Health & Fitness

As people become more aware of options in modern medicine, many turn to holistic approaches to manage pain.

As regular readers here know, I sometimes get so ahead of the curve that you may, with all apologies to the Talking Heads, ask yourself:

Congress again is working on a solution to solve the problem of how Medicare can continue to pay physicians without making cuts. How did we get into this position?

My featured person this week agreed to be interviewed only under condition of anonymity.

As hurricane season rapidly approaches, I strongly advise caregivers all across the south to pause and read this "heads up." There are very few things that a caregiver of someone with dementia can take lightly and this includes hurricane season.

Beach weather is already upon us. And the focus on toning up and slimming down to fit the ideal bathing suit image seems to be an annual practice.

Most Alzheimer’s caregivers struggle with trying to balance their own emotions along with dealing with their family’s feelings. At the same time they must grapple with the downward spiral of the ones they’re caring for.

When Dr. Michael Fenster isn’t saving lives in his practice as a cardiologist, he is in his kitchen perfecting some of the most flavorful and healthy dishes, beginning “at the grassroots.”

When Karen Sigmund was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2011, it wasn’t her first cancer rodeo. She had been diagnosed nine years earlier with uterine cancer.