Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Bad Breath?
Stand in enough lines at the grocery store or ride in enough crowded buses, and you’re bound to catch a whiff of breath that’s strong enough to peel paint. And, if you’re honest, you’d have to admit there have been times when your own breath has been …
Learn MoreWhy Unemployment Is Bad for Your Health
In the United States, each percentage rise in unemployment leads to 6,000 deaths.In her previous life, Ellen Rood watched over 3,000 head of Black Angus cattle on a sprawling ranch in central Montana. But even 50,000-acre spreads have to downsize some…
Learn MoreMedicines and Sex: Drugs That May Cause Sexual Side Effects
When a doctor tells you that you need a certain medication, you should take it.But you should also be prepared for the possibility that some medicines and sex don’t always mix well together.This article will explore the types of drugs that could poten…
Learn MoreMale Libido: Maintaining Desire
The sex lives of men can seem like something akin to an Aesop’s fable. As years go by and youth fades, we may stop aspiring to the mating style of rabbits and become more like red foxes, lonely animals that make do with one brief breeding season each…
Learn MoreMen: Supporting Your Partner
Barring some unexpected scientific breakthroughs, pregnancy will always be a woman’s job. A man can feel a baby kick and love it before it’s born, but he can never truly know what it feels like to have a life growing inside him.Likewise, men often hav…
Learn MoreMultitasking and Stress
In this high-tech, high-pressure age, multitasking has become a national pastime. No matter where we are or what we’re doing, we can always add one more ball to the juggling act. Many people regularly check their IPhone while they’re in a restaurant, …
Learn More12-Step Programs
What are 12-step programs?Since 1935 — the year that Alcoholics Anonymous was founded — millions of people have turned to 12-step programs to help them overcome often life-threatening addictions or self-destructive behaviors. The 12-step approach co…
Learn MoreHypnosis
What is hypnosis? Hypnosis must be the only medical procedure ever to be featured in nightclub acts. (Can you imagine audiences applauding the Amazing Anesthesiologist or the Radiology Wizard?) Depictions of hypnosis on stage and screen, in fact, have…
Learn MoreMeditation and Health
What is meditation?Do you ever feel like your brain is too stuffed with thoughts? Between the errands that you need to do tomorrow, the lingering issues from yesterday, and the work in front of you today, it can be hard to find room for a positive emo…
Learn MorePain and Stress
Have you ever noticed how aches and pains seem to fade when your adrenaline is really pumping? Or have you ever felt pain deep in your gut after a tragedy? If so, you’ve already discovered that pain — like so many other things in life — is deeply se…
Learn More