What to Know About Plantar Fasciitis Everyone likes to put their best foot forward, but that’s tough to do when your feet are in pain. To deal with the issue, you try to find the most comfortable shoes possible – soft and cushy – to make the pain go away. If your...

More Than a Pink Ribbon
Breast cancer affects about one in eight American women.
Eating Your Way to a Healthy Mind
What should you be eating to keep your mind focused, sharp and growing?
What You Need to Know About Hormone Replacement Therapy
Find a doctor that you can have an honest discussion with, who will cover this and detail its merits.
Family Planning Or Not, Folic Acid Is Key
Thanks to folic acid’s effectiveness in preventing some birth defects, research is being done to determine if there are other benefits.
Lyme Disease: What you should know about living in Texas
The good news? Lyme disease is not difficult to treat, especially when caught early.
The ABC’s of Vitamins and Supplements
The range of vitamins and supplements runs from A to Z and then some, but knowing what you need isn’t as simple as knowing the alphabet.
Using Technology to Cut Breast Cancer Down to Size: 3-D Mammography
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Even if you don’t have a family history of breast cancer, it’s not something you can ignore.
Seeing Clearly
If you find yourself rubbing your eyes while enjoying this issue of San Antonio Woman, don’t blame the magazine. Blame your blink rate.
Education & Medication
This time of year puts a spotlight on weight issues. But just like one-size-doesn’t-fit-all, one weight loss plan is not right for everyone.
Breast Density and Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know
Almost two years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, and the avalanche of important information I gleaned while stumbling through this dark and exhausting land of studies vs. opinion, options vs. necessities and shock vs. acceptance is noted in Google Docs, paper binders and hastily written notes.
Health: The Pros and Cons of Serotonin
At the end of the year many women find themselves over-indulging in holiday delights that they only eat during that special time. In fact, a lot of us spend the year thinking and talking about those nostalgic family recipes that our palates are awaiting. I always say,...
Health: Are You Eating Your Feelings?
By Jan Tilley Emotional eating is the practice of consuming large quantities of food — usually “comfort” or junk foods — in response to feelings instead of hunger. It is often an overwhelming drive or desire to put a Band-Aid on our hurts and challenges....
Health: What the Experts Say About Breast Reconstruction
BUILDING CONFIDENCE AFTER A MASTECTOMY BY PAMELA LUTRELL Whether or not to pursue reconstruction after a mastectomy of one or more breasts is a difficult decision breast cancer patients face. Because of all the medical factors involved, many women decide not to...
Hope for Parenting an Addict
What does and does not work Maggie’s Story “What I wish I had done better would have been to seek help much sooner. I thought that I could ‘out parent’ my son’s problems. I thought that if I could be more vigilant, check his belongings better, monitor his phone...
Eating Our Way To Healthy Brain Function
Most recent statistics from the Alzheimer’s Association remain sobering: • Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States. • One in three seniors die of Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. • Almost two-thirds of Americans with...
Health: Fertility Solutions in San Antonio
Help When a Successful Pregnancy Seems Impossible Ten pregnancies ... 283 vials of blood drawn ... one baby boy, Ezra, lost in the second trimester … discovery of a genetic blood-clotting disorder (polycystic ovary disorder) … and now over 40 years of age. The odds...
Health: Diet Plans
Is a doctor-supervised Diet plan for you? BY PAMELA LUTRELL Fireworks are quiet, stockings are packed, and San Antonians once again stare down New Year’s resolutions with planning, hope and extra pounds. Popular diet programs flood the market and confuse the brain....