Category Archives: Melanie Young

How To Have a Healthy Happy Heart- February 14 on Fearless Fabulous You! 

I know you have a Good Heart. But is it healthy? We'll discuss how to have a healthy heart this Valentine's Day with Dr. Elsa-Grace Giardina – Director at the Center for Women’s Health in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center / Columbia Doctors. [caption id="attachment_24395" align="aligncenter" width="350"] Dr. Elsa-Grace
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Eldercare for Your Loved One: Fearless Fabulous You! Feb 29

[caption id="attachment_22774" align="aligncenter" width="396"] Photo: The John A Hartford Foundation website[/caption] Are you caring for an elderly loved one? If so, you are not alone. If not, welcome to your future. According to a 2013 study by the Pew Research Center, four in 10 U.S. adults are now caring for a sick or
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Fertility Expert Offers Latest Options for Cancer Survivors

Many women of child bearing age faced with a cancer diagnosis are also faced with  the reality they may lose their ability to conceive children. Some treatments can cause premature menopause. If you have been diagnosed with cancer and want to have children, it is important to discuss this with your oncologist and also seek
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Breast Cancer Research Pioneer Dr. Susan Love Is Dedicated to Finding a Cause and Prevention

Dr. Susan Love, author of the best selling "Dr Susan Love's Breast Book" and founder of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, has made it her life's mission to pursue research to find both a cause and cure for this disease which affects 1 in eight women. [caption id="attachment_22385" align="aligncenter" width="212"] First published in 1998, "
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How Citymeals-on-Wheels Helps Fight Malnutrition Among Our Elderly

Usually when we think of malnutrition our thoughts drift  to impoverished areas of the United States or overseas to Third World countries. Rarely do we think about New York City much less a neighbor in your building. But the reality is New York City is home to nearly 1.3 million senior citizens age 60 years and older.
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She Teaches Cancer Patients To Cook for their Life: Meet Ann Ogden Gaffney October 5

Share this: In the early 1990s, fashion industry executive Ann Odgen Gaffney found herself cooking and caring for a designer in the industry fighting AIDS, The experience taught her to be fearless which was especially helpful when she was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2001. Fortunately, Ann recovered following her surgery and her life went back
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Getting Intimate With Your Man’s Prostate and Why It Matters

September is National Prostate Awareness Month. Frankly, I would never have known if I did not write and report on health topics. Prostate cancer does not get the "noise" that breast cancer, or even ovarian cancer, receives. Yet, it is the most common cancer in men after skin cancer. According to statistics from the American
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SHARE Provides Peer Support for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer

Most people are aware that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but how many of you are also aware that September Is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month? At the end of this article I have provided some information to give you a brief understanding of the impact both breast and ovarian cancer have on women in
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Author Katie Workman Answers the Question “What’s For Dinner?” Aug. 31- Fearless Fabulous You!

When people ask me what I like to make for dinner I usually answer "Reservations." This stems from my childhood. I had a busy mother who worked full time, earned her Masters Degree at night and volunteered for numerous civic and charitable organizations. She loved to food shop but was usually to occupied to cook.
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