At Reunions, a Turn for the Healthier
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Some guests at the annual Brown-Carter family reunion on Labor Day weekend plan to bring barbecued chicken or a cooler of sweet tea. Pat Lane is packing something else entirely: a jar of nicotine tar, dark and thick as molasses -- essentially the same consistency it has in smokers' lungs.
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VIERA, Fla., Feb. 24  -- The Washington Nationals' pitchers and catchers have been at spring training for nearly two weeks, and as they head into the final five days before the Grapefruit League exhibition season begins, they have one thing in common: good health.
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Most parents look for ways to give their children an edge, but many miss an easy and often inexpensive recipe for success: eating together.
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Marital bliss boosts your health, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study found married adults are healthier than those who are divorced, widowed or never married.
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Having a large network of friends and family may help surgical patients experience less anxiety and pain before their operations and a quicker recovery afterward.
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Health experts are trying to move the nation's battle of the bulge to an important new front: the schools.    Schools need to be more active in teaching heart-healthy behavior and they should offer more physical education and healthful meals, a new American Heart Association statement urges...
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School districts across the country have been taking steps to make food in schools healthier, but some parents say they are taking it too far.
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By Frank, Maggie  Back in the day, a college student who skipped class but cared about what he had missed borrowed a classmate's notes. A few beers or bucks might change hands, and everybody was happy. Not so this fall when N.C.
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Active people have cells that look younger on a molecular level than those of couch potatoes.
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counting carbs, watching kilos, and keeping an uneasy eye on the growing list of health problems linked with obesity. But it&#39;s not just the number
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New research may help explain why people find it so easy to fall back into old habits after they've decided to change their ways.
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NEW YORK  - New research may help explain  why people find it so easy to fall back into old habits after  they've decided to change their ways.
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New research shows that exercise can help reverse the aging process at the cellular level. Strength training for the senior set.
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A group of nursing school classmates are part of a growing contingent in Saturday&#39;s Race for the Cure, to benefit the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
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NEW YORK  - With health officials now  urging Americans to dig into their family health history,  experts advise taking advantage of free Internet tools -- and  upcoming holiday gatherings -- to get started on the project.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun.
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BRYN MAWR, Pa. -- Class reunion! We straggle onto the lush campus of Gothic buildings and giant old trees. It's been 45 years since we graduated from this small women's college with its emphasis on academic success, the Quaker tradition of public service and the oft-repeated quote from the founding...