How are those New Year’s resolutions coming along?! Here is a reminder of tips to keep you on the wagon: Tip #1: Review your week’s schedule Tip #2: Take a multivitamin every day Tip #3: Record everything you eat for …

Most folks want to live a longer, healthier life. But what exactly can you do to improve your lifestyle? Here are some tips from a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical  Association that determined which lifestyle choices …

One thing that motivated me to exercise and lose weight was a small heart attack I had several years ago. I read a study from Germany, where people with coronary heart disease (artery blockages) were either assigned to get an angioplasty (the …

Reports Physician’s First Watch, about a study in the New England Journal of Medicine: Sibutramine Increases Risk for MI and Stroke Among Patients with Heart Disease The weight-loss drug sibutramine (Meridia) — up for review by FDA advisers on Sept. …

Sleep apnea is a dangerous condition, whereby the airway closes off during sleep due to increased fat in the neck (among other factors). The problems in sleep apnea relate particularly from the low levels of oxygen in the blood during …