Better Health & Living

Healing With Horses

2008-07-08T07:01:01Z

A typical day at Triple Creek Ranch in Redding finds students grooming horses, learning riding skills, and working drills in the riding ring.

Strong Bones for the Whole Family

2008-07-07T07:01:00Z

Skimping on dairy products isn’t the only threat to healthy bones.

7 Cookbooks You Shouldn’t Live Without

2008-07-01T07:01:02Z

If my cookbook shelf had room for only seven books, these would be on it. Each boasts reliably delicious (and mostly healthy) recipes, sensible instructions that even inexperienced cooks can follow, and easy-to-find ingredients.

Friends Don’t Let Friends Get Fat

2008-07-01T07:01:02Z

A dear friend of mine recently led me down the garden path. What started out as a champagne celebration of her recent career accomplishment ended up with us making s’mores in her fireplace. That was our dinner.

Legal Briefs

2008-07-01T07:01:01Z

People often assume that once someone has been diagnosed with dementia, he or she no longer has the right to participate in health and financial decisions.

The Magic Word Is “No”

2008-07-01T07:01:01Z

If you banked a dollar each time your kids asked you for something--a Webkinz, an iPod, a school-night sleepover--you’d probably have their Ivy League educations funded by the time they reached middle school.

Steamed Mussels with White Wine and Tomatoes

2008-07-01T07:01:01Z

Filet Mignon with Red Wine Sauce

2008-07-01T07:01:01Z

Brain Overload!

2008-07-01T07:01:01Z

It’s midmorning, and I’m trying to write a really good first sentence.

5 Great Exercises Nobody Does

2008-07-01T07:01:01Z

If your workout bores you to tears, it may be causing more serious problems than you realize. Doing the same exercises all the time can create everything from postural and strength imbalances to burnout, which may lead to skipping regular exercise altogether.

Meet New Friends

2008-07-01T07:01:01Z

Friends are good medicine. For the past 30 years, study after study has documented the health benefits of being connected to others.

Got The Travel Bug?

2008-07-01T07:01:01Z

As a journalist who covers both science and health, I get to travel to some exotic places.

Expert Answers To All Your Nutrition Questions

2008-07-01T07:01:01Z

Nip & Tuck Nation

2008-07-01T07:01:01Z

In an online survey of 52,000 people, 43 percent of women and 23 percent of men admitted they were interested in cosmetic surgery, liposuction, or both.

Pass The Ibuprofen, Please

2008-07-01T07:01:01Z

Women aren’t wimps they just have more of the nerve receptors that carry pain signals to the brain.

A Walk In The Woods

2008-07-01T07:01:01Z

If you’ve ever walked through a forest, breathed deeply, and felt serenity wash over you like a pine-scented breeze, then you’ve practiced the Japanese art of Shinrin-yoku.

Pine Power

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

Here’s one powerful antioxidant you’re not going to find in the produce section.

Help For Hair Loss

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

Back in 1977 when Cheryl Torner used to wear her thick brown hair in a bun, a coworker noticed small, circular bald spots on the back of her head.

Test Your Calorie IQ

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

Fretting about calories-- how many we’re eating, how many we’re burning, how many we’ve saved by ordering the chicken grilled instead of fried--is practically a national pastime.

Bad Foods You Should Be Eating

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

For years, we’ve been warned to treat many of the foods we love as if they were marked with a skull and crossbones.

Cooking With Wine

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

Cooking with wine is a wonderful way to enhance flavor without adding extra fat.

Chicken and Mushrooms in Creamy White Wine Sauce

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

Red Wine Berry Sauce over Vanilla Ice Cream

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

When Breast Cancer Comes Early

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

In 1996, Lanita Moss, then 32, was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer called Paget’s disease.

What Creates Happiness?

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

In the past two decades, scientists have undertaken a serious quest to find out what makes us happy--and unhappy. See if you know where the little bluebird flies.

Fat Is Contagious?!

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

When Rita Laffey and her best friends go out for “girls’ night” dinners once a month, they sometimes order so much they joke that they could be food critics.

Cleaning May Give You Asthma

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

Using spray cleaners in your home just once a week could raise your asthma risk by 30 to 50 percent, Spanish researchers say.

Smartest Cervical Cancer Check

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

Experts recommend that women age 30 and older get a double check for cervical cancer: a traditional Pap test, which looks for cancerous or precancerous cells, plus the newer HPV-DNA test, which detects the 13 strains of the human papillomavirus that can cause cervical cancer.

Calcium Fights Cancer

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

Cancer spreads to the bones of 7 out of 10 people with advanced breast cancer. There, tumor cells hijack the natural breakdown and regrowth of bone to churn out new cancer cells.

Born To Love Chocolate

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

Self-professed chocoholics are metabolically different from people indifferent to the divine cacao confection.

Good-Health Getaway

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

Women who vacationed once or twice a year were half as likely to feel depressed or stressed out as those who enjoyed less frequent R&R.

Summertime SOS

2008-07-01T07:01:00Z

Huntsville-area physicians know that the warm months of summer are sure to bring injured patients to their offices and to emergency rooms.