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Bob Greene, Oprah's fitness guru, shared tips from his book The Best Life Guide to Managing Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes on Good Morning America this mor...
nytimes.com | ANAND GIRIDHARADAS | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living
Western medical practices have attracted similar criticisms in recent years, for an emphasis on intervening in disease rather than preventing it befor...
Kathy Freston | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living
I have sought to understand the link between diet and the dreaded diseases that are prevalent in our culture. Following is a fascinating conversation I had on diet and heart health.
Barbara Ficarra | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living
The next time you head out for food shopping, read the ingredients on the side or back label. The ingredients will give you a better idea if the product you are about to buy is healthy or not.
Huffington Post | Mark Hyman, MD, Dean Ornish, MD, and Mike Roizen, MD | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
We must not only change who is covered but also what is covered to include personalized lifestyle medicine if we are to make current treatments more effective and less costly.
Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living
The dollar costs of caring for the increasing numbers of elderly Americans expected to develop Alzheimer's dementia over the next 30 years will decimate the personal savings of millions of families.
Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living
See a Two Minute Video: Join Dr. Susan Albers on the walk: http://www.youtube.com On October 11th the very first National Eating Disorders Associ...
forbes.com | Thomas F. Cooley | Posted 10.01.2009 | Living
Fewer women in the United States are dying from breast cancer, but disparities in death rates still exist between whites and blacks, a new report show...
Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
While you go out to get your flu vaccines check to see if you should also get the pneumococcal vaccine, and think about how you might help give access to these vaccines to millions of children who need them.
usatoday.com | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living
Less than 10% of U.S. high school students are eating the combined recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables, a finding that the U.S. Centers ...
AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living
CHICAGO — More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treat...
Tara Stiles | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living
Irresponsibility isn't exclusive to bankers. The same unintelligent, unconscious, destructive behavior occurs on a daily basis when it comes to health choices.
Lesley Stern | Posted 09.26.2009 | Comedy
Sex is also a good, inexpensive form of exercise that doesn't require getting out of bed (although it may compel you to leave the fetal position). This will require a partner since batteries are costly.
medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
New research from Hong Kong found that green tea, one of the most popular drinks around the world, may benefit bone health and the researchers suggest...
Johnathon Briggs | Posted 09.23.2009 | Chicago
50 percent of all those living with HIV currently lack needed medical care. The impact of health reform on efforts to control the epidemic could be profound.
nytimes.com | Anahad O'Connor | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living
As cold season approaches, many Americans stock up on their vitamin C and echinacea. But heeding the age-old advice about catching up on sleep might b...
BBC NEWS | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living
Drinking copious amounts of alcohol in one session scuppers the immune system by knocking out proteins essential for fighting off bacteria and viruses...
James S. Gordon | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
If every older person were guaranteed a physician with time to talk about life and ways to live it more fully, as well as to discuss the best ways to deal with the inevitability of death, debates about "death panels" would wither.
Tommy G. Thompson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics
Obama must do more to remind Americans why just as recently as May more than half of them supported health reform. His address can only be the beginning if he wants to succeed in passing a reform bill.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
Cervical cancer is diagnosed in about 500,000 women every year. About 250,000 will die. But it is largely preventable.
James S. Marks | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
The CBO is a valuable resource for elected officials for measuring the economic value of legislation. But it doesn't automatically score what we as Americans value, especially our health.
New York Times | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media
PRESIDENT OBAMA is taking his argument for a health care plan to a new place: Rodale magazines, where he or his wife appear on coming covers of Preven...
Dr. Dean Ornish | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home
I understand the anger at large insurance companies that drop coverage, or who don't provide coverage for 48 million Americans who are uninsured. Too much power concentrated in too few institutions often leads to abuses of power to the detriment of the American people.
Will Rogers | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green
The health benefits of parks are well established, especially when parks are easily accessible and well-maintained.
Dr. Ralph Snyderman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living
Getting health care reform right requires a clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of how health care is delivered today and how to make it better. This understanding starts with a real story about James.
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