You can be free of pain without surgery Most people over age 50 can expect to live longer than their parents or grandparents, but many are doing so without their original knees. What’s happening: ...

Eating the right foods may cut your dementia risk by 40% Can you really prevent Alzheimer’s disease by eating certain foods? Research is not yet definitive, but there is mounting evidence that cert...

If you’re overweight, then you already know that you’re at higher risk for lots of serious health problems. Perhaps despite these increased risks, you either don’t want to or aren’t able to s...

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and many of us are going to enjoy giving and getting beautiful boxes of chocolates. The problem is, most chocolates are so overloaded with refined sugar and overproce...

If you're like most people, you've heard little bits and pieces about the health benefits of sauerkraut and wondered how this strange food—which we all tried on hot dogs as kids—could be so good f...

By the time you're halfway through this article, I hope you're craving a nice toasty-warm mug of hot cocoa. Not the super-sweet stuff you remember from kidhood—made with high-fat milk and a sugary f...

Let's say you're sitting at a computer for a while—it could be for an hour or more.  You get up out of your chair—and ping, your neck aches and feels stiff. You can barely turn to look over y...

If there has ever been a winter when you need a well-functioning immune system, it's this one. With flu rates high across the country, we all can benefit from strengthening our immune system with the ...

Finally, there are answers about red wine, coffee, bottled water, salt and more. With nutritional research, it’s often hard to know what you can believe. The latest study makes headlines, often whe...

Great ways to reduce the calorie count in a wide range of Italian meals… Use nonfat Greek yogurt in place of cream and sour cream. Cream has about 800 calories per cup and sour cream 500—but nonf...