Whether you consider yourself to be a hiker, daily dog-walker or a simple Sunday-stroller, walking is part of all of our lives. It’s a basic movement that gets us from A to B and comes with a list of benefits, including boosting our mental health, helping the environment and keeping us active. But are we …

Go check out the part of your kitchen where you might keep things we like to call “spices”. You’ve got salt. You’ve got pepper. What else do you have? More importantly: What else do you need? Whether you’ve just moved to a new place or your pantry is just looking a little sad lately, you …

It’s mid-February and the flu patients keep coming. Flu vaccine and screening supplies are becoming scarce at the Findlay, Ohio, medical practice where family nurse practitioner Gina Vaughn sees her patients. The influx continues as the infection spreads. “The flu season has just gotten out of control because people are not staying home,” she laments. …

Get a flu shot, keep your hands clean and avoid touching your face. If you’ve been slammed by the flu this season and think you can’t get it again for a year or so, think again. Flu season typically runs from October through April or May, and during that time, you’re vulnerable to falling ill …

So you want to lose weight or give your life a health kick. But how are you going to do it? With so many diets available to try, it can be difficult to know which one is the right one for you. The DASH diet, which stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, has been …