Oct 3rd 2017
Ask anyone to name the body's major organs, and the first few answers are easy: the heart, the brain, the kidneys, and the lungs come quickly to mind. A bit further down the list, and often not mentio…
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Oct 2nd 2017
We've heard it said lately that the best way to lose weight, improve our cardiovascular health, fend off viruses, etc., is not so much through physical exercise as it is by making healthy changes to o…
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Sep 29th 2017
Acne, otherwise known as pimples, is one of the most common dermatological conditions, affecting millions of young adults worldwide – and a relative handful of older adults as well. Assumptions…
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Sep 29th 2017
OK, truth be told, this post doesn't offer much that involves putting sugar and good health in the same sentence, but it sounded nice in the title. When it comes to herbs and spices that can promote g…
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Sep 28th 2017
Leg cramps can be a real pain. They can crop up at any time during the day, turning a leisurely stroll through the park or a walk from the den to the fridge into exercise of agonizing futility, sendin…
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Sep 28th 2017
A little inflammation, even a moderate amount, is a good thing. It is one of our body's means of healing itself. When we suffer an injury or contract an illness, our immune system goes to work, sendin…
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Sep 27th 2017
In our never-ending quest to stay healthy (or get healthier), to lose weight, to get stronger, to become faster, to improve our endurance or to just overall enhance our appearance, it's easy to get lo…
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Sep 25th 2017
It's easy to think of our bones and bone structure as nothing but hard substance, out of sight (beneath our skin, of course) and able to take care of itself, only to be tended to when we suffer a frac…
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Sep 22nd 2017
In some ways, anxiety and depression are like most any other illness or disorder – there are traditional ways of treating them that includes the option of conventional medicine, i.e. prescriptio…
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Sep 19th 2017
Forgetfulness is a part of life for most of us. Forgot where you put the keys? Can't find your wallet or purse? You arrived home last night, turned on the dome light inside your car while in the drive…
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Sep 18th 2017
More than 600,000 Americans die from heart disease every year, making it the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. That works out to one in four deaths each year being related to heart disease, w…
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Sep 15th 2017
The next time you are in pain and tell someone about it, don't be surprised if they try to brush it off by saying, Oh, it's only in your head. Actually, they're right; whatever the root cause of the…
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