To celebrate Women’s Health Foundation’s extraordinary first five years, we are hosting Below the Belt: Fighting for Women’s Pelvic Health, a star-powered event on June 4th, 2010. The event features a private acoustic set by multi-platinum singer/songwriter Jewel and the presentation of two awards- The Passion Award sponsored by POISE® and The Medical Activist...
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Congratulations to Bonita, who waxed poetic about her beloved toning sneakers! I have fallen in love with my Sketchers Shape-Ups…it was a splurge but then sometimes you have to treat yourself…and I DID! They really tone my legs and thighs…I am hoping the buttocks follow! lol I even took a picture for my FB...
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If you’ve been on our Facebook page, you know that we’re all a-twitter (see what I did there?) about National Women’s Health Week, a weeklong (May 9-15) health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health (OWH). The week kicked off with a Presidential Proclamation from President Obama:...
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It’s moments like these that make me fall in love with the Internet all over again. This morning, a Twitter friend (hi Kari!) shared this blog post from London blogger Antonia Cornwell, a sharp, funny, thirty-eight year old mother of two who is currently dealing with pelvic prolapse, as a result of her recent...
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Let’s bring the issues of pelvic health out into the light, via one of the most powerful platforms in the world- OPRAH! To end the 25th and final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah is asking us, her loyal audience, to tell her who we want on the show. So, let’s tell her!...
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If you’re very lucky, one day you’ll have an Ah-Ha moment when it comes to food. And it’ll blow all of those diet books, the magazine articles, the endless commercials and miracle drugs out of the water. It will be so simple, so obvious, that for the rest of your life, those fad diets...
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Ask any woman about foods that are good for the bladder and she’ll likely say, “Cranberry juice” and leave it at that. Cranberry juice, the old standby for preventing urinary tract infections, is as far as our knowledge extends. Frankly, I’m surprised Ocean Spray™ just doesn’t come right out and stamp a vajayjay on their...
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Check out this article at Conceive on how pelvic fitness can both improve your sex life and prepare your body for pregnancy!
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A few interesting Pelvic Health-related news bits that you might’ve missed this month… John Muir Health Center Opens Center for Women’s Continence & Pelvic Health (Source: Benzinga 2/4) John Muir Health, a community based, not-for-profit health care organization serving Contra Costa County (Walnut Creek, CA) and surrounding areas, is launching a new Center for...
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Watch Women’s Health Foundation founder Missy Lavender on The View! Missy was invited on The View to discuss Light Bladder Leakage, in conjunction with Poise’s 1 in 3 Like Me campaign. Take a look after the jump.
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