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Focus, Accountability and Commitment are Critical to Fulfilling New Year’s Resolutionsnew

It’s a new year, bright with the promise of new beginnings. If you’re like most, you’re so busy with day-to-day life that you push aside the little nagging voice inside telling you that your life could be better. You vow “I’ll quit smoking, hit the gym, eat a healthier diet.”

Pasadena Weekly | Patti Carmalt-Vener | 01-11-2010 | Advice

Tags: health, weight, diet, 2010, New Year's Resolutions

Alt.Health: Is Your Ache for Chocolate Trying to Tell You Something?new

Is it true that food cravings mean a nutrient deficiency? That's too easy -- we're way more complicated.

NOW Magazine | Elizabeth Bromstein | 11-23-2009 | Advice

Tags: food, health, eating

Alt.Health: Scented Lavender's a Heal-All but It's Got a Dark Secretnew

I love the smell of lavender and put it in my closet, my muffins, my homemade scents and my tea. Chances are, there's a whiff of the stuff somewhere in your home right now. But this most elegant of herbs, touted for an astounding number of purposes, may have mixed blessings.

NOW Magazine | Elizabeth Bromstein | 09-14-2009 | Advice

Tags: health, lavender, herbs, advice columns

Alt.Health: Make Sure Your Bike Seat is a Perfect Fitnew

Seat, saddle, whatever. Those things can get uncomfortable for your delicate bits. In rare cases, women can lose sensitivity and swell up. For men, it can be more serious, and there's even talk that too much of that long-term pressure on the penile region can make the little admiral stop saluting.

NOW Magazine | Elizabeth Bromstein | 08-17-2009 | Advice

Tags: bike seats, health, bicycling, advice columns, sexual health

Alt.Health: Be Smart About Body Artnew

There's been some scary stuff in the news lately about tattoo parlors getting pinged for health and safety violations. Most of it's about problems maintaining sterilization equipment, which might get you checking out who's going to inscribe that butterfly on your butt.

NOW Magazine | Elizabeth Bromstein | 07-13-2009 | Advice

Tags: health, tattoos, safety, advice columns

Don't Let the Holidays Trap You in Old Family Scriptsnew

Family. Merrymaking. Gift giving. It ought to be so cozy and fun, just like an old postcard. But making it through the next few weeks definitely has its challenges.

NOW Magazine | Elizabeth Bromstein | 12-22-2008 | Advice

Tags: suicide, holidays, health, family, Depression, parties