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Posted by
Wendy on July 30th, 2010
By now I am sure that all of you are aware of which (triangled) numbers (found on the bottom of plastic containers) should be avoided when choosing consumable products, and which ones are (semi) safe! But, just so that we are all on the same page (so-to-speak,) with regard to this information, here is the [...]
Posted by
Wendy on July 23rd, 2010
Everything effects everything.
Everything effects everything…hmmmm…interesting!
The premise of this blog today, will be just that, that ‘Everything effects everything’…a very very empowering and conscious-enlivening notion!
FACTS:
1. No one, not anybody, not any person knows why a fibroid seeds itself within the muscularture of the uterus only ‘to bloom or not to bloom’ (that is the question) into [...]
Posted by
Tina on July 19th, 2010
I picked up a copy of the latest edition of Oprah’s Magazine, O, over the weekend. While I was intrigued by the temptation of 265 UNBELIEVABLE Bargains as described on the cover, I also came across an interesting article about the increasing use of professional patient advocates by patients trying to navigate the health care maze.
The article shared [...]
Posted by
Wendy on July 16th, 2010
Another step has been taken towards the ongoing (reachable) goal of providing Focused Ultrasound as the FIRST choice offered to women in the treatment of fibroids! Focused Ultrasound is ‘on the map’…in INDIA!
A new facility opened at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai.
Col Manesh Masand, CEO of Jaslock Hospital and Research Centre said, “We have been at the forefront of medical [...]
Posted by
Wendy on July 9th, 2010
Two weeks ago my ‘Google Alert’ presented me with an article from “The Times Of India.” I was informed that the 26th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, held in Rome, had disclosed an exciting (new) study with some rather good news for fibroid sufferers. So as not to editorialize or [...]
Posted by
Tina on July 2nd, 2010
Fibroid Relief is excited by a recent announcement made at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Rome, Italy. A study shows promising use of an existing contraceptive drug to decrease the size of uterine fibroids without surgery! Click here for more details.
Posted by
Wendy on July 1st, 2010
“It was a dark and stormy night…”
Alright, it wasn’t! Hmmmm, wait, let’s see…
“It was an Africa-hot and raindrop-sized sweat-ball-inducing humid Wednesday!”
Well, whatever…the point is, I am under-the-gun (again) and am feeling quite challenged with ‘what to write’ and how to string beaded words into a beautiful sparkly FIBROID-related blog-necklace! One that YOU might find useful…useful enough anyway, [...]
Posted by
Tina on June 28th, 2010
A new blood test in the works may one day help a women determine when she will reach menopause. This may provide women and their physicians with another tool in the treatment of uterine fibroids.
Click here to read the article.
Posted by
Wendy on June 23rd, 2010
Hi, my name is Wendy, and…I am an addict!
For 38 years 4 months and 6 days, I have been habitually involved as a very willing participant in a ‘formalized’ addiction!!
To set the record straight (so-to-speak), the truth-of-the-matter is, that…[gulp]…I am (and can not remember when I wasn’t) addicted to exercise AND every aspect that involves the body-in-motion!
So now you [...]
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