Healthy Living

Maclaren is recalling about 1 million umbrella strollers due to the possiblity of injury to children's fingers.

Nearly 24 million Americans have diabetes; another 57 million have prediabetes, a precursor to the disease. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that if the diabetes epidemic continues, one in three Americans will develop it in his or her lifetime.

Are you trying to eat on the lighter side? Concerned about lightening your fitness footprint? If you're toying with becoming a vegetarian but don't know where to begin, here are some answers.

I believed, along with all the other adults in my life, that my melancholy and sensitivity were part of my "special" make-up, that they were gifts to celebrate, not neuroses to treat.

Certain groups of kids are more likely to exclude meat than others -- and teens top the list.In a 2009 poll by the Vegetarian Resource Group, an advocacy organization, for example, 11% of girls ages 13 to 15 said they were vegetarian. ...

GOOD FOR: The heart, in moderation. Though the effect is chiefly seen in middle-aged men, two or three alcoholic drinks a day can cut the risk of heart attack by at least 30 per cent.

Navigating the social world is innately learned. Appreciating nuance or idiom comes with the territory as children grow. They learn very early in life, that when the weatherman announces that "it's raining cats and dogs", animals are not falling from the sky.