Bob Condor

Some scenarios are difficult to imagine. Like giving 6th graders a choice of foods at school lunchtime, then finding they will actually select and eat a variety of nutritious items...

Reflexology is becoming more than a footnote among alternative health therapies. A new study by Danish researchers shows 81 percent of 220 headache patients realized improvement or cures after six...

The January/February issue of Natural Health places Chicago at the middle of the pack in its rankings for The Healthiest Cities in America. We scored No. 15 out of 30...

One fitness trend that keeps increasing in popularity is the Pilates Method, which uses mat work to stretch and strengthen the body. It was invented by Joseph H. Pilates in...

There can't be many things scarier for parents than entering a child's bedroom at 4 a.m. to see him writhing on the floor, limbs going every which way and, then,...

It's not exactly the most dire of health conditions, but chapped lips can be nothing short of irritating, distracting and uncomfortable. Cold temperatures and wind wreak havoc on your thin-skinned...

There's nothing like a fresh start, unless it's a second chance at the fresh start. Studies show 25 percent of New Year's resolutions have been broken by the end of...

All the news that's fitness in print: The most popular form of exercise in the U.S. during the 1990s was a decidedly retro activity: Working out with free weights. The...

Since 1987, Alice D. Domar has been leading stress management programs for women at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The Boston-based psychotherapist and researcher realized early that...

The mind-body medicine movement, now decades old and going strong, is responsible for placing such health practices as meditation, biofeedback and stress management classes in the medical mainstream. But one...