Chuck Norris

April is Stress Awareness Month. In just three days, we will have to say that it "was" Stress Awareness Month. Where the heck did April go? I meant to discuss it but got so busy on other things I simply forgot about…

It is natural when someone coughs to speculate about what that cough means. Maybe just a clearing of the throat or the start of a cold. Maybe it's the onset of an allergy or maybe something worse. If it gets bad enough,…

It is no secret that loneliness in this country has reached epidemic proportions. TV's Dr. Phil recently dedicated an entire show on the subject. For this episode, he focused on a group of Gen Zers (ages 11-26) and…

There seems to be one thing after another emerging in today's world that makes achieving or maintaining good health seem near impossible. Take access to common and necessary maintenance pharmaceuticals — from amoxicillin…

Approximately 9 million people die every year of hunger and hunger-related diseases, more than from AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined, reports TheWorldCounts.com, an online service that reports on major world problems.…

As recently reported by USA Today's Tony Leys, Bette Helm, 71, lives in a nursing home located in Knoxville, Iowa, a small city in Marion County of about 7,500 people. Like many small rural communities, accessible mental…

What is happening to the blissful joy of country living? While it remains for those who can afford it, for others it seems to be slipping away. As I reported last week, finding a family doctor or adequate health care services…

For people living in rural America, finding a family doctor or adequate health care services has never been easy.

As if we needed more proof of the adage, "You are what you eat," a study recently published in Nature Aging has demonstrated that calorie restriction may, among other benefits, also slow aging in humans.

"But only the lonely know why, I cry, only the lonely."