Tag: Dr. Oz
Acupuncture Therapy Promising for Parkinson’s Patients
When Michael J. Fox got an ovation at this year's Emmys, it highlighted how much he's done to help people understand Parkinson's disease and...
Empty Nest Syndrome? Enjoy Each Other
The premise of the sitcom "Empty Nest" was that it's hard to keep the nest empty; Dr. Harry Weston wished his grown kids would...
Chilly Weather? We Still Need Vitamin D
From October to March, the sun isn't strong enough north of Los Angeles and Atlanta to prod your body into making much vitamin D-3....
Dr. Oz: The Shocking Facts About Our Sugar Addiction
If sour news about added fructose - the sugary menace that messes with your liver, boosts blood pressure and stiffens arteries - has you...
Reusable Grocery Bags Help the Environment, But Wash Them
Not since Carol Burnett's bag lady menaced Tim Conway's hapless businessman have reusable totes been so front and center. Seattle, San Francisco and Toronto...
The Calorie Trade-off: It Doesn’t Work
Listening to a Mozart symphony is not the same as swooning over a Justin Bieber love ballad. And eating a 210-calorie order of French...
Can You Stimulate Left Brain/Right Brain Function?
Left brain/right brain theory says the left hemisphere of the brain is where logic, reasoning and numbers are processed; the right side is responsible...
Dr. Oz: Why Belly Fat Is Killing Us
People who are normal weight according to their BMI (body mass index), but who have excess fat around their waists (for men, a waist 40 inches or larger; for women, it's 35 inches or larger), are 17 percent more likely...
High Triglyceride Levels Fuel Belly Fat and Heart Attacks
Triglycer-WHAT? Long overshadowed by LDL - the lousy cholesterol - triglycerides are easy to overlook on your latest blood-test results, but getting to know...
Sleeping Pills Still No Match for Natural Cycle of Sleep
When Kerry Kennedy swerved across a highway and sideswiped a tractor-trailer, she wasn't drunk. She was, her attorneys say, driving under the influence of...
