We all know yoga's great for us. It's able to get us in shape physically, mentally, and spiritually in a way few other kinds of exercise really can. But it turns out it's particularly beneficial for a specific group of women: those suffering from breast cancer. A series of studies has shown that practicing yoga (a downward dog here, a child's pose there, some fancy nostril breathing) can significantly benefit the health and well-being of women who are undergoing treatment for cancer. And a new study, published just last month in the journal Cancer, shows it may also help those who are recovering after treatment.

Here are some of the benefits of yoga for women with breast cancer:

As cold and flu season bears down on us, we often feel helpless. Is there anything we can do to prevent what sometimes seems inevitable: that we'll come down with the flu du jour and spend a week (or more) coughing, sneezing, wheezing, feverish, and ... miserable?

It turns out, while there's no way to guarantee that you won't get sick, there are a few ways you can boost your immunity so that your body is in tip-top shape to fight off whatever comes floating by.

Here are five of them:

Dr. Oz is such a good listener.You know a doctor is something special when you feel better after merely shaking his hand. That's what happened to me yesterday when I had the pleasure of meeting medical superstar Dr. Mehmet Oz at a roundtable interview on the set of The Dr. Oz Show: A little eye contact, a warm handshake -- and the dull headache and nagging neck pain that were plaguing me all morning disappeared like magic.

Okay, perhaps my miraculous healing had something to do with the fact that Dr. Oz is even more handsome and charming in person than you'd expect. But only a little something.

Because in all seriousness, it was the good doc's words of wisdom that really got me buzzed. No matter what we bloggers asked, Dr. Oz had an instant, remarkably informative response. Previously mystifying physical ailments (one writer asked about psoriasis, others asked about weight loss) suddenly seemed simple, easily solved.

When I read about a new study that found that men diagnosed with breast cancer -- it's rare, but it happens -- are less likely to die from it than women, my first thought was: Ugh, how tragic it is that anyone, male or female, dies from the disease.

My second thought was -- sigh -- it figures women would have it worse than men: It seems like so many diseases and illnesses hit women harder than men.

Was that second inkling justified, I wondered? Or was it just bitterness brought on by the fact that I was -- at that very moment -- shivering under a blanket on the couch with a 102-degree fever, having caught a raging flu my 6-year-old daughter brought home from school and presented to me like a prize report card? My husband, meanwhile, had remained hale and hearty, altogether impervious to the germs coursing through our house.

I'm taking a red-eye flight home from my brother's wedding this weekend and I'm not looking forward to my slow transformation into a zombie. You know what I'm talking about: that irregular napping and neck lolling that turns you into a cranky, achy, sleep-deprived monster. 

And it doesn't help that I'll be crossing two time zones from Mountain to Eastern standard time, which is two hours ahead. That kind of double-whammy of jet lag doesn't just cause fatigue -- it can lead to other health woes like irritability, confusion, nausea, coordination problems, anxiety, and dehydration. Yeah, good times.

Deep breath! Time to get out my jet lag recovery kit ...

If you’re as celeb-obsessed as I am, any time one of them is “rushed to the hospital” (as if anyone ever “takes their sweet-ass time” going to the hospital), you suddenly turn into House. Hmm, so yesterday he was on that yacht all day with that actress drinking Champagne ... heat exhaustion! Alcohol poisoning! Mono!

So when Selena Gomez found herself in one of those paper white gowns recently, the medical diagnoses started swirling in my head. Food poisoning? The flu? Bieber Fever? (Sorry, I had to.) Turns out, the culprit was ...

I knew it! Mommy Brain is not a myth! Turns out getting less than six to eight hours of sleep per night on average can actually age the brain four to seven years. So all of that absentminded behavior you've been blaming on your kids? You really can blame it on your kids!

If you're like me (that is to say, exhausted), you feel oddly satisfied every time another study comes out about the negative effects of sleep deprivation. Of course I can't remember where I put the keys ... lack of sleep leads to forgetfulness! Yeah, I'm cranky -- you want to make something of it? Losing valuable snooze time causes irritability. As for that "short" email it's taking me an hour to write? Chalk that one up to fatigue-induced inability to concentrate.

When it comes to Americans who say they have attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), we now know that a bunch of them are big fat fakers. A new study says almost one in four adults are exaggerating or just flat out making up their symptoms to score medication that will help them concentrate and get a leg up on life. While this news is shocking, it also makes me a little jealous and wonder why I didn't think of it at my last checkup. I want a leg up too!

The study looked at 286 adults who had been diagnosed with the disorder and found 22 percent of them did at least a little faking. Some actually were suffering from ADHD, but exaggerated their symptoms so they'd for sure get the good drugs. Others may have just incorrectly self-diagnosed themselves.