How to Remove Negative Enegy in Your Home

The main reason to clear a space-your home, your car or your office-is to remove negative energies. Negative energies occur for a number of reasons. They include:

Metaphysical

Negative thoughts from current or previous owners or occupants

Disturbed emotional energy of current or previous owners or occupants

Disturbed environmental energy

Dimensional beings

Earth Energies

Faulting pressure (Faults are breaks in the Earth's crust where chunks of land on each side move in different directions. Land suddenly shifting along fault lines is the primary cause of earthquakes.)

Negative magnetic fields

Disturbances from naturally occurring underground water

There's Help for Impossible Pill Packages

Flummoxed for years by pill packaging that causes flesh wounds and frustration, fed-up consumers are pressing companies for less painful ways to open their medicines.

The changes come as the industry that grew up around making packages and medication bottles ultra-child-resistant faces criticism for making them too impenetrable -- not just for the elderly, arthritis sufferers and the disabled, but for everyone.

"They are a pain in the (expletive)," said Charles Kendall, 45, inventor of the Popper, a handheld gizmo that slickly removes meds from pill packs with a pump of the hand.

"I've heard stories of people using a kitchen knife to gouge these medications open -- that's waiting for a trip to the ER," he said.

My 5-Step Method for Staying Healthy While Traveling

Have you ever gone on vacay and returned with a sore throat or the sniffles? Hello, sick day! Travel is notorious for leaving us run down. Here's what to do to fight back ...

Don't you just love hot air balloons? I think they're gorgeous. Speaking of traveling ...

I just got back from a whirlwind (and fun!) trip to Missoula, Montana, for a family wedding, and I did the following things to stay healthy. Try them!

1. Skip the hotel's continental breakfast. I think I can hear you whining in the distance, "but it's free!" But free food doesn't = healthy food. Here's proof: Hotels pack their free-breakfast buffet lines with less-than-choice ingredients: like "omelets" stuffed with imitation cheese, artery-clogging biscuits and gravy, and cottony waffles smothered in artificial maple syrup. Gals, you'd do better sticking with the granola bar and apple in your suitcase.

The Real Reason Why Women Have Sex (Or So Say Researchers)

Gals, if someone asked you what motivates you to have sex with your guy, what would your answer be? If I had to guess, I'd say that most women would respond by saying something like this: "Because it feels good, and it's a natural expression of love." Actually, researchers say that women have sex for this surprising, and frankly, kind of controversial reason...

According to researchers Cindy Meston and David Buss, the authors of the book "Why Women Have Sex," 84 percent of women have sex to "guarantee a quiet life or to persuade their men to do some housework."

Excuse me?

Am I the only one who's a little shocked by this? Do you have sex with your guy so he'll do the laundry?

The Pumpkin Pie Workout

Do you plan on eating pumpkin pie this month? Um, I do! I love the stuff, but it can get a little caloric. Enjoy your pie, yes, but here's the workout to do to burn it off ...

The brilliant gals over at FitSugar devised a way for us to have our cake, er, pie, and then burn it off. "If I wanted to offset the piece of pumpkin pie (316 calories) topped with two tablespoons of whipped cream (16 calories) with a little exercise," writes FitSugar's Susi May, " I would need to burn at least 332 calories." The plan? Just hop on a treadmill and follow these instructions:

*Calories burned calculations are based on a 130-pound woman

The Key to Happiness? Researchers Say Don't Do This

Gals, if you were asked what the key to happiness is, what would you say? Researchers are now suggesting that an everyday activity we ALL do is not making us any happier. Let's discuss ...

Oh, illusive happiness. We're all trying to find more of it, right? And now an age-old pastime we all like is getting the tsk-tsk. Day dreaming, say researchers, isn't good for our happiness any more than French fries are for our diets.

Why, you ask? According to Harvard researchers who tracked data from an iPhone app, TrackYourHappiness. Participants were randomly asked to report how happy they were and what they were doing.

The 5 Fitness Products Every Woman Should Own

What's in your fitness arsenal? I just stocked up on yoga apparel (yay!) for my new hot yoga workouts. But when it comes to fitness gear, I often wonder if I have everything I need. So I asked an expert to share her top five must-have fitness products. If you don't have these, it may be time to go shopping...

Sabrena Merrill, M.S., American Council on Exercise (ACE)-certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor gave me this list of fitness must-haves:

1. iPod

"Any type of portable music player can do wonders for increasing motivation during cardio or weight-training sessions. Behavioral psychologists call it 'dissociation,' a method by which a person's attention is purposefully diverted away from unpleasant sensations. For the typical exerciser who struggles with exercise, listening to her favorite music can be a pleasant distraction, helping her stick to her workout routine."

Soda Fountains: Turns Out, They May Be Pretty Gross Places

First we heard that the ice in our drinks--oh, and let's not forget the lemon wedge too!--was loaded with germs. Now, health experts are warning that, statistically, you are likely to be drinking a pretty gross thing when you pour yourself a fizzy, fountain drink. And I won't beat around the bush. That thing is--I'll just say it--poo.

Can you say gross?!

I've never been a fan of soda--and we all know the health concerns associated with drinking too much of it, diet or not--so I will admit, I'm not crying about a new report linking soda fountains to fecal bacteria and other types of drug-resistant bacteria.

Sheep's Milk Has Benefits

Cows and goats are the most popular source of milk, but for health benefits, the stuff provided by sheep might just have the edge. And if you feel a bit, well, sheepish about ewes' juice, let the folks at Naturemade Sheep Milk argue the case.

Sheep's milk, the firm reports, tastes a lot like cow's milk, and some critics say it beats some cow's milk substitutes hands, or udders, down. It can be a "delightful accompaniment" for coffee, tea, corn flakes and the like.

Nutritionists say the vitamin and mineral content of sheep's milk is superior to that of other commercially available milk, and that a single pint contains the recommended daily allowance of calcium and vitamins B2 and B12. The the 45 percent mono or polyunsaturated fats it contains are beneficial to the circulatory system.

Sex Question: How Do I Get My Surgery To Be Covered By Insurance?

Dear Dr. H,

I was recently diagnosed (first self-diagnosed, then by a plastic surgeon) with tubular breasts, and I am looking into reconstructive surgery. I thought insurance would cover this, because it's a congenital deformity, but I've heard that it's almost impossible to get them to pay. Any suggestions on the best way to go about it? Also, I've heard that this can often affect the chances of breast feeding--is there any way to tell that in advance, or is it just a "wait and see" situation?

Read on for Dr. Hilda Hutcherson's response.

A. Breasts come in all shapes and sizes. When you have tubular breasts, your breasts tend to be smaller and more narrow (like a "tube"). Plastic surgeons may consider them a medical anomaly, but some other doctors--and your insurance company--may not agree. If you have a normal amount of glandular tissue (the tissue that produces milk)--and most women with tubular breasts do--you should be able to breastfeed. But plastic surgery for procedures like breast implants can sometimes impair breast feeding; my advice would be to speak to the plastic surgeon before you go under the knife about your desire to breastfeed one day.

Say Cheese

A slice of Stilton or a chunk of Brie is more than just a pleasant way to close out a sumptuous dinner. Scientists say you would also be doing your teeth just a world of good.

Dentists and nutritionists say research has found that cheese actually guards against tooth decay. The British Nutrition Foundation suggests that cheese "is the perfect enemy of sugars as they launch their corrosive attack on dental enamel."

The findings are the result of numerous studies, the latest of which involved a wide-ranging review of diet and health by Dr. Paula Moynihan of Britain's Newcastle University. Dr. Judy Buttriss, science director for the foundation, says the beneficial effects of cheese may be traced to a protein called casein.

Osteoporosis: A 'Silent' Health Threat

SHELBYVILLE, Ill. -- May is Osteoporosis Month. So it's time to bone up (no pun intended) on this "silent disease" -- named because it slowly robs bone mass and can go undetected until a fracture occurs. Get the scoop on osteoporosis symptoms (or lack of), osteoporosis treatment, and exercise to help osteoporosis.

"Many people think of osteoporosis as an older person's disease, and while it does primarily affect older women, it can strike at any age," said Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold.

Osteoporosis has no symptoms in its early stages. Many people do not realize there is a problem until they have unexplained back pain or break a hip.

Healthy Eating Cam: I Caught a Woman Doing This!

I'm always curious about what people eat (maybe it's because I'm a health and fitness writer, or just really curious, or perhaps it's the fact that I'm a terminal people watcher--or all of the above). Recently, on the ferry boat, I saw a woman doing the strangest, and yet most fascinating, thing...

She was sitting there in a booth on the ferry boat munching on a snack. From a distance, this healthy and fit-looking gal appeared to be eating crackers or maybe even chips, but as I walked closer, I could see that she was eating--wait for this--plain spinach leaves!

Uh huh. She was chowing down on raw spinach. No dressing. No utensils. Nothing. At first I was a little surprised. I mean, how often do you see someone just sitting their eating greens? Then I thought, why not? If you don't need them slathered in dressing or hidden in your meal, why not eat them straight out of the bag?