Family Health
Everyone knows breast milk is the optimal nutrition for infants. There’s a reason why the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of infancy and then continued breastfeeding for 12 months with complementary foods. But the truth is, medical schools don’t teach much about breastfeeding beyond the biological process and explaining […]
There is absolutely no way around this – losing weight is hard work. Impossible, no. Hard. Yes. Thankfully, there are a number of things you…
Asthma is the seventh-ranked chronic health condition in the United States and the leading chronic illness of children. It is a chronic inflammatory disease that makes airways (bronchial tubes) particularly sensitive to irritants. It is currently estimated that as many as 300 million people world wide suffer from asthma, and that number continues to […]
The man hospitalized in Indiana with the first U.S. case of a potentially fatal respiratory virus called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, is improving…
What’s not to love about a fresh, long-lasting gel/no-chip manicure or pedicure, right? You may need to rethink this – important new research says getting…
Everybody stresses. It’s just a fact of life. However, while a little stress can actually help keep you focused, too much of it doesn’t do…
According to the CDC, in 2011, African Americans were 1.5 times as likely to be obese as Non- Hispanic Whites. In particular, African American women…
Words cannot express how much in love I am with fitness fashion. We have come a long way from windbreakers, matchy matchy velour and Reebok…
Sometimes, the only thing scarier than experiencing a medical emergency is not knowing how to properly respond to one. According to the American Heart Association, “Most people who experience cardiac arrest at home, work or in a public location die because they don’t receive immediate CPR from someone on the scene.” Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is […]
It looks like there is some scientific truth to the old saying, “laughter is the best medicine.” A new study from Loma Linda University in California finds that humor may reduce age-related memory loss caused by the “stress hormone” cortisol. Too much stress has been linked to a number of health problems, including heart disease, […]
Elevator buttons, bathroom toilets and doorknobs are the surfaces that contain the most germs, right? Not necessarily. According to ABC News, researchers discovered that dollar…
As of April 1, 2014, the USA Swimming Foundation has found that 199 drownings have been reported in the U.S. alone, 46 of which were children…