10.16.08
From The Founder—Come Dance With Us
Dear BeThree Readers,
I apologize for the lapse in our stories - we’ve been busy getting manicures, and vacationing on the Mexico Riviera. Psych - just kidding! We’ve actually been hard at work developing some cool new aspects of BeThree, and we’ve decided that our readers nee... Continue
09.25.08
Help Feed Someone Else's Body And Mind For Your Soul
Fact: 80% of the world’s refugees are women and their children, and h unger and malnutrition kill more people in the world than HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria combined.
Enter International Medical Corps (IMC) - a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to sav... Continue
09.18.08
One-Stop Health Shop - Can It Be True?
Do you ever wish you could just go to your doctor once per year, pick up your prescription for “perfect, yummy health” then mosey over to the pharmacy to fill it? “Here you go,” your doc would say. Then you’d be on your merry way, and $50 later, you’d have tons... Continue
09.16.08
Life Saver on Wheels
Bikes are pretty neat, if you think about it. They whisk you around town more quickly than on foot. Add a basket and poof!, they instantly become a cool grocery getter. They’re green, they come in a myriad of fab colors to match your fab personality, and you burn off that après-lunch... Continue
09.15.08
Big Buddha
If you look 50 stories up and see a giant bronze Buddha smiling at you, chances are you’ll grin back. Then you might smile at your neighbor, smile at yourself, and smile at the world. That’s the goal of The Maitreya Project . In Sanskrit, maitreya means loving-kindness, and spreading... Continue
09.08.08
I Love My Eggs: Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
I love my eggs, and I’m not talking about scrambled or sunny-side up. What can I say? They’ve been on my mind because it’s Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. The American Cancer Society states that over 21,000 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed each year – making it ... Continue
09.03.08
Weighing Your Options: Fit Vs. Fat
Who doesn't dread stepping on the scale? Just last week, I went to the doc and left feeling worse than when I went - thanks to that dang scale. But a new study from the Archives of Internal Medicine reports that even people with extra girth have less risk of heart disease than those of normal w... Continue
08.28.08
Cleaning Up: The Filthy Truth
Doing household chores like scrubbing the toilet your bf so kindly ruined sucks. But what makes it even more sucky is that those cleaning agents can cause (gasp) cancer! According to a study by the University of Washington , some household cleaners contain carcinogens. The worst part? The gov&rs... Continue
08.18.08
Do You Mind?
If you dream it, you can do it. No, seriously – you can. Or so says a recent study from the British Journal of Health Psychology that found people who visualized themselves going through the actions involved in a specific health behavior were more likely to actually do it. Meaning, if you... Continue
08.14.08
When There's No Sex Happenin' In The City
The word on the BeThree street is that there were public outcries of celebration in cubicles across the country during National Orgasm Day a few weeks ago. Yay O’s! But if you’re part of the 37% of ladies that take anti-anxiety/depression meds like Prozac and Paxil that kill your se... Continue
