The famous Blue Lagoon goddess, Brooke Shields, almost had it all – a handsome, loving husband, a beautiful baby girl, a flourishing theater career, and a drop dead gorgeous body (as if it never went through the experiences of pregnancy and childbirth) - but she almost took her own life.

She was diagnosed with severe postpartum [...]

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I am a wife, a mother, a teacher, a project manager, a daughter, a sister, and a friend. These are just some of the roles that I juggle everyday.
The day-to-day juggling of these roles is energy-consuming that by the end of the day I barely have energy left to take care of myself. I do [...]

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One of the things that the president of my country, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, will be most remembered for is her propensity for changing dates of legal holidays.
For example, we were supposed to commemorate the Philippine Independence on June 12 two months ago but instead the non-working holiday was moved to June 9 as June 12 fell [...]

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In recent years, milk formulas are being advertised with the base message of bringing out the giftedness in your child. The ads usually feature gifted children who do extraordinary things that are not in the level of their age - a girl who can fully discuss the different organ systems of the body at the [...]

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Last Mothers’ Day. I had a wonderful celebration with my husband, my son, and my family.
I figured if I haven’t got married and had a son I would still be lost and aimless. Marriage and motherhood provided me with a stable anchor and a clear direction.
Personally, I think that this is the best part of [...]

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I was reading a back issue of the Health Today Magazine and I came across an article about the transdermal contraceptive patch. What I read intrigued me.
I made a further research on it and here’s what I found out:
The transdermal contraceptive patch or more popularly known as “the patch” is the latest contraceptive innovation. It [...]

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I was 22-years-old when I first took a job for a government institution. My job description was Information Officer (IO) of a Local Government Unit (LGU). In the real world, however, your job description or title does not include the boundaries of your responsibilities. Thus, aside from being an IO, I was also an executive [...]

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I was 60 kilos at the last month of my pregnancy. After giving birth, I almost didn’t lose a kilo.
I was so big that I had a hard time moving around and I easily got tired. I was also feeling very fat, ugly, and depressed. I tried controlling my diet, it didn’t work. I also [...]

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