I can remember it like it was yesterday. I was maybe 8 or 9 years old, climbing out of the family’s station wagon. Just as I was pulling my arm past the doorjamb, someone pushed the door closed on my hand.  Three thoughts came immediately to mind: First, that I couldn’t see my hand. Second, that my mom was there to comfort me. Third, that within a matter of ......

  Check out the latest Google Trends and you’ll see that searches for all things “allergy” are peaking this month – just like they’ve done every year about this time since at least 2004. However, despite all this searching, it would appear that we’re not getting any closer to finding a fix for a problem that continues to plague millions of people. The term “allergy” was introduced in 1906 after Viennese pediatrician Clemens ......

  It’s only the beginning of May and already my favorite baseball team has me praying for a miracle! (I’m sorry to say that I’m too embarrassed to mention this team by name). Although I consider myself an optimist, I just can’t see my boys making it anywhere close to the World Series this year. Or next. I suppose there’s some hope in the fact that the last miracle we’ve ......

  According to Ivan Oransky, a medical doctor and editor of Reuters Health, everyone reading this article is suffering from the universally terminal condition called pre-death. This assumes, of course, that everyone reading this article is actually alive.   Although said with tongue firmly planted in cheek to an audience of health groupies at last week’s TEDMED conference in Washington, DC, Oransky’s point is clear: The rush to label people ......

  For those who are just now discovering that April is National Humor Month, don’t worry. You still have time to catch up. Even better, you have a lifetime to experience the health benefits of a cheerful outlook.    According to the National Humor Month web site, the purpose of this annual focus on humor is “to heighten public awareness on how the joy and therapeutic value of laughter can ......