What I ask people to do is to get on the scale every day. Yes, every day. Write down your weight each day and average it out over the course of a week. This keeps you awake and aware to what is going on.
This week the Center for Science in the Public Interest updated the findings of its' historic study about the caloric and fat overload found in many a movie-goer's favorite treat -- popcorn.
We must recognize that we are a nation deep in conflict, and instead of trying to win with politics, we must work towards building peace. We need to change the conversation about abortion.
My mother would be dead. There's nothing complicated about it. She would be dead if she had not gone in to have her routine mammogram at age 45.
It comes around every year -- the Saturday before Thanksgiving is the day Congress has called National Survivors of Suicide Day.
My granddaughter who was eight kept my book by her bedside and was fascinated with everything concerning it. One day she told her mother she wanted to do a book report on "I Can Do This."
Since innovation is the engine of economic growth, it is critical to focus our attention on it if we are ever going to get ourselves out of the economic mess we got ourselves into.
Harry Reid's public option is a token public option -- a fleeting gesture toward the idea of a public option, so small and desiccated as to be barely worth mentioning except that it still contains the word "public."
Solving our global fisheries crisis will require global solutions, and involvement from everyone. Making good choices about the seafood we eat is a great way for each of us to do our part.
Post-concussion syndrome, an under reported sports-related condition, now has some renowned football players saying that, if they could do it all over again, they would not have played in the first place.
If turkey is on your holiday menu, what then should you buy? When looking for the right bird, or any poultry for that matter, there is much to consider.
At age 51, I never thought I'd be "debuting". In fact, I thought I'd be on the downward slope of a successful advertising career. But, plans were meant for changing.
There's a killer at large in our communities linked to 1 out of 5 deaths. The killer is tobacco, the leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
The diagnosis of SuperStress describes a physical and emotional state that resembles post-traumatic stress disorder.
Between now and when the vaccination is made available to the public, hang in there, use hand sanitizer and avoid walking petri dishes -- toddlers with runny noses -- if you have the option.
At 35, I had my first mammogram. It was clean as a whistle. At 36, I was diagnosed with three cancerous tumors in my right breast, two of which were larger than 2.5 centimeters.
There are a number of reports of unhealthy eating habits in the White House. You must be kidding! These are the folks who are trying to bring us health care.
Dr. Robert Murray is not a person given to exaggeration or hyperbole. When he states that from a public health perspective, no issue is more important than that of obesity among children, we need to listen.
The pundits say that on abortion, the Democrats have to choose between the economically liberal wing of its party and the socially progressive one. I strongly disagree with this premise.
I was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in my right breast at age 42. Considering that the task force suggested that breast self-exam is worthless, I wonder, how are we supposed to achieve early detection?
Depression, a complex and multifaceted problem, is frequently treated with an oversimplified, expensive therapy that, sadly, is often ineffective.
