When dandelions come to mind, you might instantly think of the hours you’ve spent trying to keep them from growing in your yard. But while you were desperately searching for a way to keep them from popping up in your green grass, you were missing out on the numerous health benefits they have to offer!…
Hard-boiled eggs. I like them, and my kids love them! However, I admit that until recently I had no clue whether I was boiling them correctly. Sometimes they would come out great, and at other times the egg whites stuck to the shell and I ended up losing half the egg to the trash. I…
Most people love hugs. They fill a person with joy and happiness. Hugging is actually one of the four things people can do to make their lives happier. However, nothing is more special than a simple hug from a loved one. Just a simple embrace is all I need to help my heart slow down…
In January of 2013, the Swiss Medical Board was mandated to prepare a review of mammography screening. The board included a medical ethicist, a clinical epidemiologist, a clinical pharmacologist, an oncologic surgeon, a nurse scientist, a lawyer and a health economist. In the New England Journal of Medicine, two members of the board — Nikola…
I remember playing with friends all day long when I was younger. We would even skip lunch at times. All we would do was run through the fields and pretend to be Pocahontas or some other strong female character we adored. (There were many fights over who got to be the Pink Power Ranger.) However,…