I never really got to know the young woman. I met her during my third-year psychiatry rotation, when our team was consulted for concerns about depress...
Not so very long ago, my daughter's passions included her Elmo doll, her art projects, and an unfortunate activity she referred to as "the buzz." With...
ATLANTA — Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dos...
The New Year, Chinese or otherwise, has now passed. The parties, and any hangovers, are long gone. Unfortunately, for many of you, your New Year's res...
I've succumbed to full-blown depression just once, and the only good that came of it was learning that I never wanted to experience anything like it a...
So here's the thing. There's no shortage of articles dedicated to that certain je ne sais quois of French women. You know, like how they eat more, but...
Calcium is a tricky beast: -- If you get over 250% of your recommended daily allowance, your body can OD on it. -- If you don't get enough, your bones...
Let's face it: The dream of having our very own personal spa chef whip up delicious, good-for-us grub probably isn't happening in this economy. So we ...
Eating two and a half ounces of baby broccoli daily for two months may protect against a common stomach bug that is linked to gastritis, ulcers and ev...
As common as it is, scratching to relieve an itch has long been considered a biological mystery: Are cells at the surface of the skin somehow fatigued...
Every family struggles in a tough economy, but the recession poses unique problems for people raising their grandchildren. Some six million kids, r...
Liquid calories are the bigger culprit than food itself, when it comes to weight loss, a new study suggests. That means soft drinks or soda, as well ...
Researchers found that nearly half of British workers identified mid-morning on their second working day of the week as the moment when they were most...
LOS ANGELES — The world's oldest known living person celebrated her 115th birthday Monday. Gertrude Baines was honored at Western Convalescent ...
"I have a new client, a laid-off lawyer, who's commuting in every day -- to his Starbucks," said Robert C. Chope, a professor of counseling at San Fra...
LONDON — Melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer, is now the most common cancer in young British women, the country's leading cancer organiz...
WASHINGTON — Smoking takes years off your life and adds dollars to the cost of health care. Yet nonsmokers cost society money, too _ by living l...
Editor's note: Patty Fernandez is part of the wowOwow Executive Intern Program, where experienced editors learn a new skill from our younger, Internet...
While HuffPost's Living section is a big fan of a Balanced Life, taking time to Unplug and Recharge, etc, we're still just like everyone else -- which...
In Miami, Victoria Villalba, 44, routinely slept eight hours a night until stories of desperate clients flooding the employment service she runs began...
Diet books are perennials on best-seller lists, and every year a new one seems to capture the public's imagination. But whether the latest fad involve...
To many employees, the workplace can be a source of irritation -- for reasons other than their boss, co-workers or paychecks. Something in your phy...
Love at first sight could be real, at least when it comes to genetics, a new study suggests. In research done with fruit flies (but which may have ...
Call it a yogic twist: Downward-facing dog is no longer just for humans. Ludicrous? Possibly. Grist for anyone who thinks that dog-owners have take...
