The New P.E.
It’s 8:30 a.m., and a group of high school students are dancing? This is the new face of physical education. In the old days, P.E. had a set schedule where we had basketball and volleyball....
Your Health. Your Lifestyle. Vitamins and Minerals
Music Heals
It’s cheap. It’s relaxing. It might make you feel better, and it doesn’t have any side effects. Sound like music to your ears? It is, and it’s called music therapy! Longtime migraine sufferer Carol...
Stay Trim Live Longer
The 1990, U.S. Department of Agriculture Dietary Guidelines said it was all right for people over the age of 35 to be heavier than younger adults. Some health experts disagreed. The debate led the...
Wound Healing Made Easier
Each year in this country nearly 70,000 amputations are performed on diabetics. Most are caused by wounds that just won’t heal. However, many are now clearing up thanks to some super cells from a...
Colon Mouth
Reconstructing a mouth after oral cancer surgery can be tricky. The tissue inside our mouths is so unique. Surgeons at Washington University in St. Louis used their gut instincts and found a compatible substitute...
How To Choose A Personal Trainer
The diagnosis is overuse and part of the prescription is: get a personal trainer. It just may be one way to stay out of the doctor’s office. The weekend warrior: on the court, on...
Menopause and Phytoestrogens
Jeanie has made dong quai, soy and flaxseed a regular part of her diet since she turned 50. “A lot of women that I know have specific ailments and so are accustomed to going...
Emergency Contraception: Now Available for Everyone – Did you know it always was?
The l960s brought us birth control pills, giving millions of women the power to decide if and when they wished to become pregnant. Over the years, it was discovered these same combination pills of...
Help For Head Injuries
If you’ve ever had aching muscles, you may have heard someone tell you to go soak in a bath with Epsom salts. Now, doctors in Seattle say the main substance in Epsom salts may...
Ovarian Cysts – Diagnosis
Pelvic examination The first thing your doctor will do to diagnose whether or not you have ovarian cysts will be to give you a combined internal and external pelvic examination. To do this, he...
Don’t Let UV Rays Cause Summertime Blues
Everyone wants to avoid the burn — especially since the long-termeffects could be an even bigger pain. July is UV Safety Month, making it the perfect time to brush up on your sun protection...
Herb For Depression
For years Europeans have treated depression with a pill made from a wild plant called St. John’s Wort. In Germany, it’s as popular as Prozac. Now, for the first time, a major study is...
Angry Young Hearts
We all know that stress and anger can cause health problems in adults. A new study suggests kids who are hostile can develop health problems, too. Seven-year-old Jamal has a problem controlling his temper....
Hellerwork: An Alternative Wellness Program
Add Hellerwork to your list of alternative wellness programs. It is a series of one-hour sessions of deep tissue body-work and movement education designed to realign the body and release chronic tension and stress....
Benefits of Water
You’ve probably heard the phrase, “getting back to nature,” but have you ever considered there might be a healthy reason behind the phrase? Artist Clayton makes water fountains and finds the therapeutic effects of...
Ovarian Cysts
Not to be confused with the unruptured follicles that occur in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), ovarian cysts are fluid-filled sacs that form in or one your ovaries and may be benign or malignant. For...
Coup Detox?
From the Master Cleanse to the Fruit Flush, advertised options for removing your body’s residue are endless. But are they legit… and what are the health concerns? The premise of detoxification advocates is that...
Bad Beauty Buys
You can find lots of great beauty loot online, but you’ll also come across plenty of overblown or even bogus beauty claims and risky skin-care products. There’s also a lot of bad advice out...
What Is Inflammation
What is “inflammation” and why is everyone so concerned about it? There are two kinds of inflammation: the kind that hurts and the kind that kills. Most of us are very familiar with the...
Foods That Protect
Let’s take a look at the defending characteristics of drinking green tea, snacking on dark chocolate and enjoying plenty of cruciferous vegetables. Does green tea have any effect against cancer? I drink two cups...
Skin Deep
The sun combined with the natural aging process can leave lasting marks on your largest organ. Over time, cellular rejuvenation slows, the epidermis (outer skin layer) thins and roughens, and elasticity decreases — leading...
Healthy Approaches to Managing Osteoporosis
Although many factors can influence bone health, we focuses on the impact of diet and physical activity. These two lifestyle factors are under your control and can have a major impact on the strength...
Osteoporosis and Bone Health
Imagine the internal structure of bone as being like the wood foundation of a house. The process of osteoporosis is similar to what happens during a termite infestation of a home’s foundation, whereby termites...
Nutrition and Overall Health
Researchers of nearly all chronic diseases have studied the role of nutrition (the term chronic is used to refer to diseases that often begin at a younger age and develop over time). Six of...
Watermelon – Perfect Summer Treat
JUST AS ITS NAME suggests, watermelon is 92 percent water. It comes in red, pink, orange or yellow, some with oval black seeds (perfect for distance spitting), and some almost seedless. Watermelons can be...
Summer food safety: Get it to go
DO YOU WORRY about egg salad going bad on hot days? Or how long fried chicken can survive out of the fridge? Now you can ask “Karen,” the virtual food safety representative on the...
Eye Injury Prevention Month
IT’S EASY TO presume that most of the 2.5 million eye injuries occurring in the U.S. each year happen in the workplace, as a result of falls or flying objects or sparks striking the...
To Err Is Human
A grudge can cross more than your arms. Resentment has ill effects on your health, from causing depression to weakening your immune system. Recent studies even suggest that over time, cardiovascular health, chronic pain,...
Improve your sleep with simple bedroom fixes
Sleep troubles? You’re not alone: Up to 40 percent of Americans have difficulty sleeping. If you’re stuck in the bleary haze of sleep deprivation, your bedroom could be the source of your problem. Sleeping...
Nutrition and Weight
When you consume basically the same number of calories as you expend, your body weight remains relatively stable. If you want to gain or lose weight, you must manipulate this balance between calories consumed...