When twenty-three-year-old dancer and athlete Hunter Storm was seriously injured in a car accident, she had no idea how long it would take her to navigate back to health. Through significant weight gain, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia,... Read More

In his prescription for living a longer, healthier life, Dr. Stephen K. Fairley chooses to leave off the sugarcoating, instead asking readers to swallow a bitter pill of sarcasm-laden advice. He justifies his take-no-prisoners approach... Read More

Dental procedures are often mystifying medical experiences. Patients can’t see what dentists are doing inside their mouths, and, often, they can’t feel what’s going on, either. In Pick UR Smile: Common Sense Dentistry, Teresa Kay... Read More

“Brush your teeth” has long been the instruction for people of all ages on how best to take care of the mouth, but millions still have cavities and other oral-health problems every year. Australian dentist Garth Pettit wondered why... Read More

Bob Northam has kidney disease. He survived many years functioning with a kidney donated by his loving mother, but that organ eventually failed. Because of this, he has been on dialysis for seven years, driving to a dialysis facility... Read More

In recent years, fast food has been blamed for the unhealthy diets of Americans. Lisa Tillinger Johansen adopts a different perspective in her provocative book: She believes that the 50 percent of Americans who eat fast food are not... Read More

Ray Rizzo, an eminently qualified and longtime practitioner of martial arts, Pilates, yoga, and bodywork, wrote "Weightlessness" to share his transcendent fusion of these modalities. In a publishing genre overflowing with good books... Read More

Penny Holbrook, a British nurse and eating disorders counselor, wrote "Go On, Lose It!" as a tool for assisting her clients with their weight loss and self-improvement goals through a program she calls “Changing Shape.” The glossy,... Read More