Category: Health

Love Being Woman Giveaway

Love Being Woman Giveaway

Congratulations to our winners…
Christine Higgs from QLD
Tim Williams from WA
We have 2 Be Be personal massagers (yes, vibrators!) valued at $119 each to give away. Read on to find out more about this great Australian product and how you could win one.
Creators, Aussie mums Lisa and Kristine from Love Being Woman, were sick of the [...]

Year of the Blood Donor 2009

Year of the Blood Donor 2009

To coincide with the 80th anniversary of blood collection services in Australia, the Federal Government has designated 2009 the Year of the Blood Donor. The 14th June 2009 is also World Blood Donor Day. It’s an opportunity to showcase and recognise the Millions of special donors all over the world and hear from the people [...]

World Lupus Day May 10

World Lupus Day May 10

If you are a fan of the television show “House”, you just might have heard of LUPUS before, as it seems to be Dr House’s default diagnosis most of the time. But really the most common response I get when I tell people that I have suffered from Lupus for 19 years is, “Lupus [...]

Mon.thly

Mon.thly

Mon.thly is an interesting new website. It’s a easy tool to help you keep track of your menstrual cycles.
Each time you start a new period, login and add the date to your Mon.thly account. After a few months, it will be able to predict given you past history when your next cycle will start. It [...]

Who wants to be a big loser?

Who wants to be a big loser?

Are you scales screaming at you for help? 
In the forums we are putting a call out for all the fatties to join us in the 12 week AFW Biggest loser challenge. Lots of girls have already signed up to be a loser,  to hopefully lose weight and make some healthy life changes.
The challenge starts tomorrow, [...]

Regular breast screening – our best tool in the fight against breast cancer

Regular breast screening – our best tool in the fight against breast cancer

Thanks to celebrities such as Olivia Newton John, Anastacia, Kylie Minogue and Belinda Emmett, there is a significant increase in breast cancer awareness among women of all ages. But how many women over the age of 40 years old do you know who put off their regular mammogram for weeks or even months?
I’m yet to [...]

Fighting hunger with word power

Fighting hunger with word power

Free Rice is a online vocabulary game that will help you learn as well as help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.
Since it’s 7 October launch, Free Rice has donated over 1.5 billion grains of rice which is enough to feed 75 000 people for one day.
The idea is simple, [...]

Almost half of Australian women aged 18-41 were sexually abused as a child

Megan at ImginIf  writes about a story in the Sun Herald today. Research that shows a staggering 45 per cent of women were abused as children by family members, friends or strangers. 
Abuse ranged from non-contact behaviour such as indecent exposure or being forced to watch pornography, through to rape. It found 75 per cent of [...]

October is Breast Cancer Month-How you can help

Right around the world, October is Breast Cancer Month. A whole month devoted to raising awareness and funds to help fight breast cancer.
It is estimated that some 1.2million people worldwide will be diagnosied with Breast Cancer worldwide.
There are many ways that you can get involved to help spread the word and raise much needed [...]

What every woman should know about Breast Cancer

Over 13,000 Australian women are diagnosed with Breast Cancer every year.
We hear so much about Breast Cancer these days, but how do we know what is fact and what is fiction?
The National Breast Cancer Center have produced a free DVD to give women the facts about risk factors, the types of breast changes to look [...]

Get your shit together!

Do you need help getting your shit together? Well Craig Harper and his challenge maybe just what you need!
Today if the start of Craig’s Inaugural Get-Yer-Shit-Together Challenge, but it’s not to late to join in.
“If you’re a person who has a history of ‘almost’ doing stuff… then this little challenge might be the opportunity [...]

Your face as you get less young

Three part series on how the face ages and surgery free options to prevent progression of visible aging by Dr Jo Turner; Cosmetic Physician Brisbane. Dr Jo has her own business Skin Revision and Blog on skin care and Cosmetic medicine. Skin Revision
As we get less young, and we see visible signs of this [...]

Lifting Weights–A Guide for Real Women, Part 3

The following is part 3 of a 3 part series on lifting weights for beginners by guest blogger, Maria Gajewski. She has gone from a weakling to squatting 65 lbs (30 kilos) all without looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger. You can find her blogging about personal and organizational change at Never the Same River Twice
Part [...]

Lifting Weights–A Guide for Real Women, Part 2

The following is part 2 of a 3 part series on lifting weights for beginners by guest blogger, Maria Gajewski. She has gone from a weakling to squatting 65 lbs (30 kilos) all without looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger. You can find her blogging about personal and organizational change at Never the Same River Twice
Part [...]

Lifting Weights – A Guide for Real Women, Part 1

The following is part 1 of a 3 part series on lifting weights for beginners by guest blogger, Maria Gajewski. She has gone from a weakling to squatting 65 lbs (30 kilos) all without looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger. You can find her blogging about personal and organizational change at Never the Same River Twice

Part 2 [...]

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