by Advocate Staff | Feb 26, 2007 | Wellness
For stomach problems, vegetables containing sulforaphane may cure what over-the-counter pills merely mask. By Tom SturmThrow away the Pepto-Bismol, the Alka-Seltzer and any other hyphenated tummy helpers you’ve been pouring onto your ulcers; all you need is a...
by Advocate Staff | Feb 27, 2007 | Wellness
Taking a mid-winter trip to get away from the worries of the workaday world? That may be harder than you think.By Sophia DemblingA couple of years after embarking on a career as a travel writer, I developed my travel credo: Eat when you’re hungry, drink when...
by Advocate Staff | Apr 6, 2007 | Wellness
With the food industry using tough strategies to push empty calories, advocates for healthy food need to get tough, too, says public health attorney Michele Simon. By Maureen TurnerIn the summer of 2005, the American Beverage Association—the trade group...
by Advocate Staff | May 3, 2007 | Wellness
By Rick PachecoFor many of us these days, the realization that our health might be in trouble for lack of fitness can come dangerously late. Content for years to be sedentary, practically averse to motion, often we reach a point where some sobering episode, or the...
by Advocate Staff | Jun 6, 2007 | Wellness
By Molly M. GintyA small but growing number of American hospitals are adding warnings about environmental toxins to their prenatal programs.“Eat salmon instead of tuna when you’re pregnant, and you’ll avoid mercury contamination that can trigger a...
