December is typically one of the worst months for Lynnda Chambers, 61. “Anyone who had a cold, I would catch it and get pneumonia,” she says. “I was very hesitant to be around any of my 17 grandchildren.” Lynnda had suffered from continuous bouts of pneumonia for 10 years. At the end of last winter,…

Simple, quick swaps can change lunch from a high-calorie and low-nutrition meal, into a healthy, balanced meal that will fuel you for the rest of your day. Instead of a salami sandwich on white bread with cheese, mayonnaise and mustard, make this open-faced sandwich: Rotisserie chicken, three slices avocado, two tomato slices, lettuce and mustard…

Harvard researchers say making this one change – cooking more meals at home – can have a notable impact on your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. However, that is often easier said than done. With busy work and school schedules, families have been opting to eat out or carry in more often in recent…

Researchers and health care providers cannot predict with certainty who will develop diabetes – whether it is Type 1 or Type 2. Yes, there are some people born with a predisposition to develop the disease, but genes alone do not determine that fate. Along with a family history of diabetes, something in the environment triggers…

Halloween is an expressive time for children. Anticipating and deciding what costume they will wear is as fun as trick-or-treating itself. Face paint may just be the finishing touch to make your child’s costume come together, but could you unknowingly be putting them at risk? According to A Report on Heavy Metals in Face Paints…