Category Archives: General Health

Steak may have great flavor and mouth-feel (we have to agree), but it’s not doing your health any favors. Over the next 10 years, the number of Americans aged 65 and older with Alzheimer’s disease will reach an estimated 7.1 million. The number of deaths from diabetes is expected to rise more than 50 percent. ...click here to read more

Getting a routine checkup at your doctor’s office may increase your risk of infection, especially if your doctor doesn’t use proper hygiene techniques to disinfect her hands and her diagnostic tools. Patient-to-patient transfer of germs is a serious threat and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients.  That said, stethoscopes are used ...click here to read more

The average age of marriage in the United States is now 29 for men, and that’s good news – for their bones. Less stress? More time to sew their oats? A new study published in Osteoporosis International found that getting married after the age of 25 gives men stronger bone density in their spines compared to ...click here to read more

Walk up to a mirror, open up your mouth and say, “ahhh.” This exercise has nothing to do with teeth whitening and actor George Clooney (who paid for that gorgeous grin). It’s all about your tongue, not necessarily a beauty feature, perhaps, but getting a close look at your own tongue will say more about ...click here to read more

What makes up a person? We all have bones, muscles, ligaments, organs, veins and arteries (and so on!) that are connected to create a functioning body. We move our fingers and toes without thinking about it, we speak to tell stories and offer advice, and our inner workings help transport blood, oxygen and other signals so ...click here to read more

Now there’s even more reason to visit the farmer’s market to stock your fridge. If you regularly eat packaged or processed foods you may be exposing yourself to harmful, cancer-causing toxins. New research published in the February 2014 edition of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health showed that many of the synthetic chemicals that are ...click here to read more

Headaches are headaches right? Wrong, not all headaches are alike. That pain in your head can fall into three different categories: Cluster headaches, migraine headaches or tension-type headaches. It’s important to I.D. your headache for best pain relief and prevention. If you’re stressed out these days, you’re not alone. Tension or stress headaches are the most common ...click here to read more

Are you dealing with a bad back? Muscle aches? Sore joints? It may be cold comfort, but you’re not alone –most primary care visits in the United States are related to complaints like these, for chronic musculoskeletal pain. Research published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons found that chronic pain of the ...click here to read more

Did you know that cancer kills 50 percent more men than women around the world? It’s true. Each year, more than 4.6 million men and 3.5 million women die of cancer globally, according to the 2014 World Cancer Report – compiled by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and published by ...click here to read more

You walk on them, you squeeze them into shoes, and they can develop blisters, bunions and calluses, but our feet also can offer us so much more insight into our overall health than just helping us get up and about. In fact, feet are so much more than five toes and a sole. They are ...click here to read more

For most of us, buying a house or downsizing to a condo, ranks right up there with naming our first-born. It’s one of the most important decisions of our lives, and we invest a great deal of time in making sure we finally end up with one that has everything we are looking for – ...click here to read more

Every single day, your body takes a beating from the very food, water and air it uses to keep on ticking. It’s called oxidative stress, from a host of sources. And to counter the damage, your system must make use of what are known as antioxidants. Ever hear of those? Well, it’s a rather simple ...click here to read more

Eat breakfast. Drink water. Exercise. Healthy lifestyle habits do plenty to keep your heart strong. New research shows that heart-healthy habits will also help you respond better to treatment for depression. In today’s society, depression is very common, affecting more than 350 million people worldwide. Numerous studies have found that depression is a major risk ...click here to read more

Tossing and turning, getting cocooned by the sheets, or waking up several times during the night because of your partner’s snoring? (“What? You’re kidding – I don’t snore!” is a common response by your better half.) If this happens on a regular basis, you may be sleep-deprived. You’re bound to wake up feeling groggy and ...click here to read more