...Is Still Good for Babies
A Closer Look at Breastfeeding
By Mikee dela Cruz


The World Health Organization recognizes that “inappropriate feeding practices lead to infant malnutrition, morbidity and mortality in all countries, and that improper practices in the marketing of breastmilk substitutes and related products can contribute to these major public health problems.” Nonetheless, not many continue to know the truth about breastfeeding, what with many MNCs winning over as far as promotions are concerned. Mompreneurs Janice Villanueva and Candice Yaw attempt to change this with an innovative business.

A Closer Look at Smoking
Smoke Signals

The Marlboro Man, with his Stetson hat and cowboy boots, may have given a face to millions of cigarette smokers worldwide as he exuded virility and masculinity, traits stereotypically associated with smoking. But Wayne McLaren, the Marlboro Man in the promotional photographs first published in 1976, died of lung cancer on July 22, 1992; and the other Marlboro Man in the advertisement, David McLean, suffered severe emphysema and died of lung malignancy in 1995. So, what is the truth about smoking?

Tight Grip
Understanding Kegel Exercise

The Kegel exercise consists of contracting and relaxing mainly to strengthen the pubococcygeus muscles (PC) of the pelvic floor. What's the big deal about the exercise? It is said to be good for treating vaginal prolapsed and preventing uterine prolapsed; and, for men, for treating prostate pain and swelling resulting from benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis. And it is good for sex, too.

ALL PERSONAL
	Sense of Scents Considered as a form of alternative medicine, aromatherapy - which uses essential oils and other aromatic compounds from plants - is believed to affect a person's mood and/or health. But exactly how good is this, in truth?
	Andropause in Focus More often referred to as mid-life crisis, male menopause remains a largely undiscussed, thus understood, subject.
	Exploring Alternative Medicine Originally dubbed as Oriental therapy/ies, non-Orthodox ways of healing have fast gained recognition not simply because they are exotic (especially to Westerners), but because, yes, they are effective.
AT HOME
	Bad Medicine The are all over the market, yes. And while definitely cheaper, they can do not just harm, but even cause death.
TO EAT OR...
	Turning Green As the world becomes more health-conscious, at no other time has vegetarianism gained more grounds than now - a development that, unknowingly, also helps the environment.
TOP FORM
	Dance for Life Discovering ballroom dancing not as a way to socialize, as it was once purely intended to be; but as a formof staying fit, as it has now become a sport that is not for the weak of knees, indeed.