A new survey commissioned by the National Nutritional Foods Association, a non-profit group long focused on promoting the natural foods industry, shows the top reason people take dietary supplements is...
Joe Torre and wife learning to manage the tough stuff As a baseball player and manager, Joe Torre has been getting team physicals practically every year during his adult life....
The organic foods market is growing faster than weeds in a garden. The Organic Trade Association reports U.S. sales are now $6.6 billion, up from $180 million in 1980. Fifty-six...
You've got to hand it to William Chaplin. His psychology students at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa asked him if people can actually form lasting opinions about people's personalities...
The debate about ephedra, a common herb in dietary supplements for weight loss and muscle building became official in late August when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conducted public...
The Class of 1968 will be walking the hallways of Oak Park-River Forest High School Saturday. The tour is part of a 32nd reunion weekend, which seems like an odd...
Health Magazine has a pleasing new look in the September issue and still offers its usual healthy dose of information about alternative therapies. One feature article considers the potential for...
Somewhere between Harry Truman and the next guy in the White House, we seem to have lost our way on what is nutritious food for kids. This seems especially true...
If monitoring what kids watch on TV seems like a part-time job for parents, that's because it can be. Or maybe should be. Kristen Harrison is an assistant professor of...