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By Colette Bouchez If you’re anything like me, finding a foundation that doesn’t go into fine lines (or deep lines) has been  like looking for the holy grail or the Maltese Falcon: It’s just not going to happen.  In fact, I’ve found that regardless of  who’s doing the promoting or what’s in the ads, most foundations touted as “anti-aging”  - including mineral make-ups -  have been a huge disappointment, failing to deliver on one of their key promises: To make our skin look younger. Or, at the... Read Full Story

By Colette Bouchez If you’ve been using nutritional cranberry supplements to keep your UTI (urinary tract infections) under control there is both good news and bad. A new study funded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development and just published in the Archives of Internal Medicine reports that antibiotics are more effective than cranberries at controlling recurring UTIs. But, the study also showed that antibiotics increase your risk of developing a drug-resistant... Read Full Story

By Colette Bouchez  Whether you’re 40  and just beginning to see the signs of aging, or 55, 65 or more  and looking to get rid of those wrinkly hands of time, if you're anything like me  you can't resist a new anti-aging product. As the fall season approaches we're seeing a bumper crop of such new treatments,  all  designed to  tease and tantalize us with the promise of youth and  a variety of new technologies and ingredients. The good news: Whether you have ten bucks to spend – or... Read Full Story

By Colette Bouchez Thinking about trying some anti-wrinkle Botox Cosmetic injections, but feeling just a bit squeamish about needles in your face? Try inhaling some lavender essential oil just before you hit the dermatologist's office and the whole treatment may seem a lot easier to endure. That’s the suggestion of a new study just published in the June issue of the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology by doctors from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Baumann Cosmetic and... Read Full Story

If you’re one of many women turning to alternative medicine as a way of dealing with hot flashes during menopause or breast cancer treatment, you might want to cross flaxseed off your list. That's the suggestion of a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology   which found this natural treatment ineffective in controlling hot flashes. In this randomized, placebo-controlled study of 188 women, doctors from the Mayo Clinic and the North Central... Read Full Story

One of the most devastating aspects of being treated for breast cancer is the lingering fears over how long you'll remain healthy - and whether or not your cancer will recur Now, in a study published today in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment , doctors from Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center say they have discovered a way to take the fear out of post-cancer care with a new test that can determine with some certainty, who is likely to develop a recurrance and... Read Full Story

  Printed handbags are all the rage this season!  Here’s how to get the look with an extra little bit of Parisian chic! By Colette Bouchez What do Paris and New York City have in common – other than fabulous restaurants, great chocolate and amazing places to view great works of art? Well as of right now they have Kasia Dietz, a New York designer who moved to Paris and is taking the international world of design by storm . Her raison d'être: A collection of unique, reversible handbags, totes... Read Full Story

By Colette Bouchez If you’re a fan of  Clairol Natural Instincts home hair coloring, you might want  to skip it  this month and  splurge on a trip to the salon instead.  The reason?  Proctor and Gamble – the parent company of Clairol – has just recalled 10 of it’s most popular shades for what they are calling “unwanted  color results”. The voluntary recall involves  three color waves of Natural Instincts home hair coloring products including two shades of brown,  six Creme shades of brown and... Read Full Story

Photo Courtesy of GreenFertility.com  By Colette Bouchez As the effort to get pregnant over the age of 35 can increase, sometimes to Herculean proportions,  any piece of the puzzle, no matter how small, is worth finding. And that was truly the case last week when one of the biggest mysteries in reproductive medicine was solved: How exactly does  his  sperm know where to go find  your  egg - and once it does, what triggers the ability to get inside so fertilization can occur.  This is... Read Full Story

By Colette Bouchez Have heart disease? Wondering if you’re at risk? Looking for new ways to improve your heart health - besides eating all that leftover chocolate from Valentine's Day? As we hit the midway point in the Wear Red/ Women’s Heart Health Awareness month, the American College of Cardiology is offering some important new tools for not just learning about your heart health, but taking control of your risks – and maybe even saving your own life! Among them is a set of five free... Read Full Story