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Madfor Christina HENDRICKS EMBRACES HER CURVES, LIFE, AND CAREER ON HER OWN TERMS 40 Trim: 8.375" Safety: .375" Trim: 8.375" Safety: .375" Trim: 10.875" Safety: .375" October 2011 contents ® features webmd.com the Magazine wellness wellness 40 Queen Christina You know her as gorgeously curvy, Queen fiesty Joan on Mad Men, and now Christina Hendricks is expanding her Most famous as repertoire with two new movies: I Don’t curvalicious Joan on Mad Men and Christina Know How She Does It, co-starring Sarah starring in two new By Rebecca Ascher-Walsh movies, Christina WebMD Contributing Writer Jessica Parker, and the thriller Drive, Hendricks reveals her secrets for s Joan Harris (née Holloway), the corseted, curvy, take-no-prisoners secretary-in-chief in AMC’s hit series Mad Men, opposite Ryan Gosling. Hendricks tells enjoying life on Christina Hendricks has crashed a vase over someone’s head to get attention. In real life, the star has wowed audiences and critics simply by being herself, a talent whose her own terms range is matched only by her extraordinary energy and beauty. and putting first AThis fall she has two new movies—the comedy I Don’t Know How She Does It, co- WebMD contributing writer Rebecca starring Sarah Jessica Parker, and the thriller Drive, opposite Ryan Gosling and Carey things first, Mulligan. And she’s recently resumed filming the fifth season ofMad Men, which has earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, a no matter the Critics’ Choice Television Award, and legions of fans who either want to be Joan or Ascher-Walsh how she stays fit and date her. At press time, she was up for her second Emmy nomination. demands of her Hendricks, 36, has made Hollywood’s coveted “A list,” and she’s done it on her va-va-voom own exacting terms, heralded equally for the mastery of her craft and her looks. grounded on and off the set and why Esquire voted her America’s Most Beautiful Woman last year, but she’s a self-professed acting career homebody who’d rather be knitting than posing on every red carpet in town. She’s idealized enough physically to have earned her own Barbie doll, but she makes women feel good about themselves. this Idaho-born beauty would rather Reviewed by be home cooking than striking a pose Louise Chang, MD WebMD SENIOR MEDICAL EDITOR on the red carpet. PLUS: Christina’s October 2011 | WebMD the Magazine 55 tips for learning to love the skin you’re COVER PHOTO BY PERRY HAGOPIAN/CONTOUR BY GETTY IMAGES in. cancer cancer 10 Symptoms 46 7 9 Women Should 8 Never Ignore 1 10 A bit of bloating and feeling fatigued 6 is normal for women, but if both get 10 5 out of hand, pay attention, health 3 cancer 4 experts say. WebMD contributing writer symptoms Christina Boufis reports on the top 10 women should never ignore 2 symptoms women should keep on their radar screen when it comes to cancer By Christina Boufis, WebMD Contributing Writer When Caryl Engstrom, 49, found a lump in her awareness and prevention efforts. PLUS: right breast, she knew immediately something was wrong. Despite a normal mammogram two months earlier and recent breast exams by her internist and gynecologist, who found nothing amiss, Engstrom Three simple ways to reduce your risk knew she needed to call her doctor immediately. “I just had a gut feeling. It was a sizable lump and just didn’t feel right to me.” Engstrom’s suspicions turned out to be correct when a biopsy revealed Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD today. she had stage 2 breast cancer, a finding that surprised everyone, she says. WebMD LEAD MEDICAL EDITOR 60 WebMD the Magazine | October 2011 October 2011 | WebMD the Magazine 61 Target Pharmacies are not located in all Target stores, hours vary by location, services of pharmacist may not be available at all times when Target stores are open. Safety: .375" Free translation services available. © 2011 Target Stores. The Bullseye Design and Target are registered trademarks of Target Brands, Inc. 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Usage expires after 2 years from first run date. ® departments editor’s note from the executive editor webmd.com the Magazine October 2011 35 Editor’s Note take the test you can take 3 to your doctor Giving back. We celebrate those two words in each issue of WebMD the Magazine, and Healthy Start ASSESSMENTS, QUIZZES, AND REFERENCE this month is no different. Our cover star, Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks, might just be the most drop-dead Kick off fall in good-for-you ways. INFORMATION ON EVERY PAGE 9 gorgeous secretary in the annals of television, but off the set she couldn’t be more down- cancer home (she’d rather be knitting than on the red carpet, loves spaghetti and meat sauce, and WebMD Wire Colorectal cancer tests 50 she de-stresses in the bathtub). She also spends quality time with sick children through the What’s the germiest part of your Living Well 10 26 Latisse Wishes Foundation, an offshoot of Make-a-Wish Foundation, which she first heard house and can TV really shorten your life? 26 You Asked No need to forgo your mind flat iron. Keep your locks smooth, 51 Is your child depressed? about when she was age 7—a classmate who was ill got to meet a Exam Room shiny, and strong with expert product favorite TV star. Hendricks acted on that childhood memory years later. sleep (For her story, see page 40.) Fuzzy logic: cotton balls. picks and tips. 17 52 Are your sleeping habits good? Director Patty Jenkins (who directed the award-winning Monster in medical file PEOPLE AND PAGES 2003) also drew on past memories, specifically of her grandmother and Medical Take Five diet Top director Patty Jenkins joins close friend, while making Pearl, one of the films in the anthology Five, A-listers to spotlight breast cancer What’s your drive-through IQ? Director Patty Jenkins connected naturally to her new short Health Matters File film, Pearl, one of five intertwined vignettes in the Lifetime Original Movies anthology, Five. The film quintet premieres Oct. 10 as part 53 of Lifetime TV’s “Stop Breast Cancer for Life” initiative (www. mylifetime.com/my-lifetime-commitment/breast-cancer). 28 18 “No matter who you are, no amount of information ensures part of Lifetime TV’s “Stop Breast Cancer for Life” initiative, which debuts prevention,” Jenkins says. “It’s almost hard to find somebody who hasn’t had a family member or friend with breast cancer.” 28 fitness Monster director Patty Jenkins, 40, has had both. Her grandmother, Patsy Roth, now in her 80s, was initially diagnosed at age 42 and underwent a double mastectomy. (Today, Roth’s cancer is slow-growing and she is other- wise healthy.) And in mid-June, Jenkins’ close friend, trailblazing film producer and Stand Up To Cancer co-founder Laura Ziskin, died from breast cancer at age 61. The Five film project allowed Jenkins to Academy Award-winning director Patty Jenkins directs a short film about October 10. Taking an honest look at women’s perceptions of the disease breast cancer in the Lifetime Original Movies anthology, Five. positively channel emotions about losing Ziskin, she says. heart Jenkins joins the project’s8 other directors (and Hollywood Each 20-minute film follows its title character—Charlotte, Chey- Waist Away Say bye-bye to Jenkins on making A-listers), Jennifer Aniston, Alicia Keys, Demi Moore, and Penelope anne, Lili, Mia, and Pearl—from diagnosis through various stages of Spheeris, who each made a film based on a story arc developed treatment and coping. Pearl, played by actor Jeanne Tripplehorn, is by Marta Kauffman, co-creator of the hit TV sitcom Friends, which the chronological link: She loses her mother to breast cancer in the co-starred Aniston. Jenkins is best known for her 2003 independent first film, then grows up to become an oncologist who treats the crime drama, Monster, which led to an Oscar for best actress for its other four lead characters, then faces breast cancer herself.