Mind Matters: Losing weight isn’t just a numbers game It seems that health care professionals’ most favorite weight loss cliché is “calories in, calories out”. It makes perfect scientific sense, if you burn more calories than you take in, you lose weight. But have you ever wondered why two people can follow the exact same

It seems that researchers have found happiness to be contagious –and actually life saving. Have you been paying attention to all of the published reports about medical studies that have focused on heart health and the deep, biological connection between it and our psyche? Here’s the good news: the more cheer you allow and develop

The life expectancy gap between men and women has decreased, but men still need to pay more attention to their bodies than most do. Men tend to drink and smoke more than women. They also don’t seek medical care as often as women do. And…men typically define themselves by their work, which can add to

The advantages of massage therapy are varied and extensive – helping not only your physical well being but also soothing your emotions and reducing stressors. Massage is an accepted part of many physical rehabilitation programs and is also used and proven beneficial to helping many chronic conditions including: low back pain, arthritis, bursitis, fatigue, high

Pain is disruptive, affecting every area of our life. Often when we speak of pain in the medical community it is either described as chronic or acute. Chronic pain generally results from an injury or accident but can also be the result of a disease process like diabetes or fibromyalgia. It persists over a longer