"Above-down, inside-out" is a poetic coinage by Dr. B.J. Palmer, one of the founders of the field of chiropractic. "B.J.", as he has been...

In decades past, very few urban kids had ever even heard of a parsnip, a fennel bulb, or a bunch of kale. In those days, fruit and ...

There is much wisdom in the saying "you are what you eat", but food today is not the food of yesterday. We need to actually work at...

Plenty of people go through plenty of suffering trying to lose weight. But why does it have to be that way? Surely there's some ...

We all know we should eat a "good breakfast". Most of us can still hear the voice of our third grade teacher ringing in our ears - "Did ...

From biking and hiking to walking and jogging, today's parents are keeping fit and bonding with their babies in the process. With an...

Just like the well-known, best-selling American truck, your body is built to last. But if it's built to last, why do so many people have...

Many people experience lapses in memory as they get older. Every so often, it may become frustratingly difficult or even temporarily ...

Everyone knows he or she “should” be doing regular exercise, but most people have not exercised in so many years that they don’t know...

Whether you live in the United States, Canada, or Western Europe, your health care decision-making is impacted by the type of health ...

How do you determine whether your life is going well? Whether you're happy and fulfilled vs. merely going through the paces? Whether...

Did you know that your spinal column's spongy intervertebral discs (IVDs) comprise 25% of this segmented structure's entire length? Did...

Most of us like to think of ourselves as young: young in heart at least, if not actually young in years. But is it possible to stay ...

As with the rest of our physical selves, we don't think about our bones until something goes wrong. Bones are just there, under the ...

Humans appear to be hard-wired for modest levels of anxiety as a fear-arousal warning mechanism. Anxiety may be characterized as ...

It's well-known that one-third of American adults are overweight and an additional one-third are obese.1 In addition, 17% of U.S....

Overweight and obesity are common health problems worldwide. Food plans that work - those that help people lose weight and help them keep...

Everyone is aware of the extremely high cost of most health care services. These costs can be measured not only in cash outlays, but also...

In April 2010 the BP Deep Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in a catastrophic offshore oil spill. Millions...

The natural world functions very well on its own. Left to their own devices, members of the tens of millions of species on our planet...