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Wishwrap is a very cool way to enhance your gift giving and make it more meaningful. I really love this idea. When I have gone to the effort of finding a perfect gift for someone special, the opportunity to make it even nicer is something I would love to do.

Each gift is custom-wrapped with a wish that you choose and then and each comes with a special card that’s made especially for your gift! All gifts come in reusable, beautiful silk bags and boxes, too.

I love this attention to detail!

Ten tips for women to stay fit and healthy:

1. Eat a balanced diet. Maintain a healthy weight for your age. If you are trying to lose weight, focus on a healthy diet instead of a crash diet. Unprocessed foods with high fiber and low fat should be included in your grocery list instead of red meat, sugars and fats.

2. Drink enough water. We need to drink at least eight glasses of water everyday. This cleanses the body from impurities.

3. Take Vitamins and Supplements including a Calcium supplement. Calcium intake is beneficial for women of all ages. Pre-Menstrual Symptoms can be improved with calcium intake. Sufficient calcium also prevents Osteoporosis – especially for menopausal women. Vitamin E will boost a strong immune system. If you are menopausal consider taking Vitamin E-400. This will help with night sweats and hot flashes.

4. Quit smoking. Recent studies have shown that women smokers are more prone to diseases than men. Women who smoke have a high risk of getting breast cancer. Limit your alcohol intake as well.

5. Exercise daily. Exercise helps in limiting the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

6. Avoid stress. Stress has been known as cause many different illnesses. Make sure you get adequate sleep.

7. Avoid sunburn but allow limited exposure to the sun daily. 15 minutes is considered adequate exposure.

8. Visit the dentist regularly and keep current with necessary dental work.

9. Visit your Gynecologist. Women over age eighteen should have a yearly exam.

10. Lead a non-promiscuous lifestyle.

My family takes an annual road trip each fall. We travel from one end of the country to the other and it is a much-anticipated trip for all of us. I think we all enjoy it in our own ways…however it is difficult at times. Just the sheer drudgery of the miles we put on gets tiresome after a while.

One year I would like to try our annual road trip in an RV instead of our van. There are so many ways that this would make traveling easier and more pleasant.

If I were outfitting an RV for a road trip, I would be very selective about the RV appliances I choose. I would want something that would stand up under vigorous use because that is what I would be giving it.

A good place to look for RV accessories and other items like this is Tweety’s RV, Truck and SUV Accessories. Tweety’s specializes in parts and accessories for RV and heavy duty business vehicles. One of these years I’m going to need to shop here!

In spite of mounting evidence of serious and even fatal reactions to the human papillomavirus ( HPV) vaccine, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today that immigrants to the US are required to have the HPV vaccination to protect against cervical cancer.

The new rule separates “age-appropriate” groups (girls and young adult women) and requires they show proof of the vaccinations or they will not be granted legal permanent resident status in the U.S.

This is an enormous marketing success for the drug giant Merck & Co…the maker of the HPV vaccine. Merck has lobbied for virtual universal vaccination of females with the vaccine. Gadisil is currently licensed in for use in girls and women ages 9 to 26 and many health and school officials are pushing to make the vaccine mandatory for all girls by the age of 11 or 12.

The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2008, 11,070 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in this country. With early detection cervical cancer is highly curable. The HPV vaccine has only been on the market since 2006 and has already been responsible for thousands of documented severe side effects, including many deaths.

In addition, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes only about 10% of actual side effects end up being reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.

There is mounting evidence Gardasil isn’t even particularly effective. HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases and nearly 90 percent of all people who have sex get HPV at some point in their lives. The more sexual partners you have, the more likely you will contract a form of HPV. Six million Americans are infected with HPV every year but only a small number actually develop serious problems.

Here’s the bottom line – if you live a non-promiscuous lifestyle and have a healthy immune system you should feel quite secure and safe from HPV and HPV-caused cancer.