I think we’re all beginning to figure out that to a large degree, We the People are going to have to fix some of this country’s problems ourselves. We’ve heard some great plans for fixing our broken healthcare system. Over the next few weeks, I’d like to offer up some ideas about what we each [...]

Support socks can
prevent fatigue.

Are you shopping for:
Support socks for a cross-country plane trip or to prevent the achy legs and swollen feet that come with long hours of sitting or standing on the job?
Compression stockings to deal with mild-to-moderate aches, pains, leg and ankle swelling, and varicose veins or to hasten recovery after leg surgery [...]

Cooked grains
have been
a food staple
for over
5000 years.

Whole grains or foods made from them contain all the essential parts and naturally-occurring nutrients of the entire grain seed. Their health effects have been evident for centuries. Indeed, when Hippocrates, the father of medicine, wrote “Let food by thy medicine and let medicine be thy food,” he was [...]

Is your glass half-full or
half-empty?

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? How long (and healthily) you live may depend on your answer.
Over the past decade, studies have shown conclusively that having a good attitude influences physical health. And that certain personality traits - especially being optimistic, but also being extroverted and conscientious and open [...]