one out of every eight births in the United States. This is ... Read more »
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		A slim love story Janet Parson says it wasn’t the change in her husband’s physical appearance that ended their 35-year marriage, it was the drastic change in his personality. Janet and J.C. Parson were high school sweethearts who tied the knot in May 1973, just two weeks after graduating from Campus High School. ... Read more »
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		Smart for Life For Kathryn Schroeder, 44, the news of her success is the real deal. She did it with Smart for Life® a medical weight-loss program best known for its appetite-suppressing meal replacement cookies. The program not only took off the pounds—it taught Schroeder to keep her body efficient and energize... Read more »
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		Melissa Cohlmia: Breast cancer survivor Each year, more than one million women worldwide will be told they have breast cancer. One Wichita breast cancer survivor, Melissa Cohlmia, says she knew something was wrong nine years ago. “I found the lump on a Thursday,” she says. “By the following Friday I’d had my mastectomy.” Cohlmia... Read more »
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		Baby your baby You want to care for your baby well—to show him or her love and understanding every moment of every day. But you know that doing so will require more than memorizing a few lullabies or nursery rhymes. Most new parents and parents-to-be feel overwhelmed with questions and concerns: How will we take... Read more »
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		Relay for Life brings victors, supporters tog... It was August 2003 when Monty Williams first heard his doctor say “esophageal cancer.” Williams was driving home to Cheney from his job as an analyst at Spirit Aerosystems when the diagnosis came over the phone. Stunned and shaken, he nearly ran off the road. “I had to pull over, I was so upse... Read more »
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		Certain hand disorders occur more often in wo... Did you ever think about all the things you use your hands for every day? Your hands help you brush your teeth, change clothes, play sports, cook, eat, type, text, drive, carry things — the list is endless. Most of us take our hands for granted until an injury or illness limits their use. When [..... Read more »
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