Health

Interview With Soldier, Firefighter, Nurse, Mother, and Menorrhagia Sufferer Robin McIvor

February 25, 2009

(www.sass-pants.com) — There’s a crappy period, and then there’s menorrhagia. Women with menorrhagia experience extremely heavy blood loss with each period. We’re talking more than double that of an average period (30-40 mL is standard), a flow that will soak through a regular pad or tampon in an hour. Women with menorrhagia often suffer from [...]

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February Is American Heart Month

February 9, 2009

(www.sass-pants.com) — Did you know that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women age 20 and older? Or that it kills more women than the next 7 leading causes of death combined? Heart health is crucial to long life, but in today’s busy world, it’s easy to let simple health practices fall by [...]

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Why Can’t I Sleep?

January 29, 2009

(www.sass-pants.com) — It’s solidly the middle of the night here in Virginia and I am wide awake. Well, scratch that. When I’m vertical, I feel like I’m about to fall over from exhaustion. The moment I lie down, I feel like I could run a marathon. Ever since my car accident, I’ve been having trouble [...]

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If Jesus Is Your Prozac, Depression Is the Least of Your Problems

November 26, 2008

(www.sass-pants.com) — How’s this for offensive? “Jesus Is My Prozac” I was test driving my husband’s new truck when I saw that absurd statement on a sign in front of a church in Fredericksburg, VA, and I nearly ran off the road I was so aghast that anyone could possibly be so ignorant as to [...]

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