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Women of Deliver Me, The Portion Quiz & More!

Discovery Health Newsletter
March 24, 2008
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in the spotlight
Deliver Me

Alane Park, Yvonne Bohn and Allison Hill are doctors and mothers busy juggling careers in medicine while raising young children. Former school friends, now partners in a demanding OB/GYN practice, they share their professional and personal lives. These attractive, articulate women provide support for one another when caring for high-risk pregnant patients, as well as offering one another emotional support outside the hospital. Don't miss a single episode, Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Discovery Health.

Slideshow: The Docs at Work

The Ultimate Pregnancy Guide

sexual health
Six Reasons Women Lose Their Sex Drive
When that old feeling just doesn't show up the way it used to, the National Women's Health Resource Center recommends that you ask your health care professional these questions.

What Women Want & How Men Can Provide It

Pick-Up Lines: The Best & the Worst

What Does It Mean to Be Asexual?

Am I Frigid?

First Kiss Stories

Female Sexual Dysfunction: It's Not All in Your Head

Overcoming Medical Obstacles to Sex

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
DIY vs. Outside Help.

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
Could birth control pills be lowering my sex drive?

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
I don't think my boyfriend likes doing this particular thing.

From the Sexual Health Bulletin Boards:
Why can't I retract my foreskin?



main features
Tasty, Healthy Recipes

Picnic Oven-Fried Chicken

Salt & Pepper Sirloin

Margarita Shrimp Salad

Dark Fudgy Brownies


The Portion Quiz
Your supersized mentality just may be responsible for your supersized thighs.


The Gurus of Fitness
From Mr. Pilates to Jack LaLanne, meet the workout wizards of their day.


Stars & Their Trainers
Celebrities can afford professional help. Learn their secrets.


NEW Body for Life for Women Book
Get the body you want in just 12 weeks with this bestselling Body-for-Life™ program tailored just for women!


Dr. Oz ... Live Well, Live Long!
It isn't just a matter of luck. The secret to living a long, vibrant life is ... well, it's not a secret at all ... here's the straight scoop from Dr. Oz.

Try These Aging Tests

Top 10 "Dr. Ozisms" to Add Years to Your Life

The Healthy Woman

The Healthy Man

The Healthy Couple

The Healthy Single Parent


Men's Check-Up Checklist
Not all stereotypes are true, but the one about men being reluctant to seek routine medical attention is a fairly accurate one. We've gathered the following exams, measurements and lab tests that can help identify treatable problems early.

Testicular Cancer Explained

Coronary Risk Factors


Gilad Express Workouts DVD Set
Pump-up your fitness plan with 15 targeted workouts ... all are under 10 minutes each!


Your Prescription Translator
Just taking your pills may have been fine in the old days. But today it's important that you understand what you're taking and why. Use this interactive guide to find what you need to know about the medicines you're putting into your body.

The Drug Interaction Checker


Look Up Any Illness
Use the Discovery Health Diseases & Conditions Database for information that you really need for yourself and for those you love.


Discovery Health Jigsaw Puzzles
They're a great way to relax for a few minutes during a hectic day. Choose from ten health-related images, then try your hand at bringing order from the chaos. And every time you start again, the pieces break differently.

health & fitness news

Tweaking Insulin Might Help Fight Aging

Looks Like Jello, Works Like Cartilage

Native Americans Traced to Six "Founding Mothers"

Post Traumatic Stress Gene Identified

Less Physical Activity Equals More Disease Markers

Obesity Linked to Poor Breast Cancer Prognosis

Cancer Poses Challenges for Husbands' State of Mind

Baby Whales Talk to Mom

Humans Left Africa ... Twice

Zoo Animals Go on Diets

New Findings on Neanderthal-Human Split

Trauma Patients Suffer Even 12 Months After Injury

Cleaning Up the World's Sanitation


hands-on health
NEWS IN FOCUS
The Daily Rounds:
New Clues on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Recent discoveries at Mayo Clinic added two more cardiac genes to the list of potential links to SIDS, increasing the possibility that genetic defects of the heart may cause up to 15 percent of SIDS cases. You can find detailed information on the Mary Alice Williams reports that appear on Discovery Health TV every weeknight at 6:55 p.m. ET.

THIS WEEK'S QUIZ
Test Your Allergy & Asthma Knowledge

'Tis the season to be sneezing ... find out what you really know about these conditions, and how you can fight them.

FEATURED TOOL
What's Your Emotional I.Q.?

There's more to success than academic smarts. Here you can evaluate several aspects of your emotional intelligence and find suggestions on ways to improve it.

EXPERT OPINION
Aspirin & Your Headache

Inside that tiny bottle in your medicine chest there lies the most successful drug in history. And scientists are still struggling to understand it.


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tv highlights
Today,
10:30 a.m.,
2:30 p.m. ET/PT
The Baby Diaries:
Michelle & Chad
Thursday,
6 p.m. ET/PT
Code Blue:
Fresh Faces
best of tv this week
Tonight, 8 p.m. ET/PT
Dwarf Family Revisited
With determination and courage, the Foos family has overcome the physical limitations and social stigmas associated with achondroplasia. Active in their community, the Fooses do their best to demonstrate what it means (and doesn't mean) to be a dwarf.

Tonight, 9 p.m. ET/PT
Medical Incredible:
Spray On Skin

How could a little kick in the ankle during a friendly soccer game leave a man fighting for his life? Because lurking in our midst is one of the scariest diseases known to mankind. It's called Necrostising Fasciitis, also called the Flesh Eating disease.

Tonight, 10 p.m. ET/PT
Mystery Diagnosis:
The Sickest Patient
in the Hospital

Dan is an active father of 6-year-old triplets, but after a minor surgery, he begins noticing a series of troubling, but seemingly unrelated symptoms. He first experiences extreme pain and swelling in his legs, followed by nausea and insomnia.

Tuesday, 8 p.m. ET/PT
Twins, Twins & More Twins
Mom, dad, and thirteen kids, including three sets of twins. From preparing a teenager to drive, to anticipating the homecoming of premature identical twins, life at the Healy home is quite a balancing act. How they get it all done will amaze you.

Tuesday, 9 p.m. ET/PT
Quint-Essential:
The Quintessential Year

At the quints' first birthday, a retrospective on an amazing year.

Tuesday, 10 p.m. ET/PT
Deliver Me
Allison helps first-time mother Tania preserve her pregnancy when pre-term labor strikes way too soon. And after a series of devastating miscarriages, 28-year-old Stacie gets pregnant again but develops gestational diabetes.

Wednesday, 8 p.m. ET/PT
Trauma, Life in the ER:
Miraculous

Doctors at Orlando Regional Medical Center treasure the divine intervention that keeps them striving to heal the wounded against all odds. A tree limb skewers a man falling from a ladder and two young car accident victims have internal injuries.

Wednesday, 9 p.m. ET/PT
Plastic Surgery
Beverly Hills:
Employee Benefits

For Sue Steele and Joy Lindlief, plastic surgery is a way of life. During their years as Dr. Handel's loyal employees, they've been rewarded with free annual procedures and are planning more work to achieve a more youthful appearance.

Wednesday, 10 p.m. ET/PT
Sex Change: Her to Him
For 24 years Aidan has been living with the body of a female. But that's about to change when he has chest reconstruction surgery. Michael is married with four children. A year ago he decided to become Michelle and will have a gender make-over.

Thursday, 8 p.m. ET/PT
House of Twins
The Davis home is beginning to look a lot like Noah's Ark, two 6-year-olds, two 4-year-olds and now two 5-day-olds! Marla and Christopher Davis have three sets of fraternal twins, all without the use of fertility treatments; beating one in a million odds!

Thursday, 9 p.m. ET/PT
Kids By the Dozen:
The Gonyas,
Leaving the Nest

Janine and Jay Gonya have spent the last 20 years raising kids ... 12 kids to be exact! But now they face a momentous turning point: their oldest child, Joshua, is heading off to college, and Mom is having a hard time letting go.

Thursday, 10 p.m. ET/PT
Mystery Diagnosis:
The Girl Nobody Believed

Kirsten was overweight as a child. When she tried the slightest physical exertion, she would experience dizziness and shortness of breath. Dr. Robyn Barst, a leading specialist would finally reveal Kirsten's diagnosis.

Friday, 10 p.m. ET/PT
Diagnosis X:
Smoke & Mirrors

A man with obsessive-compulsive disorder thinks he has West Nile virus and misleads his doctors. They will need to separate the man's symptoms from his paranoia to make a diagnosis. Also, the race is on to save a mysteriously ill two-year-old girl.
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