Healthy Living Articles

Most families place older members in nursing homes only after considerable research, knowing that assisted living and around clock the care facilities are not a perfect solution. An Internet connection and a web cam, however, making checking up easier.

Financial forces that the public knows little about play in the relationships between doctors and their patients. Rewards and punishments from insurance companies and regulators exert a powerful influence over your doctor's decisions.

Being born when the sun is at solar maximum reduces your lifespan and your fertility, a new Norwegian study suggests.

Traveling can be exciting and fun. But it can also be stressful and leave you feeling under the weather. Fortunately, there are plenty of things you can do to keep yourself healthy and stress free the next time you hit the road.

Cells are the world's tiniest documentary producers. Microbiologists have learned that E. coli cells record events that happen in their enviroment, and believe that more complicated cells, like human cells, may have the same ability.

We've all had times where we didn't sleep as well as we could have. However, do you know that lack of sleep can have an adverse effect on your health? Read on to find out why it's so important to get regular sleep and what can happen when you don't.

As diseases are managed, human lifespans keep getting longer and longer. Despite the reality of diseases caused by modern lifestyle, at no time in history have human beings had longer life expectancies than they do today.

Getting ready to for extreme temperatures and weather conditions is important to survive winter. This includes winterizing the home, preparing the car for travel, learning how to travel safely, and maintaining personal health.

Young people need more recovery time than they realize. Sometimes they need more than their coaches realize. And if the stats are anything to go by, they're not getting it.

Every January, hundreds of millions of people make New Year's resolutions to improve their lives and to improve themselves. Every February, most resolutions have already been forgotten. Here are ways to reaching goals that don't work--and do.