Life Style/Health

With Sonya Schneider-Ghaddar, RN Starting off the New Year with all the best intentions regarding taking the weight off and finally keeping it off is common.  Having the energy, stamina, self-discipline and self-awareness to find the tools necessar...

The medical mystery began when a couple’s third child, 6-month-old Michaela, had just suffered a serious seizure and was sent to a nearby hospital. At the hospital, doctors reassured her that Michaela had suffered a febrile seizure, a frightening a...

  By MARILYNN MARCHIONE A warning to men considering a pricey new treatment for prostate cancer called proton therapy: Research suggests it might have more side effects than traditional radiation does. A study of Medicare records found that men...

The author and psychotherapist Susie Orbach wrote recently that she thinks slimming clubs give women unrealistic expectations about weight loss. Speaking at a parliamentary inquiry on body image, Orbach said that slimming clubs lock women in “strai...

Pfizer said on Tuesday it was recalling about 1 million packets of birth control pills in the United States because they may not contain enough contraceptive to prevent pregnancy. Pfizer said the birth control pills posed no health threat to women b...

  By Carolyn Butler In the past few years I’ve become much more attuned to “clean” living — organic foods, limited sun exposure, filtered water — so when a friend suggested that many of the lotions and potions we apply to our skin are ...

Mint is a very attractive green leafy plant, and it is packed with health benefits. It is one of the most popular herbs that is grown and used around the world. It is especially famous in the cuisines of the Middle East and Asia. Mint, also known as...

A former Massachusetts dentist was sentenced Monday to one year in jail for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals. Dr. Michael Clair pleaded guilty earlier this month to a list of charges, including assault and battery, d...

January is almost over – which means you’ve probably abandoned your new year’s resolutions already. Get back on track with these great applications for your phone. Resolution: get more sleep App: Sleep Cycle Available: iPhone Willpower sub...

  Paula Deen, the Southern belle of butter and heavy cream, is making no apologies for waiting three years to disclose she has diabetes while continuing to dish up deep-fried cheesecake and other high-calorie, high-fat recipes on TV. She said sh...

  In the last few weeks, a video of a deaf mother and her two year-old daughter Ava having a dinner conversation in British Sign Language (BSL) has gone viral. It has been tweeted, shared and blogged to the extent that the clip now has more than ...

  Effective treatments for Alzheimer’s by 2025? That’s the target the government is eyeing as it develops a national strategy to tackle what could become the defining disease of a rapidly ageing population. It’s an ambitious goal - and on ...

With Sonya Schneider-Ghaddar, RN Hearing problems in infants and young children are often overlooked or even worse, misdiagnosed. The ramifications of hearing loss from the early stages of infancy/young childhood can be devastating.  Childhood hear...

  Columbia Laboratories’ and Watson Pharmaceuticals’ gel for reducing the risk of premature birth did not work for US women, US health reviewers said on Tuesday, sending shares of the companies tumbling. The Food and Drug Administration revi...

America’s obesity epidemic is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and shows no sign of reversing course. More than one-third of adults and almost 17 percent of children were obese in 2009-2010, echoing results since 2003, the...