Bob Condor

Although tans may still represent high fashion, no one can dispute the scientific trend that too much sun is unhealthy. Many studies have shown that sun overexposure can accelerate skin...

Summer is upon us, so the usual rash of sports injuries figures to be right on its heels. A few of us might feel the urge to play softball or...

Recently a friend and I were sitting, drinking coffee, reconnecting to our time together as young writers and dreamers in New York. He was in town to publicize his first...

Pick a card, any card, then relax. That's the format of "The Relax Deck" (Chronicle Books, $12.95). Each one of the deck's 50 cards has a unique illustration on one...

Last month, the federal government's National Toxicology Program took saccharin off the Report of Carcinogens that it publishes every two years. The artificial sweetener had been categorized as a cancer-causing...

Age-related macular degeneration affects the eyesight of some 15 million older Americans. AMD is a disorder of the macula, which is a tiny area of tissue near the center of...

During the question-and-answer period of a recent alternative medicine forum sponsored by Advocate Health Care, Dr. Donald W. Novey did some nifty refereeing. Several patients in the audience were venting...

The editors at the always informative Nutrition Action Health Letter have been busy. The official publication of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Science in the Public Interest devoted its April...

The location alone tells you something. More than 200 people gathered to hear Dr. David Eisenberg speak about alternative medicine recently at the Drury Lane Theater in Oak Brook. It's...

Whether you might be staying home with a new baby or working too many hours at the office, authors of two new yoga books have the situation covered. "Yoga Baby:...