Health

Going on a diet is perhaps one of the most common things you will encounter. Whether some scientific study found that this food group or this particular ingredient is bad for you, this new fad diet plan where everyone on it has lost 10, 15, 20 pounds, or you find yourself wanting to make some changes while looking in the mirror. What is hard is sticking to your diet. Here are a few things I learne

If you’re a fan of Disney baddies like cigar-smoking Bill Sykes from Oliver & Company (and really, who isn’t a fan of Bill Sykes from Oliver & Company?), this news is relevant to your tobacco-stained interests: The Walt Disney Company has banned all depictions of smoking from all of its films from all of its child-oriented labels (including Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm) rated G through PG-13. Via a press release:

Thirty-year-old Robert Kirchner was arrested in Victoria, Texas for public intoxication. And then he told officials he could be infected with ebola.

Nancy and Doug James were visiting Rockport back on June 19 when Doug scraped his knee while wade-fishing and contracted a flesh-eating bacteria.

Reuters reports that millions of Americans are using these apps and they are giving fitness experts new insights on the habits of the people logged onto the apps.

Panama has the highest rate of well-being in the world.  Yeah.  Panama. The Gallup-Healthways Global Well-Being Index shows that, for the second time in a row, Panamanians beat 145 other countries in the number of people who are thriving and satisfied with their life situations.

In a major victory for the Obama administration, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling in the King v. Burwell case upholding the tax subsidies in the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

What's that old expression -- if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all?

Twenty-four hours after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria at a mud run in Dallas, a Texas woman lost her eyesight in one eye.

Local and state health officials warn of food born illness cases across Texas.

I have struggled with my weight my entire adult life. I lose it, I gain it back. Why is it so much easier to put weight on then it is taking it off? I was told once to get rid of my scale and not weight myself...it's just a number. Well, guess what? That doesn't work for me!

I’m on a mission to feed my family good food that is good for them . . . and I’m determined to move my family away from the typical American diet to a better diet. Why? Because I’m fat.  And have been all my life.