ChickSpeak

It’s hard to believe at 20 years old I find myself suffering from the same angsty body issues I had when I was 14.
I thought all the awkwardness would end after the pimply teenage years (yea, yea I’m only one number away from the teens…and yea, yea I still get pimples, unfortunately), but no; it […]

College is a time of excitement and fun. It’s the first time for a myriad of things in students’ lives. Perhaps it’s the first time they’re living on their own, or the first time they have been away from home. Maybe it will be the first time they’ve ever been to a wild and crazy […]

Summer never seems long enough. The late, balmy nights closely hug our memories and cause the days to dance by seemingly without a trace.I love the look of summer. Strapless, flowy dresses, ocean waved hair, and luscious, tanned skin becomes a mere echo as soon as summer awakens to fall.
When its warmer outside, we are […]

Summer time is close to drawing to an end, nevertheless, many are still firing up the grill and enjoying social time out of doors.Growing up in the south, grilling out has been a summer tradition in my family for every event that falls within the warm months. We have a cookout or a barbeque for […]

Perhaps one of the most well known preventive cancer treatments it the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, which is one hundred percent effective in precluding the development of cervical cancers since it’s FDA approval in 2006.
Auspiciously, doctors are indicating that the same HPV vaccine for cervical cancer may prevent other cancers in men and women.
The Human Papilloma […]

For all of you Chicks who have seen “Sex in the City 2″, do you remember the scene where the girls are riding through the desert on camels? If you do, then you’ll remember Samantha saying, “I’m having a hot flash.” Carrie then retorts with, “Honey, you’re on a camel in the middle of the […]

Mary Poppins sang about how a spoonful of sugar would help the medicine go down, however, she did not sing the facts about the granulated ingredient.Sugar, also known as sucrose, is the most common of sugars and is used to sweeten most things found in restaurants and on the grocery store shelves. I’m not going […]

Growing up I only had two vegetables that I without a doubt always consume with great pleasure: broccoli and cauliflower.I remember feeling like a giant because as I would eat these little tasties, I thought for certain they were little trees.
However, I was unaware of their extremely nutritious values. Cauliflower is a delicious vegetable that […]

This week was super hectic for me. You know when you’re just so busy that it seems like you don’t even get a second to sit down?
That was what it was like. I couldn’t sleep, I was so stressed out and, well, I started to break out.
I usually get my stress zits (as I lovingly […]

Sweet summertime is bursting with warm nights, bright flavors, and exciting colors. I don’t know about you, but when the weather is hot, I do not like a heavy meal to eat. Rather, I enjoy a light appetizer with a punch of gusto.I love the symphonic aroma of berries that harmonize with the kitchen air […]