Feeding Healthy Habits: A 10-Step Guide for Helping Children Thrive

Today’s barrage of junk food ads can easily influence kids for the worse, but 10 strategies, including visiting farmers’ markets, teaching cooking skills and implementing device-free family meals, can help them choose to eat better. Read More »

Healing Harmonies: Music As Medicine

Music not only raises our spirits, it also reduces pain, lowers inflammation, dials down anxiety, bolsters immunity, and boosts creativity, the latest studies show. Read More »

21st Century Parenting: Preparing Kids for the Future

Today’s kids live fast-paced, technology-driven lives, which is why it’s critical for parents to strike a balance between accepting modern advances and teaching kids timeless virtues. Read More »

Vet Check: Treating the Whole Pet

Holistic veterinarians treat an animal’s underlying condition rather than the symptoms, and many use alternative therapies like acupuncture, laser therapy or massage. Read More »

Eco-Camping: Keeping It Earth-Friendly

We can minimize our impact on nature while still enjoying it by using such strategies as buying tents made of recycled materials, forgoing single-use plastics, and packing our trash out instead of burning it. Read More »

Quit Smoking to Avoid Rheumatoid Arthritis: Another Reason to Stop

In a 30-year study, women that quit smoking sharply reduced their risk of developing seropositive rheumatoid arthritis, which can cause joint deformities and disability. Read More »

Take It Easy on the Eggs: High Intake Increases Mortality

Eating three to four eggs a week increases heart disease mortality by 6 percent and all-cause mortality by 8 percent, a new study found. Read More »

Use Probiotics to Shed Pounds: Reduces Body Weight and Fat Mass

Probiotics significantly reduce body weight and fat mass, concluded a Chinese meta-review of 821 obese and overweight people. Read More »

Walk or Run to Keep Blood Vessels and Brains Young: Benefits of Cardio Activity

After six months of marathon training, running novices reversed the aging of major blood vessels; in another study, heart failure patients that walked fast were less likely to have cognitive impairment. Read More »

Savor Cherries to Lower Metabolic Syndrome Risk: Reduces Health Threats

Montmorency tart cherries in juice or capsules lower systolic blood pressure and insulin levels within hours, reducing factors that lead to metabolic syndrome. Read More »