Tracee's Treats
Volume 1 Issue 1 January 7, 1998
Hello everyone! Welcome to the first issue of Tracee's Treats. I hope you all had a nice holiday. Have you made any resolutions this year? I have. All of my researching for Womens Health has convinced me that a healthy lifestyle is the best way to prevent or reduce symptoms of almost every disease or condition. And I know from personal experience, I always feel better, look better, and have more energy when I eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly.
I'm starting this year with a
"New
Year,
New
You"
attitude in mind, are you ready to join me?
In this issue
1. This Week's Feature- Cancer: Part
One
2. The Rose Report- Important health
news/information
3. What's New in Womens Health- Web site
reviews
4. Ask the Editor- Answers to your
questions
5. Cool Web Sites- Entertaining and
Useful Web sites
6. New Free Stuff- Free Health &
Beauty products/services
7. Closing Thoughts- My final
word
This Week's Feature
"Cancer:
Part One- Prevention & Early Warnings"
This month Womens Health will feature a new
article exploring cancer each week. This week, learn the real impact
a healthy lifestyle has on your life in my article based, in part, on
a December 31, 1997, report from the Harvard Center for Cancer
Prevention.
The Rose Report
If you happen to be one of the thousands who took Redux or Fen- Phen, you need to be aware of the recommendations for those who took either of these drugs for even a short time. If you're experiencing any symptoms which include; chest pains, shortness of breath, and rapid or irregular heartbeat, you should call your physician to schedule an echocardiogram. An echocardiogram is comparable to a sonogram of the heart. It's perfectly safe to perform and causes no pain or discomfort. I had one just before Christmas and am waiting for the results.
Even, if you are not experiencing symptoms, you should have an echocardiogram performed before having any dental or medical procedure, including tooth cleaning. Approximately 30% to 40% of people(mostly women) who took these drugs have developed heart valve disease which causes a thickening of the heart valves, causing the valves not to close properly and allowing regurgitation or 'backward' flowing of blood through the diseased valve.
People with heart valve disease are at high risk for developing endocarditis. Endocarditis is a potentially fatal infection of the heart caused by bacteria which can enter the bloodstream during even simple tooth cleaning.
Endocarditis is preventable with antibiotic
therapy before, during, and after medical or dental procedures.
Always tell your health care provider if you took these
drugs, they may want to give you antibiotics as a preventive
measure, if you have not had an echocardiogram performed.
What's New in Womens Health
This weeks' web site reviews include sites designed to help you with your "New Year- New You," lifestyle changes. Let me know how you're doing!
Dieter's
Club
"Lose Weight in 98" is the slogan for the
Dieter's Club, a wonderful email support group for women only. You
must be a woman and at least 18 to join this list where women share
recipes, web sites, friendship, and help each other achieve their
diet and exercise goals.
EatRight@CyberDiet.com-
CyberDiet's Home
Page
This is an outstanding site to help you reach
your goals; one of its' many useful features is a nutritional
profiler. The nutritional profiler
will design a personalized daily nutritional breakdown based on your
weight and goals.
Exercise-
The Mining Company
Exercise Guide, Jason Daniel Henderson answers
your exercise questions and points you to many useful resources in
his resource library. Jasonsí weekly features always keep your
diet and health goals in mind.
Health
Risk Assessment
A free online health risk assessment is
available here. Complete the online questions and you'll receive your
personalized health risks in a detailed report at no charge; many
companys are charging up to fifty dollars for this service. This is
an excellent offer you won't want to miss!
Smoking
Cessation- The Mining Company
Christine H. Rowley is The Mining Company Guide
for Smoking Cessation, she has compiled an extensive library of Net
links to help you quit smoking. Her weekly features are designed to
help you reach your goal.
Lifestyle- Womens
Health Net Links
More Net resources to help you...
Ask The Editor
This is where you'll find questions sent in
by readers and the answers I've found. So start sending
your questions in today! I won't
give up until I find what you're looking for.
Cool Web Sites
In each issue you'll find entertaining and/or useful new web sites to visit. Send your home pages or favorite sites for possible inclusion here.
Women's
Studies/Women's Issues Resource
Joan Korenman's University of Maryland site is
an excellent place to begin searching for all sorts of important
issues women are faced with including women's health
issues.
B
J Pinchbecks Homework Helper
B J Pinchbeck is a ten year old wonder child;
with a little help from his dad, B J has created the best source of
reference material on the Net. His site is catorgorized into every
subject area imaginable. He's been featured in magazine articles and
won many awards. You've got to see what this amazing young man has
done!
New Free Stuff
Here you'll find new free samples before they are placed on my site, additional new free stuff can be found on Thursdays following the bi- weekly publication of Tracee's Treats. Have fun!
Assistance
at The Medicine
Program
Free prescription medication program for those
unable to afford the medications prescribed by their physicians. If
you know someone who could benefit from this program an application
form is provided for printing.
Aussie
Hair Care: Hair Prescription
Answer the questions and receive a personalized
hair prescription and hair care product sample.
Herb
Information Center
Fill out the form for a free herbal dictionary;
find out what all those herbs are good for.
Top
Secret Recipes
Todd Wilbur's site where you can find a free
assortment of his copycat recipes from many restaurants and fast food
franchises. Maybe you've seen him on TV!
Be sure to visit:
Womens Health- Health
& Beauty Free Stuff
Everything from tampons to condoms, deodorant,
and toothpaste samples can be found free. I'm constantly mining the
Net for new free stuff.
Closing Thoughts
I hope you've enjoyed your first issue of
Tracee's Treats. This is your newsletter so, write to me
and tell me what you want to see here. Send in your personal
homepages or any other Web sites you think other women would enjoy
hearing about. If you have any questions or need some help finding
something on the Net, I'm always here to help you!
Write to me!
Homepage of all the great grahics used in this newsletter.
Tracee's Treats is the bi- weekly Wednesday publication of Tracee L. Cornforth and TLC Rose Ink. All content written by Tracee L. Cornforth unless otherwise specified.This newsletter may be redistributed as long as it is distributed at no cost or charge to the recipient and in its' entirety. You are welcome forward this newsletter to anyone who might be interested in receiving it.
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