Top Empowered Patient tips for 2010 – CNN.com.

Having had a lot of personal experience being part of the patient side of the medical experience – helpful tips are always welcome. # 3. If you are going to use the Web, search smart is the only one that I think you should be careful with. Sometimes searching the Web just exacerbates the stress and worry about something – seeing some incorrect information or worst case scenarios. Just research with care.

Trainers: Drop the ‘tude, give us your all

I have seen quite a few people that like to battle their trainers. I go in to my workouts with the attitude, I am there to workout and please push me! But if you think you are giving your trainer a harder time than necessary – rethink it. They are there to help you realize your full potential.

New Health Rule: Quit Worrying About Your Health

Well now – …, one of the country’s most respected women’s health specialists, offers a new rule: stop worrying about your health. On a trip to Spain years ago, a Spaniard once said to me, you American’s are like disinfectants. Worried about everything. I never for some reason forgot that. I do think that many people go to extremes when it comes to germs. The media doesn’t help when it spotlights the worst stories of the night related to lots of bad health related things. So should we worry about our health? Absolutely – but not to the extent that it limits us enjoying life!

Frozen Diet Meals: Better Than You Thought?

Well if you have to eat them, here is some general information from Consumer Reports on taste and quality of frozen meals. What are your favorites?

Dr. Oz’s 12 Best Diet Tips – That’s Fit.

I love Dr Oz. I love his spirit, his compassion and his advice.

“Your waist should be half of your height,” he says. In other words, if you're, say, 5 foot, 5 inches, your waist — measured at your belly button — should be no more than 32 and a half inches around. “If it’s more than that, you have too much belly fat.” And belly fat, adds Dr. Oz, is a big problem because the fat we carry around our trunks, the stuff that’s deep in our abdomens, under the muscles, is the stuff that’ll kill you. “That belly fat does three things,” Dr. Oz explains. “It crushes the kidneys, which leads to high blood pressure. It poisons the liver which leads to more lousy LDL cholesterol being produced. And it prevents insulin in the body from working, so you end up with diabetes.