Healthy Choices

It’s that time of year again. A time of much feasting, fun, and festivities. A time when we are tempted to the limit of endurance …

Not too long ago, nutritionists used the Food Guide Pyramid to help us understand how to eat a healthy diet. Although it was an effective …

Every morning, many of us jump out of bed and never think about how we will cross the floor or button a shirt. We do …

Have you ever experienced eating a large, fatty or spicy meal and a couple of hours later starting to feel an unrelenting burning in your …

Prescription drug overdose in the US is now the leading cause of injury death, more than motor vehicle traffic accidents. In 2012, healthcare providers in …

We rarely think twice about breathing. We breathe in. We breathe out. Air rushes into our lungs, and a quick exchange occurs; oxygen in and …

Tardive Dyskinesia, or TD, is one of the muscular side effects of antipsychotic drugs, especially the older generation, like haloperidol. TD does not occur until …

On August 5, 2010, 33 Chilean miners were trapped 2,300 feet underground after a rockslide cut off their exit from the copper and gold mine …

Over the past several years, the media has encouraged us to become physically active, but the excuses for not moving seem to reign. “I’m too …

Here in the United States, heart disease is the number one killer. Usually, we think of this as a problem among older adults. And this …