What Women Want, Think Should Be Done and at What Cost? A new poll released Wednesday by the Independent Women’s Forum shows that only 16 percent of women believe that health care should be Congress’s top priority and that a majority (51 percent) is unsatisfied with what they have read, seen, or heard about the [ Read More ]
Archive for October, 2009
Leading Obesity Experts and Entertainment Industry Executives Develop fitsmi.com for Teen Girls and fitsmi.com/moms for their Moms to Fight the Teen Obesity Epidemic Professionals from the entertainment industry have teamed with leaders in obesity treatment to create the first web destinations that offer affordable and accessible weight management support to overweight teen girls and their [ Read More ]
Be prepared to avoid food-allergy horrors at Halloween The haunted happenings of Halloween are upon us and soon we’ll be carving pumpkins, dressing in costumes and telling spooky stories. But if your child has a food allergy, what’s at the bottom of his or her trick-or-treat bag may be more frightening than any ghost or [ Read More ]
Firm supports growth of high-potential women-owned businesses Ernst & Young LLP is proud to announce the nine winners of the 2009 Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Women(TM) competition, an annual program designed to accelerate the growth of high-potential businesses founded by women entrepreneurs. The winners were selected from a competitive pool of applicants residing across [ Read More ]
In a culture that values super-model-Barbie-doll-celebrity-of-the-moment ideals, how does a woman cope when dealing with a round belly, gray hair and flabby arms? The October issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource looks at American cultural pressure on youthful appearance and offers ways to accept the changes of aging — wrinkles and all. At any age, [ Read More ]
Advances in hearing aid design and technology mean more and better choices for consumers. The October issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource covers the pros and cons of various styles, from those that are barely noticeable to others that resemble the latest phones and come in stylish colors. Most of today’s hearing aids work by [ Read More ]