I’m working with these guys on a project called CafeWell. It’s really awesome because it breaks new ground on corporate wellness. You know how the idea of “Web 2.0” fundamentally changed the internet from a huge electronic database of information glut overload … into an interactive medium where people can...

We hear about probiotic foods … and good bacteria that help out your gut … but what ARE those foods and where do you find them?  [I’m talking about this today on my radio show, Saturdays at noon. You can listen live by clicking here.] Yogurt Yogurt is one...

On every one of my radio programs, at the end of the show, I talk about “Health In The Hearth” and the importance of making real food, real simply, right at home.    [You can listen LIVE here, Saturday’s at noon, by clicking here] Check out the preparation for...

Remember when life was simple? Cholesterol was bad for you, fats were bad for you, bacteria were bad for you. [Saturday at noon EST, on the radio show: listen live by clicking here]Now we look at them like the modern day villains of the screen — bad, okay, but mainly just misunderstood....

Alzheimer’s research is continuing — that’s one bright side we can take from the mixed Alzheimer’s news this week.  But the negative news was truly disheartening. A commonly prescribed drug to treat moderate to severe Alzheimer’s was found ineffective for mild cases. Memantine, brand name Namenda, doesn’t appear to slow memory loss any better than a...

In another blow to the notion that B vitamin supplements ward off heart problems, a new clinical trial finds that folic acid supplements may not slow plaque buildup in healthy older adults’ arteries. FOODS with B vitamins like folate, however, do in fact help your heart and lower your...

Consistent lifelong exercise preserves heart muscle in the elderly to levels that match or even exceed that of healthy young sedentary people, a surprising finding that underscores the value of regular exercise training, according to a new study. The first study to evaluate the effects of varying levels of...

Middle-age men who use antidepressants are more likely to have a narrowing of blood vessels, increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes, than those who do not use the medications, according to a study presented on Saturday. A study of twins found evidence of atherosclerosis, as measured by...

New Orleans residents were found to have three times the rate of heart attacks four years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina than before the storm and levee break that flooded the city, according to a study presented at a major heart meeting on Sunday. The three-fold increase had...