Heart of the Matter: Lowering Your Risk of Heart Disease
There are certain unavoidable risk factors for heart disease, like family history. But there are factors that you can modify to lower your risk of a heart attack: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, and physical inactivity. Any...
Politics of Extremism, The
Former White House press secretary Mike McCurry talks about the tendency to be, "...provocative, or angry, or loud, or shrill..." as perhaps the only way to cut through the enormous amount of information that is cluttering the political landscape at...
The Fabric of Health: Living Healthier
From a young age, people need to take care of their health and make the kind of choices that will pay healthy dividends in the future. Drugs and substance abuse continue to impact the health of our society. Moderation is important, as is controlling...
Working It Out: Athletic Overuse Injuries
Athletes and those who are in good physical shape need to be careful to avoid doing too much of a good thing. Overuse injuries, torn ligaments , rotator cuff injuries often occur when intense competitors overdo. A major advancement in recent years h...