Health & Balance News & Features
- 'The Apprentice': What Skills Are Key?
Experts say emotional intelligence and leadership are necessary to win the dream job with Donald Trump.
- The Passion of the Movies
'The Passion of the Christ' is the latest to show the power of movies to move us.
- Worry vs. Reality: The Real Risks You Face
When it comes to evaluating medical risk -- or risk of any kind, for that matter -- it gets very personal, and when we're weighing threats to ourselves or to others we care about, we tend to think with our hearts rather than our heads. We explain real risk
- Tearooms Offer a Healthy Buzz
Oodles of antioxidants are contained in green tea, black tea, even oolong tea.
- Tearooms Offer a Healthy Buzz
Tea is gaining ground over coffee, and tearooms are popping up everywhere. The health benefits of tea are one compelling reason.
- The "Food-Family Connection": Letting Go at Last
Everyone's emotional eating origins are uniquely personal.
- Why the Super Bowl Matters
On Super Bowl Sunday, one team will claim victory and the other, defeat. But psychologically, many of their fans will wind up winning -- no matter the score.
- Help for Battered Men
Domestic violence befalls mostly women, but men are victims, too.
- Designer Funerals: The Final Getaway
Baby boomers face the inevitable -- with posh caskets and funky funeral services.
- Do Opposites Attract? Not Really
Do opposites attract? Not according to new research: People who want to find a mate look for similar traits.
- Natural Brain Boosters
Want to add some brawn to your brainpower? Several natural brain boosters are out there.
- Negative Ions Create Positive Vibes
There's something in the air that just may boost your mood -- get a whiff of negative ions.
- How to Stop Nagging
Is your nagging driving your spouse crazy? Here's how to communicate without being a nag.
- Relax in a Hurry
Who can remember to relax -- and who has time? You do! It only takes five minutes.
- Relax in a Hurry
Tension can build during your busy day, but believe it or not, you do have time to relieve that stress.
- Blow Off Post-Holiday Blues
Now that the hectic holidays are over, how do you keep the blues away as reality returns? We've got a few ideas.
- Everyday Playtime for Adults
Want to recapture part of your youth? You can, by making leisure time a part of your routine.
- Keeping Track of Your Kids
Child abductions are making headlines and parents are understandably nervous. And now, there are high-tech methods available for keeping tabs on your children. Should you consider one of these 'kid chip' microtransmitters?
- Don't Feel Well? Redecorate!
To be healthy, you need to feed all areas of your life. Changing your environment can have lasting good effects on your health, some say.
- Cancer: Exploring the Alternatives
Supplements are popular among cancer patients, but most people don't discuss them with their doctor have no idea whether there are risks
- Internet Makes Hypochondria Worse
Health information on the web is valuable to most people, but for hypochondriacs, it can be too much information. Their condition can worsen into a modern malady called 'cyberchondria.'
- Yoga: Slim Bodies, Strong Minds
More than just a leaner and stronger body, yoga offers a path to self-respect and the discipline you need to revamp old eating habits.
- Coping With Terrorism
Finding meaning key to regaining peace of mind.
- Sept. 11 Eyewitnesses, 1 Year Later
Sept. 11 Eyewitnesses, 1 Year Later
- Healthy Ways to Face 9/11
As we approach the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks, we could all use some guidance on how to handle the potentially overwhelming feelings this day will inevitably bring. Experts offer their advice...
- Driving Is Hazardous to Your Health
Road rage, cell phones, inattentive drivers, pollution -- and that's just on a good day.
- When the Stock Market Gets You Down
You can stress and worry, or you can step back, give yourself a break from the daily ups and downs, and calmly wait for the market to correct itself.
- When the Stock Market Gets You Down.
You can stress and worry, or you can step back, give yourself a break from the daily ups and downs, and calmly wait for the market to correct itself.
- Arthritis - Therapy in Motion - Tai Chi
The Gentle Exercise
- Providing the Alternative
Does your health insurance cover yoga, chiropractic, and massage? Many insurers are realizing that alternative medicine can have a positive effect on health.
- The Rise of Oxygen Bars
Want to boost your energy, reduce stress, and get relief from headaches and hangovers? Try oxygen bars, say proponents. But the medical community isn't buying it.
- What Can You Catch in Restrooms?
People petrified of public toilets can rest assured that the chances of actually catching something are low -- if they follow some simple advice.
- You Are Feeling Better, Better
Hypnotherapy is entering the mainstream as a means of behavior and pain control. Could it be right for you? Read on.
- You Are Getting Skinny, Skinny
If diets and exercise just aren't working, you might want to consider hypnotherapy. The technique is proven to help relieve pain and anxiety, and there's evidence that as part of a comprehensive weight loss plan, it also can help people conquer bad eating habits and slim down for good.
- How to Cope With Cabin Fever
By now, you're probably tired of dark, dreary days. If you're holed up at home, feeling low -- take heart. Here's what to do when winter, and the world outside, get you down.
- High-Tech Unemployment
Jobless dot-commers have an alternative to sitting at home and sulking: Many are attending pink-slip parties.
- 'Tis the Season to Stress Less
Whether the pressure you feel comes and goes with the holidays, or it is a year-round fixture in your life, one expert strongly advises you to get things under control.
- How to Spend the Holidays Alone
You can be alone for the holidays but not lonely. Find out how to get through the seasons of gatherings.
- Home (Bitter) Sweet Home
I'm heading home for the holidays. Though I love my family, the closer the departure date looms, the more anxious I become.
- Hope Amid Cancer
A look at a book that is a guide for patients and their loved ones caught up in the daily struggle of living with cancer.
- Pain, Pain, Float Away
For people who suffer from chronic pain, meditation may be the first step to recovery.
- Hormones for Your Head
Your body speaks a chemical language in which hormonesare the key words. Researchers learning to speak this languagesay they soon will find new ways to treat anxiety, depression,addiction, and other mental and emotional problems by using hormones.
- Preparing for Parenthood With Yoga
Yoga is something that can be practiced during any phase of life, even pregnancy. Furthermore, proponents of the ancient practice say yoga during pregnancy can actually help the woman prepare for childbirth and parenthood by getting her (and dad!) into mental, physical, and spiritual shape -- gently.
- Artificial Intelligence, Real Issue
The subject of man-made life and artificial intelligence both fascinates and repels us. But when does a smart machine become a thinking creation?
- Pacemakers -- for Anxiety
Imagine a device -- permanently implanted in your bodylike a pacemaker -- that controls anxiety by stimulatinga nerve in your neck that leads to your brain. Can thisapproach -- called vagus nerve stimulation -- be a permanentsolution for people who have gone from drug to drug andtherapy to therapy without success?
- InsemiNation
They may not even know who they are, the citizens of this nation-within-a-nation. They're the offspring of anonymous sperm donors, oftentimes raised without knowing the circumstances of their birth, without knowing the identity -- and medical history -- of their biological father.
- Can 'Chi' Ease Arthritis Pain?
Alternative healers say they've developed treatments that can ease the pain of arthritis using your 'chi' -- the life force that flows through the human body.
- Can 'Chi' Ease Arthritis Pain?.
Alternative healers say they've developed treatments that can ease the pain of arthritis -- without drugs. But to use them you must start thinking in terms of 'chi' -- the Chinese term for a life force that flows through the human body.
- Support: That's What Friends Are For
Anyone facing a serious medical condition for the first time may recognize an urgent need not only for expert medical advice and treatment, but for support -- from friends, family, acquaintances, and others who have already passed through the furnace of diagnosis and treatment.
- Reclaiming 'Rebirthing'
Recent bad press aside, practitioners say most of what we've heard about 'rebirthing' is all wrong. Done properly, rebirthing is a gentle, breath-focused form of personal growth, they say, with benefits for those seeking vitality and energy.