Health Online Articles Archive
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue September 2008
Not so long ago, you needed to go to a medical library to read the latest medical journals.
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue July 2008
Friends are good medicine. For the past 30 years, study after study has documented the health benefits of being connected to others.
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue May 2008
If you’re older and wiser, you probably have the laugh lines, age spots, wrinkles, dull skin, and a dozen other physical signs to prove it.
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue March 2008
Organic foods created exactly as nature intended are good for you.
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue March 2008
Some bad habits are dangerous to your health. Others annoy the heck out of friends, family, and co-workers. Some keep you from reaching your health and financial goals.
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by Marianne McGinnis
- Issue March 2008
Confession: I’ve got the eco-bug. No, I haven’t put up solar panels, and I don’t drive a Prius or feed our scraps to a compost pile (yet).
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue January 2008
Do you dream of retirement—a time to do whatever you want? The oldest baby boomers turn 62 this year and become eligible for Social Security benefits.
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue December 2007
What’s not to like about days full of shopping, pampering, exploring, and tons of talk and laughter—with your best friends?
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue October 2007
Today’s moms do it all: take care of the kids, the house, the job—and juggle everyone’s schedules. Web-savvy ones have discovered that they can use the Internet to save time, learn new strategies, and network with other busy parents.
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue August 2007
Nearly 75 percent of the U.S. population has gone organic—at least some of the time. Products like fruits and vegetables, soap, clothing, and even bed linens are turning up everywhere from supermarkets to high-end clothing stores—even at Wal-Mart.
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue July 2007
Uncle Sam does a great job of researching health and safety issues and making vital information available for free on the Web.
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by Ellen Michaud
- Issue April 2007
Last year, 43,443 drivers, passengers, and pedestrians died in car crashes—the highest number since 1990. A quarter of those deaths were alcohol related.
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue January 2007
Your brain can’t take a daily walk for fitness—it needs a workout of mental stimulation and new challenges.
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue December 2006
Tracking programs do everything from calculating how many calories you’ve burned to analyzing the nutrient content of every meal.
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue September 2006
Have you had it up to here with the same old chicken recipe? Do you find yourself nodding off into your turkey meat loaf, despite the tang of chili sauce? If your healthy eating plan is suffering from a case of the blahs, finding recipes on the Web could be just the thing to put some zing back into your meals.
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue July 2006
You’re in the doctor’s office, staring at your feet and mumbling to the white-coated guy across the desk, “Uh, Doc, I…well, I have this problem, and…er…”
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue April 2006
Get information and emotional support from the Web’s cancer communities
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by Eileen Buckholtz
- Issue February 2006
Do you remember the time when new parents learned all about the care and feeding of children from their moms, their grandma, or that weary mother of three next door?
