Women possess distinctive health needs at different stages of our lives. We may miss a specific vitamin supplement for a woman at one point of our life and need something entirely different at another space. Doctors regularly prescribe vitamin and iron supplements for a woman who is with child. If she does, take them as [...]

by ANGELA EPSTEIN Figures published last week revealed that sales have risen by almost a third in the past five years, and we’re predicted to spend ?191 million on complementary treatments this year alone. Many of these remedies can be bought over the counter - which has alarmed medical experts, concerned that some could be toxic [...]

Richard Simmons and Ocean Spray Help Consumers Develop Their Own ‘Lean, Mean, Daily Routine’ LAKEVILLE-MIDDLEBORO, Mass. — The nation’s scales are going up, up, and up, and it’s clear that Americans are equally concerned about bathing suit season as battling the nation’s obesity epidemic. In response to this concern, Ocean Spray along with fitness guru, [...]

JEANINE STICE In 1990 a government study on America’s “Healthy Lifestyle Habits” showed a measly 3 percent of us were consuming three servings of vegetables a day and the huge majority of us — 85 percent — was not physically active. With numbers like that, I’m still not sure why all the shock and awe came when [...]

Soot to stop bleeding? Kerosene for a sore throat? Axle grease to curb infection? TUSCALOOSA - Got a cough you just can?t shake? Then get you sum? hog hoofs. Boil ?em down into a tea, guzzle it down and say goodbye to your whooping cough. ?Hog hoof tea” is one of more than 20 home remedies that/s77-year-old Duncanville [...]

By Esther Williams Does the thought of your hair becoming grey and your face wrinkled scare you? You are not alone in feeling so, as universally, numerous women share this anxiety. Fortunately, though we cannot stop the aging process, there are ways of combating signs of aging and making the most of what you have. Hair and [...]

By Christine Bude The Mayo Clinic Diet calls itself “A Weight Loss Program for Life” It is portrayed as a lifestyle that can help you maintain a healthy weight for a lifetime. There are lots of diets, diet plans and gimmicks. The Mayo Clinic Diet is a no-nonsense lifestyle plan that is based upon solid principles. [...]

SARAH HOWDEN JUST like a dip in the pool, getting into the sea and having a swim - or even a wade - is great for the body. As well as providing a good cardio workout, it provides all-over toning too. “It’s one of the safest forms of low-impact exercise and is great for all ages,” [...]

I recently shared a glimpse of my personal life with you in order to give you an honest look at who I am so you can know that I understand what its like to live in an unfit, unhealthy body. My weight problem long ago is what drove me into a bodybuilding lifestyle and my [...]

Our current strategy to cure the obesity epidemic focuses on individual weight loss when instead we need to transform the American lifestyle as a whole. By Owen O’brien American-born Asians between the ages of 12 and 15 are more than twice as likely to be obese than their peers who were born in Asia, according to a [...]