General Health

From searching where to download the movie Frozen for your 7-year-old to tracking down the closest replica of Pharrell Williams’ big hat—the top Internet searches of 2014 certainly are worth a giggle. It seems that so many of us seek answers online to our health, fitness, and food queries that Google and Yahoo have made […]

While I hesitate to liken the human body to a machine, your car, just like your body, hardly ever just stops working without adequate warning. It’s just up to us to recognize the subtle signs that indicate a glitch in the proper working order of things. To help, here are nine signs and symptoms that […]

I recently visited my family doctor with a sore throat that turned out to be a nasty case of strep. Along with the suspected prescription for antibiotics, my doctor gave me some sage advice from the past—“gargle with salt water to reduce the swelling,” she said. Both delighted and surprised, I was inspired to do […]

Doctors in South Africa told the parents of Aurora Blomerus that there was nothing they could do for their newborn baby. The problem: little Aurora was born with a condition called gastroschisis, which means some of her intestines were born outside her abdomen. It’s a condition that, in many cases, can be easily corrected with […]

The Canadian government has shut down a Southern Ontario pharmaceutical company for allegedly producing unsafe chemotherapy drugs. However, the company, Biolyse Pharma Corp., says the claims are unfounded. Biolyse Pharma Corp. is based in St. Catherines, Ontario, a short drive from Niagara Falls. One of its main products is paclitaxel, one of the more affordable […]

In a country where we’re used to hearing about everything we do wrong, it’s about time the U.S. of A gets some cred for the healthy steps we’re taking.  In 2013, America (overall) improved by two-thirds compared to the 2012 America’s Health Rankings—the state-assessed health rankings researched and published collaboratively by the United Health Foundation, […]