Memory Loss Prevention: Pumping Iron Is Good for Your Brain!
By Joseph Safdieh, M.D.
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Through careful exercise, older women can empower themselves and improve their memory.
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For “Save Your Vision Month,” a Guide to Eye Emergencies
By Leila Rafla-Demetrious, M.D.
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What to do when something drastic—trauma, chemical burns, foreign-body intrusion, sudden visual loss—happens to your precious eyes.
Spring Training for Non-Athletes
By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
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Here are five easy ways to create a spring training regimen for busy women—exercise that doesn’t require taking the time to go to a gym.
JFK’s Peace Corps Call—Wish You’d Answered it? It’s Not Too Late!
By Judith A. Ross
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Those of us who are old enough to remember President Kennedy’s call to service in the 1960s are still eligible for the Peace Corps; indeed, 7 percent of current volunteers are over the age of 50.
Manners Matter
This is the second Q&A column by B. Elliott, a frequent WVFC commentator, on “doing the right thing” in our quickly evolving culture Feel free to contact Ms. Elliott at WFVC for solutions to your troublesome social problems.
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Ask Dr. Pat: “I’m writing about an embarrassing problem…”
By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D. and Lauri Romanzi, M.D.
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Three little words: pelvic organ prolapse. Dr. Lauri Romanzi explains what it is and how to deal with it.
iPad: The Great Equalizer?
By Chris Lombardi Why I became an early adopter, and why I think the new "luxury item" is the best thing to happen to women over 40 since cool reading glasses.
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Unemployed Over 50: A View from the Ground
WVFC's Diane Vacca profiles one woman who brings to life all those numbing headlines about job loss.
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The Compass Rose: Kindred Spirits
An attractive blonde, wine glass in hand, sidled up to my husband. I could tell she was smart. She subtly moved her gaze from one end of the room to the other, checking for eavesdroppers in the crowd, as though she and he were co-conspirators in a clandestine operation. I moved in and assumed a protective stance, prepared to prove…
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The News About Menopause and Cholesterol
Is your cholesterol on the rise? As if some women didn’t already have enough problems with symptoms of menopause — such as hot flashes, insomnia, decreased libido and mood swings — now they can add one more to the list. According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, menopause can be responsible for…
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Seasoned Journo Flouts Beijing, Speaks Truth to New Financial/ Old Political Powers
The once-bustling newsroom of Caijing, China’s premier business news publication, fell silent last month, when the star editor walked out followed by the editorial staff, who resigned en masse. Disagreements over censorship and money ignited as a long-simmering feud between editor Hu Shuli and her publisher, Wang Boming, came to a head in July and finally boiled over in November.…
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Powerful Women Video Newsmix: Judith Jamison, Meredith Baxter Birney, Diane Savino, Berta Oliver
Today, we’re doing a different kind of Newsmix — because our Youtube has been overflowing with the voices of women in midlife. Mostly, they’re not talking about midlife itself, but speaking from the well of strength and experience and power it represents, in connection with the most current of events. “I’m 40 years old, and I. . . “ Those…
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Woohoo! Heather McHugh! A powerful, playful 61-year-old poet wins a MacArthur Genius Award.
Let’s be crass at the outset. A half a million dollars. Five hundred thousand bucks, in quarterly installments of $25,000 for five years. That is enough security to stop a sculptor of stanzas in her tracks, but there is no question that it will most likely just help the iconoclastic poet Heather McHugh to keep on keeping on. (Editor’s note:…
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Women’s Equality Day: Are we there yet?
Women’s Equality Day, August 26, is a holiday first proposed by Rep. Bella Abzug, to honor the anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, which women finally gained our hard-earned right to vote. At WVFC, we take the struggle for that day seriously; see Patricia Allen Yarberry’s valentine to those Iron-Jawed Angels (published about a year ago). See below…
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