Healthy Mama

Friday Willa Lyon’s story began with just another run-of-the-mill ear infection. Her daughter Brittany, 15-months-old at the time, was home on a Friday with a sitter while she was at the hospital, working as a […]

By Shannon Magsam Editor’s note: So many women were rooting for Fayetteville mom Gail Halleck during a recent nwaMotherlode giveaway that we couldn’t help but wonder about the back story on this obviously remarkable woman. […]

By Shannon Magsam Since this is the last week of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we wanted to share life-saving information with you from Donna Johnson, a surgeon with Mercy Health System’s Surgical Center and […]

By Matt Swartz, co-owner NWA Adventure Boot Camp for Women So you’ve been working out now five days a week, for about a month. It’s time to step on everyone’s enemy, THE SCALE!!! As you […]

  By Gwen Rockwood Most mothers and expectant mothers know the intense mix of emotions you feel while lying on the exam table, waiting for your ultrasound to begin. Part of you is so excited […]

If you’re one of the millions of people battling fall allergies right now, this Q&A with Dr. Jenny Campbell of Hedberg Allergy & Asthma Center is just what the doctor ordered. Be sure to e-mail […]

  By Gwen Rockwood Until last week, every time I heard the word “osteoporosis,” a picture of a frail little old lady hunched over a cane popped into my head. But I’m not a frail […]

By Sara Milford, mother of four, writer and birth activist She squeezed my hips with every bit as much pressure as my husband had for the past hour. While I could sense my husband standing […]