Month: February 2016

Freezing Eggs for Use With In Vitro Fertilization

When you make the decision to become pregnant, it is a time that is filled with excitement, joy, nervousness, and wonder. Maybe you and your partner have decided to wait a specific amount of time before deciding to start a family. Having an adequate income, a nice home, proper childcare , and other important decisions […]

How Aging Affects Financial Decision-Making

When one considers all that our family have sacrificed for us and how they have been selfless in many ways, a feeling of love and appreciation wells us. Financial decisions are a constant nagging reminder that money and a knowledge of money is a necessity in todays society, and for many of our aging family […]

Average Age of First-Time Moms in U.S. Still Rising: CDC

The average age women have been having their first child has steadily increased. More so in recent years. Where teen pregnancies tend to be more unplanned in nature, there are several reasons why later in life planned pregnancies are occurring. Some of the reasons why are related to waiting longer to get married, something that’s […]

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The Reality of Inflammation

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‘How To Make Your Money Last’ by Jane Bryant Quinn Is A Godsend

Jane Bryant Quinn has an extremely impressive resume when it comes to personal finance. Having appeared in multiple popular publications and several television shows, she’s gained a reputation as a financial guru. So when Jane has something to say about retirement, people listen. In one of her latest publications, ‘How to Make Your Money Last […]

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Five Proven Ways to Make Portion Control Easier

Portion control is an important part of a successful weight loss plan.   In fact, in a 2004 study in Obesity Research, women who consumed two portion-controlled frozen meals per day for eight weeks lost more weight than did women on a self-selected diet.   The portion control group lost an average of 5.6 kilograms […]

Four Ways To Get The Best “Net” Cost of College

Figuring out the best deal for college is not as easy as you may think. There aren’t many tools for one to use when comparing prices of colleges. However, there are a few tools. One of which is called, collegeabacus.org. This site uses the data is has collected from various schools to see the amount […]

Financial Groundhog Day: Stop Repeating Bad Money Habits

Forbes’ Jan 31, 2016 article Financial Groundhog Day: Stop Repeating Bad Money Habits identifies three bad financial habits that are often repeated and suggests ways to avoid them in the future. The first habit it identifies is racking up credit card debt on impulse buys or daily purchases. The example given is of a daily […]

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Drink This Cocktail For A Glowing Complexion On Your Wedding Day

Your face has your health written all over it!   The first and most important step to have radiant skin is to eat a diet plentiful in a wide variety of vegetables, healthy fats like avocado’s, coconut oil, raw nuts and seeds, high quality protein like pastured eggs and chicken, grass-fed meat and wild fish […]

Maternal Obesity and Diabetes Linked with Increased Infant Autism Risk

New research from the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health may have found a correlation between maternal obesity and diabetes, and an increased risk of autism in infants. Mothers who are obese and have diabetes are more than four times as likely to give birth to a baby on the autism spectrum as a mother […]