Inspiration
Faith & Prayer
Health &
Wellness
Entertainment
Love &
Family
Newsletters
Special Offers
Fresh Living
National No Phone Zone Day: Are You In?
By
hrossi
I just got back from a quick grocery run, and because April 30 (tomorrow!) is Oprah Winfrey’s National No-Phone Day, I took a curious look at the drivers around me. At a red light, I looked to my right. A young woman was talking animatedly on her cell phone. I looked in my rear-view mirror. …
Bret Michaels’ Medical Setback
By
hrossi
The ’80s rock star Bret Michaels (frontman of the hair metal group “Poison”) has had major media exposure these past few years. Some of it is not very “Fresh Living-y,” like his VH1 show “Rock of Love with Bret Michaels,” but some of his public persona–as an advocate for the Type 1 diabetes he’s lived…
Redefining ‘Cancer Survival Rates’
By
hrossi
“Stage 4 breast cancer” might be among the most terrifying four words a woman can ever hear. The average life expectancy for a woman with that diagnosis is 30 months. But Katherine Russell Rich has lived with it for 17 years. This week, she wrote a moving essay for The New York Times (click here…
8 Reasons to Test for Vitamin D
By
hrossi
Friday is D-day at my house, vitamin D-day, that is. I’m still working my way back from an alarmingly low blood level a few months back, so I take a cheerfully green, 50,000 IU gelcap with my lunch each Friday (remember, your body absorbs vitamin D better when you take it with a fat-containing meal,…
1
2
3
4
5
archives
most recent
search
this
blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners