Apples are good for you! ( Photo: George Chernilevsky/Wikimedia Commons) Apples Are Woven Into Our Culture—And Taste Great Too! Everyone, it seems, loves the apple whether it was the Beatles naming their recording studio after it in 1968 or Steve Jobs,... News 02 Oct 2025 | 05:30
Coffee and tea and other homespun remedies, such as ginger extract and chicken soup, can help the body minimize some of the symptoms that come with a common cold. ( Photo: Yuri Samoilov/Wikimedia Commons) Got a Cold? Here’s Why Those Homespun Remedies Do Help Got a cold? You’re not alone. An average healthy adult may get two to three colds a year, often starting in October. For... News 25 Sep 2025 | 05:31
Bugs Bunny has spent a lifetime munching on his primary source of nutrition: carrots. So far as we know, his skin never turned yellow. ( Photo: Kogo/Wikimedia Commons) Carrots Are a Great Health Food (Just Don’t as Many as Bugs Bunny) Don’t tell the Looney Tunes cartoonists who have been drawing Bugs Bunny for decades, but if you eat too many carrots, the... News 13 Sep 2025 | 09:33
Herbal teas are seen as a soothing and calming drink, but even so, consumers are urged to make sure the herbal remedies do not negatively react with prescription meds. Some can dilute the impact, others could make the effect of a prescribed drug stronger. ( Photo: Map cla 1401) Notes of Caution about Booming Herbal Medicine Market In many developing countries, herbal medicine accounts for up to 80 percent of all treatments, according to the World Health... News 05 Sep 2025 | 05:02
You may never be able to match the radiant smile of Julia Roberts–which one poll of dentists said was the top-rated celebrity smile by their patients–but new research may lead to a breakthrough whereby a tooth that is chipped or damaged may be able to heal itself. ( Photo: Nicholas Genin/Wikimedia Commons) Sink Your Teeth Into This Encouraging News About Repairing Your Pearly Whites When Express Dentist polled its dentists to find out the No. 1 most requested celebrity smile for their patients, the top... News 29 Aug 2025 | 12:29
This much orange juice in one day will give you plenty of vitamin C, but it surely will contain too much natural sugar. ( Photo: Piotr Chrobot) The Orange Juice Dilemma Orange juice at breakfast is a sweet way to start the day, but the Food and Drug Administration may soon make it less so.... Food & Drink 22 Aug 2025 | 03:33
Painting is entitled “Some People Feel the Rain, Others Just Get Wet.” Scientists now say it is more than folklore, that some people can indeed “feel” a coming rain storm in their bones. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Weather Alert: Feel It in Your Bones? Grab Your Umbrella! As Erin, the season’s first named hurricane, churns across the Atlantic, some New Yorkers won’t need a weather report to... News 15 Aug 2025 | 12:04
All cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, are considered superfoods and contain cancer-fighting compounds but . . . ( Photo: Fir0002/Wikimedia Commons) 7 Superfoods Backed by Science to Boost Health Summer is salad season whose crisp greens brighten and lighten an overheated day. But for summer, winter, spring, and fall,... News 01 Aug 2025 | 04:15
Pet insurance can help lower costs of vet care. And a bill making its way through Congress would allow pet healthcare to be paid for by a human owner’s tax-advantaged Health Savings Account. ( Photo: Mark Logico/Wikimedia Commons) Cost of Caring for Pets is Soaring, but Help May Be On the Way Last year, Americans spent $39.8 billion on veterinary services for their pets. Current estimates suggest that will rise... News 24 Jul 2025 | 10:59
Supermarkets are putting healthier food in easy reach of consumers. ( Photo: Erik Calonius/EPA/Wikimedia Commons) The Rise of Modern Supermarkets Puts Health Choices at Your Fingertips Supermarkets are actively responding to the demand for healthier choices from consumers, say industry officials. And some... News 18 Jul 2025 | 01:23
Scenes such as the above, where a young woman shows off her flu-shot sticker, should be commonplace this fall after the FDA in June finally issued recommendations on the new flu vaccine for the 2025-26 flu season. ( Photo: Whoisjohngalt/Wikimedia Commons) Flu Vaccine Shots Will Be Available This Fall After All Despite political posturing, missed meetings, and nail-biting moments of medical mystery, it now seems certain that there... News 11 Jul 2025 | 04:01
Sweat can be unpleasant, but experts are discovering it has a lot more beneficial effects than just cooling down the body in hot weather. ( Photo: Sasener) Summer Is Here and the Sweat You Hate Is Actually Good For You! Summer is here and while high heat and humidity can be unpleasant and energy-sapping, the sweat that accompanies the sweltering... News 03 Jul 2025 | 04:27
Procedures done on women are getting reimbursed to hospitals at a lower rate than similar procedures done on men, according to a new study. That’s raising alarms. ( Photo: Bill Branson/Wikimedia Commons) Price and Prejudice: Hospitals Getting Less for Procedures on Women than for Men Procedures that hospitals undertake on women are reimbursed at a lower rate than similar procedures involving men, a new... News 28 Jun 2025 | 07:07
It’s important to know which vitamins to take, which to use concurrently, and which to use separately. ( Photo: Wikimedia: Ragesoss) What RFK Jr. Doesn’t Specify: How to Take Vitamins While Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. touts the unproven power of vitamin supplements, experts warn to watch... News 19 Jun 2025 | 05:05
While water in plastic bottles is more convenient, New York City tap water is most likely purer, recent studies suggest. ( Photos: B Bart Flickr (right) Kritiaan (left)/Wikimedia Commons) Tap Is Tops When It Comes to NYC Drinking Water The Environmental Protection Agency has issued some good news for thirsty New Yorkers. Our tap water, the EPA said in a June... News 12 Jun 2025 | 05:14
Landmarks Commission to Reconsider West Park Presbyterian Church Demolition Plans