preventative medicine

Owning EXERCISE (It’s the New Vitamin C!)

Laura Fenamore, February 2, 2011

Exercise Preventative Medicine

The high of the holiday season is over, and we’ve now moved into a far less festive time of year – cold and flu season. But we’re fighting disease with all we got – we take preventative action. We wash our hands often, drink orange juice, take immunity supplements, and get flu shots.

Shouldn’t we do the same for our general health?

Should We Vaccinate Our Kids?

Lissa Rankin, January 6, 2011

vaccinate kids

You’ve all heard the rumors -- that childhood vaccines may cause autism and might actually cause more harm than good. This kind of rumor didn’t exist back when I was a kid. People were so grateful to actually HAVE vaccines, since my mother’s generation lost loved ones or witnessed devastating disability because of diseases like polio, tetanus, and small pox. But things have changed. When I went to vaccinate my baby, other Mommy & Me mothers raised eyebrows. You’d have thought I was needling my daughter with poison.

Gauging Your Risk For Breast Cancer

Lissa Rankin, September 8, 2010

Hello, Pinkies! 19 days until the launch of Dr. Lissa Rankin's book What's Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend, on shelves September 28 (preorder here)! If you have a question you'd like Dr. Lissa Rankin to answer in her blog, please join the What's Up Down There posse in our Owning Pink community, and be sure to check the book tour page and Team Pink headquarters for all the deets on Lissa's upcoming travels...

Q: I don’t have a history of breast cancer in my family, but neither did my best friend who was diagnosed last year. Her experience really rattled me. I do my best to exercise, eat healthy and go for annual mammograms. But I’d still like to know if there’s a way to gauge my risk. Any suggestions?