Physicians should recommend low to moderate exercise for their pregnant patients, even if they have not exercised prior to pregnancy, says a report in the August issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Exercise strengthens and improves…

Magic Johnson

Larry Bird

Did anyone else notice during recent televised interviews how much healthier Magic Johnson, who is 50 and is HIV-Positive, looks than Larry Bird, who is 52, and is not? Why is that?

Walgreens is offering free health care services through its Take Care Clinics for routine illnesses suffered by certain laid off workers and their families who don’t have health insurance. However there are some catches.

For starters, the plan doesn’t apply to people who…

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StoryCorp and the Siteman Cancer Centers are looking for St. Louisans to particpate in a project that’ll focus on how parents with cancer discussed the diagnosis with their children. StoryCorps will be in town recording April 17 - May 3, at the…

As we search for the android path to good health — boot camp exercising, prison camp food –  consider some time-tested things proven to make you live longer and feel better doing it.

MAKE FRIENDS – Pals can keep you healthy says…

Teachers, truckers, firefighters and nurses, listen up! Employee Vita has come up with a product line that eliminates “the guesswork and confusion of deciding on what vitamins to take, reduces the cost of buying multiple bottles, and contains nutrients that…

Exercise books. YOUCH! Every year just after Thanksgiving, my mailbox is besieged by exercise books. Exercise by dancing, exercise by hanging upside down, get flat abs, rock-hard arms, make the cellulite disappear.

Before you drop any more money on these things,…

 ”If I knew I’d live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself,” is attributed to jazz musician Eubie Blake whose meals often consisted of donuts and soda. But, frankly, it’s prophetic. After years of perusing studies, statistics, credible websites and interviewing expert researchers…