what's your blood pressure

What’s Your Blood Pressure?

Do you get high blood pressure readings when you visit your doctor’s office? I know I almost always have high readings, even sometimes fairly alarming ones. I also know that my pressure is well within the normal range (best is 120/80) because I measure it at home at least a couple of times a week. … Read more

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Cocoa banishes wrinkles, too!

We all love our chocolate and recent research has given us myriad health reasons why that daily dose of dark chocolate is good for us. Now recent research shows us that chocolate—or at least a component of chocolate—can also erase wrinkles. What’s not to love? The benefit actually comes from the flavonoid-rich cocoa pod, the … Read more

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Join the sisterhood for a longer, better and wiser life

Make time for friends—real life ones, not the re-runs of the television show! More and more, science is proving what we woman have known forever: close friendships can help you live longer, better and wiser. In fact, some recent research suggests that building and maintaining social networks can add 30 years to your life. So … Read more