The first prayer most of us prayed was the blessing, "God is great, God is good, Let us thank Him for our food," or the classic bedtime prayer, "Now I lay me down to sleep."

Most people with Alzheimer's disease have a strong desire to live in their homes as long as possible. Families share this desire. Paradoxically, the home is often the best place and the worst place for Alzheimer's care.

One of the hardest things about moving to a new town is finding new friends. Trying to find where you belong; a place to call your own. When my husband, son and I moved a little over a year ago, I felt blessed to be moving to...

She was terrified. Of her locker. Her combination locker. The one she had to open on her first day of seventh grade. It's all I heard about for weeks before. Not the new teachers, or new students or all the homework.

Before I start any meal, I always say a prayer, thanking God for my food. It seems like a little thing. Some of my friends are amused by my habit. It is not a trivial activity, however brief my words. Food is one of God's...

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of five closely related cardiovascular risk factors. Each is dangerous, but when they occur together, the overall risk is greater than the sum of its parts. The presence of any three is...

The holiday season may give you a gift you that you just don't want: weight gain. Several new studies show that the average weight gain between Thanksgiving and New Years is one pound, much less than the 5-10 pounds previously...

You've heard the old saying "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Now there's evidence to suggest that a good friendship does the same thing. Results of a nine year study of 7,000 people conducted by Harvard researchers...

Ah, los recuerdos... El Arcoiris. El Bosque de menta. El Baño de Chocolate y el Rey de los Dulces. Es asombroso lo poderosos que pueden ser los recuerdos de la niñez. Hace más de 30 años que jugué este famoso juego infantil...

Se cuenta la fábula de una aldea holandesa donde vivía un panadero llamado Fouke. Su apariencia de hombre alto y delgado concordaba con su reputación de total rectitud. Era intolerante ante los defectos de los demás y debido...

Todos hemos oído el viejo adagio, "la cantidad de velas determina el puerto". Si recuerdo correctamente, ese fue el lema de la clase de graduandos de mi escuela secundaria. Fue un buen lema, pero cuando marchaba...

¡Mis hijos son insoportables!" Así comenzaba el grito de ayuda brutalmente honesto escrito por la madre de cuatro niños que buscaba una niñera en la zona alta de Manhattan. He aquí algunos extractos de la larga lista que esta...

A new study shows that babies born four months before the peak of winter virus season are more likely to develop childhood asthma than babies born at any other time of year.

In a newly published study, uncertainty was found to be far more stressful for highly neurotic people than dealing with a clearly negative outcome.

Water aerobics may help reduce the pain of childbirth. A new study shows that women who take classes during pregnancy are significantly less likely to ask for pain medication during delivery.

The current U.S. shortage of childhood Hib vaccine, cut off in December 2007, will continue at least until mid-2009, the CDC warns.