The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released new recommendations regarding child safety seats. According to the new guidelines, children should be kept in rear-facing car seats until age 2, or until they have reached the height and weight maximums …
Complex Headaches: New Program Offers Relief
Few experiences are as universal as headache pain. For most of us, it involves a few hours or a day of pain followed by relief. However, for some sufferers, headaches are frequent enough, and debilitating enough, to rob them of …
Preventing Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer is the number two cancer killer in the United States, yet it is one of the most preventable types of cancer. Colorectal cancer – also called colon cancer – can be curable when detected early. In fact, when …
Bone Health and Osteoporosis
Vital at every age for healthy bones, exercise is important for treating and preventing osteoporosis. Not only does exercise improve your bone health, it also increases muscle strength, coordination and balance, and it leads to better overall health.…
Protect Yourself From Aging
Endurance exercise – jogging, bicycling, walking, and the like – can stop us from looking and feeling old, and might even help us live longer, or so a new study of mice suggests.
Published February 21 in the journal Proceedings …
Childhood Obesity Linked to Early Start on Solid Food
Feeding infants solid foods too early in their development could result in early childhood obesity, according to a new study reported online February 7 in the journal Pediatrics. The study found that introducing solid foods before 4 months of …
Treatment for Varicose Veins and Spider Veins
Varicose veins, those unsightly, twisted and sometimes painful leg veins are not only a cosmetic concern; they can impact the quality of day-to-day life.
Varicose veins are the result of weak or damaged vein valves, which open as blood flows …
Heart Disease: Managing Risks Leads to Healthier Hearts
There is no escaping the message. You can’t turn on the TV, listen to the radio, surf the web or read a newspaper without hearing about it.
Heart Disease — Who has it? How do you get it? How do …
Straight Talk About Heart Surgery: Why Minimally Invasive Makes a Difference
It’s not your father’s heart surgery anymore.
Only a few short years ago, anyone requiring heart surgery was facing several certainties: a 12 inch scar, having their heart temporarily stopped while being attached to a heart lung machine, spending weeks …
Safe Snow Shoveling Tips
No matter what your age or physical condition, shoveling snow can be a vigorous activity that can cause low back pain.…