Ah, the red, painful skin that feels hot to the touch. Many of us have had the pleasure…or, rather, the pain. In our youth we were not told of what...

They’re called flora. Their name comes from the Roman goddess of plants, flowers and fertility, and refers to the plant life occurring in a particu...

Maybe what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas, but what happens in your gut doesn’t stay in your gut, the place we think of as the processing ...

The world of conflicting information is still doing well, thanks. In the 1950’s, doctors who smoked, smoked Camels. By the 1990’s, many of those do...

We humans anticipate that certain things will happen at specific times of the year. Flowers are supposed to bloom in spring and summer; snow is sup...

Is it O.K. to talk about addiction in the context of food consumption? Because some people believe that foods high in fats or carbohydrates might b...

The boundary between seniors and old people has shifted over the years. Some people are deemed old because they are grandparents—even at forty-five...

Do you realize how much and how often we put our faith and trust in other people? You trust that the car coming the other way won’t cross into your...

Good for you. You’re going to Disney World. But don’t say you’re anxious about it. It’s okay to be anxious about going to the dentist. It’s underst...

Ahh, the sweet balm that soothes the nerves and restores the soul at the end of the day. Sadly, for some of us it is elusive, and its intangible re...

If ever there was a commonality among the senior crowd, lack of sound sleep is a top contender. An enigma of the twenty-first century—based on hust...

The same oxygen you need to stay alive and to burn food for energy makes you oxidize just as fast as a rusty fender on the old jalopy in the back y...