The power of pleasure is in your own hands – literally!  The most common sexual practice on the planet isn’t what you’d think – it’s masturbation.  You don’t have to wait for someone to give you sexual satisfaction, and it’s not just something you do if you’re not in a relationship.  In magazine surveys, 72% of married men and 68% of married women said they (more…)

I mentioned Revival Soy products in my first book, Midlife Mamas on the Moon, and now a study from the Johns Hopkins University shows that Revival Soy products can reduce hot flashes and night sweats.  I don’t know about other forms of soy, but a high-quality Revival shake once a day significantly improved quality of life compared to placebo in this study.  These products (www.revivalsoy.com) have 6 times the concentration you’ll find in soy milk, so that may be a factor.

Who among us doesn’t have an occasional night when we can’t sleep?  A new drug called eplivanserin (Eclipse?) improves sleep duration and limits night-time wake-ups without the grogginess and rebound insomnia you find from other drugs.  Already in use in Europe, it will probably be introduced here this year.

“The Allergists were in favor of scratching it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves. The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neurologists thought the
Administration had a lot of nerve. Meanwhile, Obstetricians felt certain (more…)