Throughout each day, people are presented with many choices and make multiple successive decisions, both big and small. While it may not be physically exhausting, mental energy may be depleted. Dec…
Positive messages about food have the best impact
Parents can often be heard telling their children, “No candy today. It will rot your teeth.” According to a new study, that may be the wrong approach. Researchers from the Cornell University Food a…
How to ensure your morning workouts happen
Find out how to put a pep in your step in the early hours. Pin it here.
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Don't be a 'bridezilla' on your wedding day
Some brides-to-be turn into “bridezillas” as their wedding day approaches. With wedding season just around the corner, Dr. Rani Sharma, an Advocate Medical Group internal medicine physi…
Are you getting enough sleep?
Adults should sleep seven to nine hours per night on a regular basis to promote optimal health according to recently developed recommendations from The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and…
Exercise to help your arthritis
Arthritis can be so crippling for some that it interferes with their social life and their ability to work, a new study finds. But, physical activity can help ease pain and improve quality of life.…
Body image affects women’s overall health
The media is a forceful transmitter that feeds ideas and sometimes values into the minds of its consumers, and despite the recent push to diversify the size of models, body image issues continue to…
High fat + high salt = weight loss?
People typically attribute a fast metabolism to the fact that some people can eat fatty and salty foods on a daily basis without gaining a pound. However, researchers now may have another explanati…
Trans fat is getting the boot
The Food and Drug Administration has given the food industry a deadline to phase out partially hydrogenated oils, the main source of artificial trans fat. Companies have until June 18, 2018, to eit…
Are you living with a hernia?
Hernias can be a very painful thing, but most people don’t know the pain can be prevented by dealing with them before they rupture. A hernia is a defect in the abdominal wall and can occur when a w…