Have you heard the term “Lipstick Entrepreneur”? It is meant to mean an independent business woman. Recently this term has been coined in UK papers like the Times, and the Telegraph. UK papers are in love with snappy headlines, but I take a bit of offense to this sexist name.Historically when economies were poor, lipstick…
DetailsI will be the first to admit that I do not look carefully when crossing a parking lot of a grocery store or a parking garage. I usually am busy finding my keys or wrestling bags and call on my hearing to alert me to oncoming cars. Enter the Prius. Those cars are so quiet;…
DetailsHere is the scenario; you have just finished working out at the gym in a spin class, aerobic, or yoga class or have been on the machines and now you are cooling down. You feel good and wiped the sweat off and are walking to get your stuff to leave. Who should stop you but…
DetailsI will not be at the State of the Union address this year. I can hear a collective sigh of disbelief and regret. I feel it too. I asked Mrs. Obama and President Obama to include me as a guest at the address. I got the phone call a few weeks ago that my request…
DetailsThere was a viral campaign on FaceBook recently to reveil your bra color for breast cancer awarenss. Here is the message many people saw in their FaceBook inbox. “We are playing a game for Breast Cancer Awareness,” one form of the message read. “Write the color of your bra as your status — just the…
DetailsOvarian and breast cancer are linked together with the BRACA genes. In the world of cancer statistics if you have been tested and have this genetic mutation your chance for one or the other of these cancers or both is likely. Even if you don’t have this known genetic mutation, the links between ovarian and…
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