Health

A thriving career. A house with 2.5 kids, the average. Time to exercise. A vibrant social life. A great romantic relationship, whether married or not. And you sleep like a baby at night for a full X-hours, whatever you need to feel like a million bucks the next day. Is...

Breastfeeding saves lives and health care dollars, and promoting breastfeeding rates is one of the government's Healthy People goals. Yet most women do not even meet their own breastfeeding goals, not to mention those set by the government.

Research shows that what a mother and baby experience just in those...

The Wii Fit is not the only game changer in town. As everyone knows, the Wii - the motion sensor-enabled video game console that gets players up and moving - is the hottest thing around. The core set of Wii games including tennis, bowling, and boxing are a big...

I was watching public TV with my wife a couple of years ago when a researcher was being interviewed about the Beta Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial (CARET), in which 18,314 smokers took either beta carotene and Vitamin A or a placebo. He embarrassedly stated that the beta carotene...

Relegating the aged to the realm of forgotten has been practice in this youth-centric culture of ours for years, but with the rise of Viagra, Cialis and other erection enhancing sexual stimulants coupled with increased longevity, we are forced to face that life may not end at 50 after all.

Every Saturday, I pick up my brother-in-law Vincent at his group home in the Chicago southland. We go out for dinner and a movie or whatever with family and sometimes close friends. When I drop him back home, I have a few minutes of conversation with Rayshawn, the weekend overnight...

I asked my son, when he was about 6, how he knew when to stop eating. He said, "My tummy tells me, because, I can't actually see in there." I have raised him on as much healthy food as he will eat and let him have some sweets as well....

Late last week Senator Schumer (D-NY) introduced a federal bill to ban BPA, a hormone-disrupting chemical used in 95% of baby bottles, from all products for infants and young children. Just weeks ago, The National Institute of Health issued a report questioning the safety of BPA -- though they claim...

One thing I know about meditation: it does afford the practitioner the opportunity to take a daily look at how the brain functions -- even when we don't particularly want it to!

At the session of one of our artists' support...

It doesn't get much grosser than this recent report that sent chills down my spine. After "Dateline" NBC did a show on used mattresses, the International Sleep Products Association (ISPA) commended them last week for exposing the hazards of buying a mattress that does not meet federal and...

Because obesity and taxes are two of the best subjects to get people all riled up, in an effort to raise their Google ranking, New Jersey decided to propose a new tax on fast food. Governor John S. Corzine (the Not Gay One -- remember him? Don't feel bad,...

In 2008, thanks to the triumph of public health and medical interventions, Americans will live 30 years longer, on average, than they did a century ago. These advances have resulted in a shift in the threats to Americans' health. In the early 1900s, the leading killers were infectious diseases like...

Yes, I hate the date-rape drug but I am actually talking about the cereal this time. How can a lowly box of spurious nutrition engender such hatred? Easy. This:

On a recent trip to New York, I awoke to a beautiful...

I've been reporting on, learning about, and practicing integrative healing modalities for nearly two decades--and I'm constantly amazed at how powerful the most gentle therapies can be.

I really had the opportunity to put that to the test when I tumbled on the street, wound up in the emergency...