Tossing bean bags, moving like a dancer, and doing the hokey pokey might seem like silly exercises for adults, but Karen Peterson says they can be key to helping elderly people improve their coordination, prevent falls, and save their... Read More

George Kljajic began practicing medicine as a blood-disease specialist more than thirty years ago in the former Yugoslavia. He is currently a family practitioner in Vancouver, British Columbia. His many years of experience have... Read More

Environmental factors may play a part in cancer occurrence, and the title of Richard L. Hansler’s book, Heroes of Cancer Prevention Research: How Scientists are Discovering the Environmental Factors in Modern Society That Increase the... Read More

Publishers and self-published authors are finding that baby boomers are a receptive audience for books that have anything to do with aging. There are a considerable number of such books authored by doctors, scientists, and fitness... Read More

No one is likely to question the fact that electricity is a necessity of modern life. But Samuel Milham, a doctor whose career has centered around public health, believes there is a dangerous downside to electricity, and he sets out to... Read More

The facts about heart disease in American women are tragically absent from our contemporary public dialogue. Dallas-based cardiologist Shyla T. High aims to change that, and her excellent new book, Why Most Women Die: How Women Can Fight... Read More

For many people, hypnosis conjures up thoughts of trances, trickery, and losing one’s free will to some mysterious Svengali-like figure. Although perhaps vaguely known for its use to curb undesirable habits such as smoking, there’s... Read More

Many people who struggle with excess fat don’t know how they got there and imagine that it is impossible to lose the weight. The Diet Dropout’s Guide to Natural Weight Loss parses down everything people will need to know to embark on... Read More