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Elizabeth Taylor: An Immortal Who Knew How to Live

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor playing gin while on vacation at La Fiorentina, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, 1967. Photo credit: Condé Nast Archive. When the stunning news reached New York that George Gershwin had died after undergoing surgery for a brain ...[Read on]

Boy-Girl Differences Beg for More Brain Research

(WOMENSENEWS)--You're finally getting to know the new neighbors. They moved in a week ago, but you've had no chance to chat, which is surely why you didn't notice sooner that the woman is pregnant. Very pregnant, by the looks of it. "How wonderful!&...[Read on]

Update on the latest with Breast Cancer Research

According to the National Cancer Institute, breast cancer is the leading cancer death in women between the ages of 15 and 54 years old. Fortunately, medical advances and progressive treatments have made it possible for ninety six percent of women diagnos...[Read on]

WOMEN OF COMICON : DAY ONE

Day one. Adriana and I caught the 7:20am Amtrak to San Diego. Before reaching the entrance to the convention, we collected enough schwag to cloth a classroom full of Scott Pilgrim fans. I must admit the first day can be overwhelming. It's very hard for th...[Read on]

Jaclyn Murphy’s “big sisters”: Northwestern women’s lacrosse team

Jaclyn Murphy is no ordinary 14-year-old junior varsity lacrosse player. She’s got a great story, one which I’m thrilled to say the New York Times told the world this past weekend. In short, Jaclyn, four years ago, was a frail 10 year old being treat...[Read on]

Squash Food Cues & Lose Weight

Losing weight and keeping it off for good has a lot more to do with your head then your stomach. Your brain sends out satiety cues and it also stops you from grabbing a second piece of cake when you are already stuffed. Paying attention to what the unemot...[Read on]

Musical Mondays: Insatiable Banshees

This is a weekly installment I’ll be doing, well, weekly! It’s easy and fun, and works like so: Pick the book you’re currently reading, then think of a song or album that best matches the book. Even hitting shuffle on your musical player will do th...[Read on]

Eat Colorful Foods to Cut Cancer Risk by 40 Percent

If you could do something to prevent cancer, would you do it? You might say “yes,” but unfortunately you might not actually do it. How’s this for an alarming fact? At least one-third of annual cancer deaths in the United States are related to dieta...[Read on]

Gender: Your chance to learn more

Since the issue of intersexed individuals has arisen lately, I thought I would share these two opportunities to learn more. Especially because the Caster Semenya situation revealed just how little people seem to know. Granted, because intersex is an umbre...[Read on]

Musical Mondays: Superstition Time

So what’s “Musical Monday”? Just pick the book you’re currently reading, then think of a song or album that best matches the book. Even hitting shuffle on your musical player will do the trick. I don’t know about you, but songs pop into my head ...[Read on]

Musical Mondays: Wild Love

So what’s “Musical Monday”? Just pick the book you’re currently reading, then think of a song or album that best matches the book. Even hitting shuffle on your musical player will do the trick. I don’t know about you, but songs pop into my head ...[Read on]

Musical Mondays: Head Baker