Today’s salad bars offer everything from soup to nuts – cheeses, breads, soups, and side dishes of pasta and potato salads, as well as sunflower seeds, croutons, bacon bits, olives and creamy dressings. If you’re not watchful, your salad could easily drown in a fat bath.
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How well your body works has a lot to do with your brain. For example, your immune system is the most powerful healing force you have and your brain controls it to some degree. Research suggests that positive mental and emotional expectations can boost your immunity when you’re sick.

How’s your emotional health? You can self-treat many mental health problems with a little care and attention. Begin by observing your symptoms. Continue reading →

Osteoporosis is a major cause of disability in the U.S. The loss of bone as we age can cause shrinking stature, disabling pain, and bone fracture. An older person who fractures a hip due to osteoporosis has only a 50% chance of full recovery. In fact, osteoporosis indirectly leads to more deaths in older women than breast cancer.

The best weapons in fighting this disease are knowledge and prevention. Here’s a chance to bone up on osteoporosis . . .
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What ordinary malady accounts for more than 10 million doctor visits in the U.S. every year? It’s fatigue, which is not an illness, but a symptom with many possible causes. Sometimes feeling tired can be the result of thyroid problems, heart disease, anemia and depression. But more often it is simply lifestyle that is to blame.

Here are some of the most common causes of fatigue, and ways to combat them:
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