Archive for March 27th, 2012

Spring Cleaning: 11 Germ Traps To Clean Today

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

If you’ve shaken off the dust bunnies and scrubbed the floors, you’re off to a good start at your spring cleaning, but there are some often-overlooked places that need a thorough scrub-down, too.  And for greater reasons than simply relishing in that feeling of accomplishment when the garage is finally organized and you could practically [...]

Super Healthy Dinner Recipes

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Does mealtime often get taken over by the nutrition villains (tons of calories, loads of saturated fat, and excess sodium)?  Take back the dinner hour: Click here for a week’s worth of great-tasting meals with real nutritional punch.

How Much Aspirin Is Too Much of a Good Thing?

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

More than 40 million American adults already take an aspirin a day to prevent heart disease.  Now many more are weighing the pros and cons of daily aspirin use in light of new studies finding that it also may reduce the risk of many cancers and stop the spread of tumors.  Yet doctors still don’t [...]

Why We Love Tearjerkers

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Ever felt curiously satisfied after bawling your eyes out at a heart-wrenching flick? You’re not alone.  In fact, new research has found that tragic films can actually make us feel happier. The findings, published in the journal Communication Research, suggest that those tearjerkers have a way of bringing our attention to important relationships in our [...]

Putting Babies to Bed Safely

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Nearly two decades after a public health campaign began promoting sleep safety for babies, many parents and caretakers are still unaware of the habits that can lead to sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, a new study suggests.