Tuesday, September 25, 2007

OCTOBER 2007 MAGAZINES - DR. MADELINE'S PICKS

October magazines have some excellent articles for your reading pleasure: several chiropractors (including yours truly) make an appearance, labor news, fat does funny, and breasts, breasts, and more breasts.

1) VOGUE
Letters to the Editor
- See Dr. Madeline's letter about the gorgeous July feature "Fade to Back."

2) OPRAH
-Is Your Handbag Killing You?
- Includes comments from NYC chiropractor Dr. Isis M. Medina. The trend of handbags as villain continues (see NYT "Ouch! My Bag is Killing Me"),
this time the current crop of fashionable handbags are weighed and dissected based on their potential for peril.
-Stay Flexible, Stay Well
This article cites new research on the benefits of yoga related to specific health conditions including: depression, heart disease, breast cancer, menopause, and chronic back pain.
I practice yoga, love it, recommend it, and am excited to see more research being produced on how lifestyle choices, including yoga, can impact health. More please!
-Backstage at Dancing with the Stars
DWTS is my guilty pleasure. I am a devotee, and my blood is racing because the new season kicked off this week with three shows.
This article interviews the top three pros from last season: Julianne Hough, Kym Johnson, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, and finds out such juicy details as what they eat, how they stretch, and pre-performance rituals. It's fun, check it out.

3) YOGA JOURNAL
Labor of Love
by Catherine Gutherie
Great article on something I am a big fan of (and recommend regularly): prenatal yoga.
Pregnant women will enjoy this article, it offers details, insight, and community about changes and choices during the experience of pregnancy.

4) VANITY FAIR
On the Limits of Self-Improvement
, Part I by Christopher Hitchens
If you want to lose weight through laughing, check out this article, complete with photograhic evidence. Really, if he go through a makeover, anybody can.
Part 2 is upcoming, the teaser promises "cold-turkey booze withdrawl and ultimate waxing."

5) HARPER'S BAZAAR
Sleep More, Weigh Less by Sara Botton
The only thing missing from this title is chocolate!
Actually, the article is excellent and reminds (or introduces) readers to the importance of sleep.
Sure, everybody knows if they are tired or not, but few realize how critical sleep is to how the body functions, and the disasterous side effects (including extra weight), when sleep needs go unmet.

6) SALON (actually from mid-Sept)
Honey I shrunk my breasts! by R. Jane Gurley
A not-so-well-kept secret around town is that women who experience hot flashes do fabulous under my care. I even met with NIH about doing a research project about it......so much to do, not enough time.
Because I have worked with so many baby boomer women, I am always on the lookout for great articles.....and this one is sure to become a classic. Funny, and ground-breaking, as everyone talks about the rise of breasts, no one talks about the fall(aka menopause).....well, you read it, you'll see.
http://salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/09/18/shrinking_breasts/

7) MORE
---Multiple articles on breast cancer: the latest in testing, treatment and news.

Be Spine Tingling,
Dr. Madeline Behrendt
iwomenfilm@gmail.com
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