Written by Ffjorren Zolfahgar
Picture this print ad: a young woman is smiling a wide, toothy grin and she is happy to be alive. Of course, she is also donning an adorable outfit. Pretty swirls of blue, pink and brown flowers adorn the page. She is quoted saying things like, “I’ll do everything I can to [...]

Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). The virus infects the skin and mucous membranes. There are more than 40 HPV types that can infect the genital areas of men and women, including the skin of the penis, vulva (area outside the vagina), anus, and the linings of the vagina, [...]

PART 1
When people want to slow down the aging process maintaining a healthy liver is not something they think about. Usually the heart, skin and brain come to mind first. It may come up in the news when someone famous, like Walter Payton dies of liver disease.
Respect Your Liver – Your liver is critical to [...]

Written by Rita Shurtliff
There are many personal care products including deodorants and antiperspirants on the shelves today. The trend is to make deodorants and antiperspirants that smell like perfume. Have you ever considered what makes up the gel or white colored paste we slather under our arms to stay fresh and sweat free?  Remember the [...]

NEWSALERT
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may soon decide the future of a low-calorie, natural substance derived from the stevia plant. Stevia is of the sunflower family and native to subtropical and tropical South America and Central America. The strain of stevia isolated and awaiting a possible stamp of approval is called Rebaudioside A – [...]

HEALTHALERT
Screening Options for
Breast Cancer Detection
New noninvasive test may identify breast cancer up   to eight years earlier – now available at Tahoe Women’s Care
South Lake Tahoe – Revolutionary new test detects breast cancer cells eight years earlier. And Tahoe Women’s Care is the region’s only OB/GYN practice to offer this new HALO® breast test.
Women rank [...]

By Sara Piccola
There is no evidence as to why Nevada has the second highest suicide and depression rates, the highest divorce rate, and is a state with the highest drug use in the U.S.  The one thing we do know is we are all living here and are surrounded by these issues whether we are [...]

Protecting Milk
from Monsanto
From MOTHER EARTH NEWS, June 2008
Consumer opposition to artificial hormones in milk is rising, but Monsanto just won’t give up. Injecting cows with Monsanto’s genetically engineered rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone) is like injecting human athletes with illegal hormones and steroids. It may have a short-term performance-enhancing effect (in the cows’ case, 5 [...]

By Frank Shallenberger, MD, HMD
Phthalates:  Consider what you put on your child’s body & your own…
Here’s a good parlor question: “Anyone know what a phthalate is?”  Three years ago, the answer would have been short. “What in the world are you talking about?”  Well like so many other new words we battle with, you might [...]