Category: Health & Fitness

* Don’t walk in tall grass and leaf piles. Stay on trails when hiking. * Use a repellent that contains 20 percent DEET on skin and clothing. * Light…

Kids under five years old should not have whole grapes or grape tomatoes. Children that young have small airways making it easy for these small fruits to…

You can tell by the acorns. A bumper crop of acorns means good times for mice and that means lots of food for ticks. According to Richard S. Ostfeld, a…

Fancy bottled plant drinks are big on promises, but some say those promises are mostly empty. These days there are loads of new plant drinks taking the…

Two new studies by Tufts University have found whole grains have a wide role in producing healthy bacteria in the gut. Whole grains include whole wheat,…

Fewer than half of people who use a metered dose inhaler for asthma do so correctly, according to the Mayo Clinic Health Letter. Here is how to use an…

One half second is the difference between getting your whole inhaled dose of asthma medicine and just getting 20 percent, a new study has found. The study…

Protein is essential for a healthy body and mind, but it doesn’t have to come exclusively from meat, poultry or fish. Your bones and muscles depend on…

The violent pain of migraines, described more than 2,000 years ago by the Greek physician Hippocrates, can be prevented in 40 percent of patients. Still,…

About 27 million Americans see a chiropractor each year, according to a National Institutes of Health report. Most people are seen for back pain. You…