According to a recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit healthcare research group, about one in three Americans said their family has had problems paying medical bills in the past year. Almost half of those surveyed said someone in their family was postponing or cutting back on medical care they needed. That’s alarming [...]

What to do in your 20s
Arrange for a complete physical every five years, which should include:
- Cholesterol profile
- Blood pressure check
- Testicular cancer screening (Young men should also perform monthly self-exams.)
- Waist measurement and height and weight measurements to calculate your body mass index, or BMI
- Most physicians also recommend a complete blood count, a [...]

Yes, I have heard this one quite often! Don’t get me wrong; there is nothing wrong with “feeling healthy!” However, feeling healthy and actually being healthy may be two very, very different things.
Have you ever heard about some of the basketball players and marathon runners who looked to be in the peak of health [...]

We know smoking is dangerous, but for women, there are also other health risks due to physiological and lifestyle differences, which puts women in a more dangerous position.
A CAR pulled up next to me as I was waiting at the traffic light last week. A slim hand reached out from the car window, a cigarette [...]

Don’t take for granted that brushing your teeth would suffice in ensuring good oral hygiene as the teeth only covers 23 percent of the oral cavity.
Even for those brushing their teeth at least twice daily, the regime only helps to clean one fourth of the oral cavity excluding the tight gaps between the teeth and [...]