Health/Wellness

What better way to relax after a long and busy week than with a day at the spa? Unfortunately, we don’t all have the time or money to visit a spa on such a consistent basis, but why not bring…Read More

Beach season might be winding down, but you still have plenty of opportunities to wear your favorite open-toed wedges in the next few months. Get your sand-ravaged tootsies back in tip top shape with these five simple steps for an…Read More

It’s hard to keep track of all the new fitness studios that are popping up on every street corner in New York. So I decided to try out a handful of them and give you my top five. Enjoy! 1.…Read More

Barefoot running is a trend that quickly picked up speed, a few years back. Basically it is running in a way that mimics being barefoot by either running without shoes, or running in a pair of thin-soled shoes. Being a…Read More

Although psoriasis has been found in Egyptian mummies, the disease baffled the early physicians. Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.) ignored superstitions and treated skin disorders with tar and arsenic, while Galen (133-200 A.D.) named the disease Psoriasis vulgaris and added a broth…Read More

What is Dietary Fiber? Dietary fiber is naturally occurring in all types of plant foods that your body alone cannot digest. While foods such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins are broken down and absorbed, fiber is passed through your intestines,…Read More

Vaccination is ranked as one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the last century and is the number 1 contribution to decreased global morbidity and mortality, according to Yvonne A. Maldonado, M.D., Stanford University Medical School, Palo Alto,…Read More

You know how the saying goes, “you are what you eat”. That couldn’t be truer when it comes to your skin. Have you ever noticed how your skin tends to take a toll after a particularly busy week where you…Read More

We all need iron in our diets. Whether it’s from red meat, leafy greens, or specifically made iron enriched granola bars-we have to get it somehow. There are a ton of individuals out there that suffer from iron deficiencies, but…Read More

I’ll just go ahead and say it now: I’m obsessed with my dog. I’m so obsessed, in fact, that sometimes I forget that he is not my two-year-old son and that he can’t actually come with me wherever I go.…Read More