In my travels, I've been asked about foods that can help enhance sexual health and improve sexual performance. While I can name foods that are high in antioxidants, loaded with healthy omega-threes and filled with calcium, potassium and vitamin D, I really wasn't sure which foods are good for better...

One Simple Technique Can Help You Reclaim Your Life

"Oh, hello Drama, it's you again! I really could do without you showing up right now. You seem to show up at the wrong times. Sometimes, I'll admit it, I like a little drama. A little drama is a good thing....

Did you ever go food shopping and pick up a product because the front food label claims that the product is healthy? If you have, you're not alone. Many consumers are falling into the trap of buying products because of misleading front food labels.

The front of some food labels...

Tara Stiles is so cool. I don't know Tara Stiles, I've never met Tara Stiles, and I've never even spoken to Tara Stiles.

We've exchanged a few emails and I guess I can call her my friend here at Huffington Post where she writes too, but I have...

Sometimes, it's the simple things that we can do to help improve our outlook and health.

The best part is...

It's something that we have within ourselves to help boost our mind, body and spirit.

Learning to mediate and learning to focus on breathing, spending...

Her muscles and joints ached. Her throat was raw and sore and throbbing headaches came on without warning. She felt foggy-headed all the time, and had trouble remembering simple thoughts or following reruns of familiar TV sitcoms. Even though she was bone-tired all the time, she had trouble falling asleep...

Okay, so this topic isn't sexy, but it's important.

Have you ever been in a public bathroom and noticed the number of people that don't wash their hands?

It doesn't matter where you are.

You can be in a mall, an airport, a hospital, a restaurant, a school, a concert,...

A Registered Nurse's Tips to Stay Safe in a Hospital

A hospital can be extremely frightening and overwhelming.

Hospitals generally are loud, cold, and sterile mazes of chaos. Unfortunately medical errors happen and it's estimated that nearly 100,000 people die of medical errors each year.

According...

I use Twitter and I like it. As a registered nurse, twitter helps me promote health and wellness and it helps me educate the public on vital health topics.

It allows me to tweet about an upcoming radio show, link to informative websites and blogs, or retweet (RT) a...

Will Hiding Mom & Dad's Meds Keep Teens' Hands off Them?

Covering the pediatric intensive care unit as an AHN, I have seen teens in critical condition due to ingesting prescription meds. Most recently, a shining high school valedictorian will never see his next phase of life. His...

Happiness: It's Contagious

If you're happy chances are your friends will be happy and their friends will be happy... and so on and so on and so on.

When was the last time you felt really happy? Maybe it was this morning, yesterday or last week. Those feelings of joy,...

On the new TNT series HawthoRNe, a nurse is portrayed in a positive light.

I'm delighted to see that the new TV series HawthoRNe avoids most of the media stereotypes of nursing, portraying a nurse character that is strong, determined, smart and assertive.

Jada Pinkett Smith, shines as she realistically...

Are you "Down for Maintenance"? Maybe you Should be!

Periodically on Twitter you'll come across a message that reads:

Twitter is currently down for maintenance. We expect to be back in about an hour. Thanks for your patience.

It's understandable that Twitter needs a little TLC. Twitter-once an obscure...

I have a really good friend who has somehow mastered living in the moment. Ask him about the future and you won't get much of a response.

While I enjoy the "moments" of everyday I can't help but move my mind forward to envision the future.

Living in the...

Nurse Jackie vs. Hawthorne

Two TV nursing dramas begin to debut next week. Only one seems to have potential to represent the real lives of nurses.

Does the old adage, "You can't judge a book by its cover" hold true for TV series? "You...

The Doctor/Patient Relationship

What do patients want? Despite the technological promises of the Health 2.0 movement, in some ways it's really no different today than it was forty years ago.

An article that appeared in Time Magazine on May 13, 1966 says:

Today, Americans get far better medical care than...

Simple lifestyle changes boost your health-and your happiness

Health care isn't just what happens between you and your medical professionals. It's how you care for yourself and maintain your health and well-being. Here are five ways to change your life in a way that will not only make...