Birth Control: Your Rights, Right Now

Q: Health-care reform is under fire. What are some significant changes women will see if the new policies stick?
As complicated and imperfect as the process was, it was the biggest increase in health-care coverage for women and their families that they will ever see in their lifetimes. It is historic. Getting rid of insurance bias for preexisting conditions is huge. Being a victim of domestic violence, having a cesarean section, or being pregnant are no longer reasons to deny someone insurance coverage, and in the past they have been.

Q: What will the impact be on a woman's basic health-care needs?
It will be tremendous. One of the most exciting things is that under the women's healthcare amendment put forth by Senator Barbara Mikulski, further preventive care will be available without co-pay; the Department of Health and Human Services is now deciding what this will include. Lots will be covered under this, including mammograms.

Q: Will birth control be covered without co-pay?

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Source: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/health-reform-law

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Personal Lubes For Hotter Sex

Call it the Goldilocks rule of great sex: When it comes to lubrication, too much or too little can cause your sack session to flop. But when there's just the right amount, it boosts below-the-belt sensations. "Lubrication is your body's way of telling you that you're turned on," says Mary Jane Minkin, M.D., a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Yale University School of Medicine. "You can't have comfortable or successful sex without it."

Every woman lubricates differently?there's no "normal" amount of wetness?and most women should be able to tell when they're good to go. But if you find yourself bone-dry when you're ready to jump his bones, don't worry: Figuring out the reasons and solutions will ensure that you both enjoy a smooth ride.

High and Dry

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Source: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/sex-and-relationships/sex-lubes

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Blood, Sex and a C-Section [Mixed Martial Arts Experiment Update & Videos!]

Oh well if I can have a rainbow mowhawk and a fancy nickname like Dan the Outlaw Hardy, I’m sold!   Tapout. It’s not just a clothing and equipment line for Mixed Martial Arts practitioners and their ring girls,it’s also the password into the very serious, highly entertaining and slightly strange sub-culture of MMA. What, you thought MMA was just a sport? So did I until I started this Experiment. True, other Experiments I have done have had significant devoted and vocal fan bases (holla Crossfitters!) but nothing has ever come close to matching MMA. These people need their own [...]

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Gingivitis Symptoms

Gingivitis is the inflammation of gum tissue often caused by poor dental hygiene. It can cause swollen gums, gum tissue to become inflamed red or purple, bleeding gums, and gums which are often sore or tender. While proper oral hygiene is the most common preventative cure for gingivitis, there are two different types of the [...]

Source: http://yxhealth.com/disease/gingivitis-symptoms/

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The New Beach-Ready Body Workout Plan

Stoke your metabolism and get hot-body results in just 4 weeks. Fast-paced circuits make it possible: By moving quickly from one strength exercise to the next, and constantly working different muscle groups, you?ll burn calories and build muscle like crazy.
You'll work out 5 days a week?alternating between fast-paced strength circuits and cardio intervals.

On days 1, 3, and 5 you?ll focus on strength: Perform one set of the first exercise and then quickly move on to the next one until you?ve completed one set of all five strength exercises. That?s one circuit. Rest for one minute, and repeat. You?ll complete the circuit three times.

On days 2 and 4 you'll focus on cardio: Complete the 20-minute cardio interval using high-intensity bursts to push your body to the max in the shortest amount of time.

Sign up for the WH Personal Trainer Beach-Ready Body Workout and track your way to a hotter bod!

Source: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/beach-body

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The Secret to Being Fit For Life: Muscle Memory

Five weeks and five days after giving birth, and a full nine months since running a single step, WH's Lesley Rotchford, 34, laced up her sneaks and banged out five miles. Her muscles groaned a bit from the abrupt reentry, but with 20 years of distance running under their belt, they remembered just what to do.

It's a phenomenon aptly called muscle memory. Simply put, when you teach your body how to do something?ride a bike, surf, strike some yoga poses, run a few miles?it creates a physiological blueprint. So even if you take some time off, you'll get back to where you were faster than it took you to learn the exercise in the first place. "Muscle memory stems from your body's learning not just how to perform a task, but also how to break down muscle tissue and then repair and rebuild it," explains William Kraemer, Ph.D., a professor in the department of kinesiology at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. "That physiological knowledge lets you come back from injury, surgery, and even pregnancy faster, easier, and often better than before," he says.

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Source: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/fit-for-life

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Recipe: Mixed Peppercorn Beef Tenderloin with Shallot-Port Reduction

A balance of deep flavor and sweetness that makes this dish perfect to go with your mashed potatoes or boiled rice!

BEEF:
1 (2-pound) beef tenderloin, trimmed
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons cracked mixed peppercorns
Cooking spray

REDUCTION:
2 cups ruby port or other sweet red wine
1 1/2 cups fat-free, less-sodium beef broth
1/4 cup finely chopped shallots
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 sprigs fresh parsley
1 sprig fresh thyme
1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

Source: http://www.fitness.com/recipes/756/mixed_peppercorn_beef_tenderloin_with_shallot_port_reduction.php

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