What the Research Says Osteoporosis is the most widespread degenerative disease in the developed world, afflicting 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men over 50. Despite the accumulating evidence for a connection between depression and decreased bone density,...

These are the positive affirmations I’ve tweeted on Twitter during the last 50 days.   If you’re using Twitter and would like to receive them daily,  you might want to follow me on Twitter. Read my blog post on how to use Bible scriptures to make...

Lifestyle Factors and Your Health By some estimates, approximately 40% of all deaths in the United States are premature (at least 900,000 deaths annually) and are due to unhealthy lifestyle choices such as tobacco use, poor diet, sedentary lifestyle,...

I’ve started reading a new book, Prescribing Faith – Medicine, Media, and Religion in American Culture by Claire Hoertz Badaracco.  Today I read the chapter titled Belief and Wellness: Medical Pluralism and Healing. This chapter is one of the most...

Yesterday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new report that reflects obesity and diabetes rates by counties. The estimates, in this week′s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, are the first to provide county–level...