Have you seen the e-mail circulating about the danger of outdated cake mixes?
With its principles of healthy, balanced living and an awareness of our body’s connection to the elements, yoga is a natural fit with sustainability. The discipline of yoga is based in a centuries-old Sanskrit tradition that includes principles like “ahimsa,” or “doing no harm.”
The cases always capture headlines: Outbreaks put worries on the table, tainted lettuce sickens 19, egg recall sparked by salmonella threat.
I started a new morning boot camp class yesterday, and I wanted to kick it off with a bang for all the people brave enough to partake in my particularly pugnacious physical playground.
What is your chronotype? Your chronotype is your natural preference for certain times of the day. It's the time of the day when you are most productive, full of energy and intellectually stimulated.
Q: I am 74 years old and had cervical cancer surgery and radiation treatments 16 years ago. Since then I have had multiple bouts of bowel obstruction. Is there anything I can do to prevent another one?
Kevin Shannon, 68, said he believes the art of writing and a chance friendship banished the demons of his post-traumatic stress disorder – a condition not diagnosed until 2005.
Learn what foods can trigger an attack in those who suffer from food allergies.
There are pros and cons of being an only child. The child certainly gets more parental attention, but there is also the chance of being spoiled.
Q: I am worried that my mother is not drinking enough and will become dehydrated with the summer heat. What are the signs of dehydration?
Q: There was an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease at my daughter's day care. What is this from?
My friend Valerie often gives me fodder for my columns with issues she brings to our workouts.
Fall doesn’t begin for another month, but the itchy and watery eyes, runny nose, sneezing and coughing of fall allergy season are here. Use these tips to feel better if mold and pollen make you miserable each autumn.
If you have been doing a specific type of exercise this summer, it may be time to integrate complementary activities into your training program. Although you may not be interested in doing a triathlon, the three activities, running, cycling and swimming, make for excellent cross-training exercises. Cross-training refers to different aerobic activities that provide essentially the same cardiovascular conditioning benefits.
In the quest to minimize toxic exposure, many people have started transitioning to more organic fruits and vegetables, but fewer people think to look for toxins in baby shampoo, cosmetics or toothpaste.
Weekly health column, with items on preparedness, new research on marrow cells and more.
Excess salt in the American diet is causing too many deaths, chronic disease, and disability, and costing us billions in health care dollars, yet today Americans get more than ever before and the culprit isn’t necessarily the salt shaker.
