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Health & Medicine
Let an Angel Help You Care For
Your Loved One ............................................4
Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services
Quakerbridge Radiology Plays Leading Role
In Fast-Growing Health Care Field ............5
Dr. David S. Leder, Medical Director
Fighting Pain With a Non-Surgical
Approach.......................................................6
Dr. Dorota M. Gribbin, M.D.
Frequently Asked Questions About
Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy ...............7
When Treating Allergies,
Know Your Options .....................................8
Dr. Aslam Lateef, M.D.
What Are the Characteristics Of
Living in a Dysfunctional Family? ..........10
Rae Federico, MSW, LCSW
Get Rid of That Double Chin! ......................11
Dr. Sharon Gertzman
Women and Fitness – There’s
A Better Way...............................................13
Suffering from Restless Leg Syndrome,
Maybe Venous Insufficiency .....................16
Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad
Treating Psoriasis ..........................................17
Dr. Angela Wo
Solutions for Hearing Loss –
What’s On the Horizon..............................18
Dr. Jane Brady
Stress Management For The
Busy Woman...............................................19
Patricia Metoyer, MS, RN, APN-C
Mercer County Woman
Health & Medicine (cont.)
Is Anxiety Ruling Your Life?........................20
Fran Harrington-Dix, MA, LPC
Easing the Transition to Menopause...........22
Katherine Erbe, CNM
The Biggest Winner’s Club ...........................23
Carol J. Feldman
2008 National Women’s History Month......23
Funeral Services
Professional Funeral Celebrants ..................24
Saul Funeral Homes
Resource Guide
Pages ......................................................25 & 26
Links for Pink................................................27
Reader’s Survey
Page.................................................................28
Legal
Children and Divorce....................................29
Lee Ann McCabe-Chiacchio, Esq.
Business & Finance
Winning The Small-Business
Mind Game..................................................30
Karin Abarbanel
If You Build It................................................31
Are Your Present Marketing Materials
Hurting Your Bottom Line?......................32
Karen Riley
Business & Finance (cont.)
Getting The Most For Those Who
Need It Most................................................33
Steven Rodriguez
Woman-Owned ‘Present Company’
Unwraps Exciting Happenings
in Ewing......................................................36
Present Company
Education
Busy Mom Strives to Help Build
Strong Families...........................................38
Jennifer Mazzoni
Women to Women Networking
Page.................................................................39
Head to Toe Women’s Expo
Pages ......................................................40 & 41
Home & Garden
Awning Design West Showroom
Open House March 15 & 16 .......................42
The New Fountain of Youth? .......................43
Chase Taylor
Can You Train Your Dog? .............................45
Keith Axsom
Early Spring Garden Chores.........................45
Fashion & Beauty
Tribute To Women 2008 Honors
10 Top Area Women...................................48
YWCA
Dedicated To Bringing You The Best Resource Information On Professions, Services & Products in Mercer County
“Women - The Ultimate Consumers”
1. The current amount of wealth women control is $14 trillion.
2. Consumer spending by women is $3.7 trillion & business spending is $1.5 trillion.
3. Women purchase 83% of all products and services.
4. Women directly purchase or influence the purchase of 91% of all new homes.
5. Home furnishings: 94%
6. Home fix up: More than 55%
7. Women account for 88% of retail customers in the United States.
8. Bank accounts: 89%
9. Beauty & hygiene: Women are purchasing more than 90%.
10. Clothes, accessories: Women wear more than 90% of items such as jewelry and
perfume.
11. Consumer electronics: 51%
12. Health: 65% of herbal remedies, vitamins and minerals and 80% of all healthcare.
13. Internet and on e-mail: Women reached a level of more than 50% of total Internet
use by 2000 and spend far more time on e-mail than men. The latest estimates are
as high as 60% of Internet use is by women, with 83% considered to be the
primary decision maker for e-commerce.
14. Meetings: Women plan the meetings and comprise the majority of certified
meeting planners.
15. Office Supplies: $44.5 billion
16. Recording Industry: 51.4%
17. Lawn mowers: Women purchase approximately 81% of riding lawn mowers.
18. Travel: Women represent the majority of consumer travel and approximately 50%
of business travel. We compare this only 25 years ago women were only one
percent(1%) of business travel. (Re-Image, 2003)
19. Credit cards: Women carry 76 million credit cards, 8 million more than men.
20. Home computer: Women account for 66% of all home-computer purchases.
21. Vehicles: Women are directly responsible for the purchase of 50% of all new cars
and trucks sold in the U.S. – 8.5 million of the 17 million new vehicles in 2003. In
terms of dollars, women “are worth” $85 billion to automotive and related
businesses. (J.D.Power; The Washington Post, 2004)
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