“Warning! Seek shelter!” If you heard this message right now, would you be ready? While some emergencies, like fires or hurricanes, may require you to evacuate, in others emergency officials will ask that residents stay put — or shelter in place — to keep safe. According to the Centers for Disease...

Used to make everything from sweet ice cream to rich red jam, dipped in chocolate or eaten fresh with a dollop of sweet cream, there’s just no way to deny that strawberries are a favorite food the whole world over. Of course, strawberries don’t just taste good, this desert-like fruit is incredibly...

Heading over the river and through the woods this holiday season? (Or over the highways and through the nation’s skies, more like.) With H1N1 influenza widespread and flu season in full swing, take extra precaution and be mindful of your own germs and those of others who might be sneezing and coughing...

This articles provides basic information about green tea — common names, uses and potential side effects of green tea, types of green tea products, and resources for more information. Green Tea For Health All types of tea (green, black, and oolong) are produced from the Camellia sinensis plant using...

The holy grail of health may well be nutrition. The best nutrition is an elusive beast. We all know we need better nutrition, yet few of us know how to find it. Most of us don’t even know where to look, One way to get better nutrition is to adhere to a vegetarian or semi-vegetarian diet. There are...

In October of 1982, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed one week in November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Week. One year later he proclaimed November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Month. At that time, he did not know that he would join the millions of Americans who are currently diagnosed...

For an investment of 20 minutes each morning, the payback is reduced stress, a sense of calm and peace, improved strength, limberness, better immune function and lower blood pressure. It’s not too good to be true. The investment is practicing yoga or tai chi, which were developed and revised over...

Immunization rates in developing countries remain significantly lower than those in industrialized nations. Nearly 2 million children under five years of age die from pneumonia each year—more than from HIV/AIDS, measles, and malaria combined. With World Pneumonia Day, November 2, 2009, GiveVaccines.org...

Halloween is quickly approaching and many shoppers are already looking for the newest costumes and decorations. In fact, in 2008, there were 36 million potential “trick-or-treaters” between the ages of 5 and 13. Despite the downturn in the economy, the National Retail federation estimated last...

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) released new data today showing that a staggering 285 million people worldwide have diabetes. The latest figures from the IDF Diabetes Atlas indicate that people in low and middle-income countries (LMCs) are bearing the brunt of the epidemic, and that the disease...