Well Being Magazine

Is your teen protected from meningitis?

Since your baby’s birth, you have faithfully followed vaccine recommendations for everything from the HepB vaccine to DTaP, flu shots to the MMR vaccine, HPV and everything in between. As a parent, you feel pretty good about protecting your child from preventable diseases with age appropriate vaccinations, and now as they enter their mid-teens, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Not so fast. If your teen hasn’t had the Read more »

Protecting Your Skin from the Inside Out

You know the drill. Before you go out in the sun, you should lather on the sunscreen and wear protective clothing, head covers and sunglasses; you should also limit your time out in the middle of the day, all to protect your skin from the damaging rays of the sun. While those are all excellent ways to keep your skin safe, there is something else you can do that can Read more »

Weight Loss After Menopause: Why is it so hard?

Around the time you hit your mid- to late-forties you probably started noticing something different about your body. Even when you maintain your same diet and exercise routine, there’s a gradual uptick on the scales, and your best attempts to keep your weight in check just don’t seem to work the way they once did. What’s even worse, all the weight you put on seems to go straight to your Read more »

When it is more than the “baby blues”

It’s not unusual for new moms to find themselves in of whirlwind of emotions after giving birth – experiencing everything from excitement and joy, to fear and anxiety. In fact, most women experience a brief period of mood swings, crying spells, anxiety and sleeplessness, often referred to as “baby blues,” for a few days post delivery, beginning within the first two or three days after birth and lasting up to Read more »