Jun 30, 2015
Scientists have found that letting high-risk children eat peanuts before their first birthday sharply slashes their allergy risk.
Trees, grass, apples and bananas are among the genetically modified products entering the biosphere and the marketplace.
Just 15 minutes of mindfulness meditation a day lowered four markers of hypertension in a study of 15 African-American men.
A study of 3 million people concluded that people that are lonely and isolated have as great a risk of early death as heavy smokers, alcoholics and the obese.
British veterinarians found that cats do indeed pick at their food in hot weather—eating 15 percent less—and logically eat more in winter.
Jun 01, 2015 ● By Kathleen Barnes
When men eat certain foods from lean meat and nuts to cabbage and strawberries, their bodies naturally produce more male hormone, lowering the odds of infertility and impotence.
Jun 01, 2015 ● By Sandra Murphy
Given a gentle introduction, a cat can learn to love a leash and relish daily walks around the neighborhood.
Jun 01, 2015 ● By Avery Mack
Ever longed to try out downsizing? Teeny-tiny rentals a tenth the size of an average home are springing up at vacation sites ranging from national forests to urban centers.
Jun 01, 2015 ● By Linda Sechrist
As Lyme Disease cases mount, we must arm ourselves this summer with preventive and natural healing strategies.
May 29, 2015 ● By Lisa Marshall
By emphasizing nutrition, exercise, meditation and coaching, new approaches are successfully moving people off habitual drug and alcohol use.
May 29, 2015 ● By Lane Vail
Dads that are highly involved in their kids’ lives can impart critical lessons about caring, eco-ethical choices and daily resourcefulness.
May 29, 2015
All kinds of berries protect brain cells from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL), known as “bad cholesterol”, was reduced by 60 percent when overweight adults added an avocado to a moderate-fat diet.
Having two drinks a day in one’s 50s and 60s increases the risk of stroke by a third and lowers the age at which it occurs, Swedish researchers have found.
In just two months of three-times-a-week yoga classes, older adults improved their cognitive functions, reaction times and working memory.
Chinese researchers report that acupuncture and a prescribed heat therapy were 89 percent effective in treating symptoms of benign enlarged prostate.
May 29, 2015 ● By John McKnight and Peter Block
To build loving communities, we need only to locate and engage the talents right in our midst.
May 29, 2015 ● By Linda Sechrist
Our stomach bacteria—derived from the foods we eat—turn out to be key in everything from moods to hunger levels to diseases such as diabetes and autism.
May 29, 2015 ● By Meredith Montgomery
Don’t get hung up on the om-ing! Increasingly men are turning to yoga for its physical and therapeutic benefits.
Efforts are underway to recruit and train veterans to work on small farms for both financial and therapeutic reasons.
