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These days most of us are aware that it’s not just how much we eat that matters, but where it comes from. "It doesn’t take a registered dietitian to be able to recognize that a food that travels five miles rather than 5,000 miles to get to your plate is…
"I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that ... as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my principal diet." — Thomas Jefferson. The first food pyramid appeared in 1902 in a USDA Farmers' Bulletin. Since then, the contents of this guide to a healthy diet have changed,…
There’s a lot of hype out there about spiders. This summer, I had a bunch of quarter-sized creepy crawly things with eight legs and white marks on their backs scurrying around my house. I just assumed they were black widows. I didn’t get much sleep. Then a few of my…
The word “organic” is everywhere. Many grocery stores have separate sections for organic produce and packaged foods. You can even buy macaroni and cheese with organic bright yellow cheese powder. That magical word makes us think we’re eating better, but it also comes with a higher price tag. Is it…
Elisa Trowbridge, MD, who works with patients with pelvic floor disorders, contributed this post. It's an extremely common medical problem that most people don't discuss in polite company: urine leakage. This embarrassing problem affects 40 percent of women in the United States in one of the following forms: Stress incontinence,…
Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. And the best treatment? Prevention. But heart disease prevention works best when you and your doctor share the responsibility. Use these questions to help guide a discussion about heart disease prevention at your next doctor’s visit. Record…
More than 6 million Americans have survived a stroke. What can you do to avoid becoming a stroke victim? You can start by doing many of the things that also help prevent heart disease: Eat a healthy diet Don’t smoke Get exercise Manage your blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes Take…
Poisonous snakes. Mention those words, and a lot of people freak out. When I told my co-workers I wanted to write about snakebites, one flinched and shrieked, “Ew, snakes!” Another refused to look at the copperhead photo in this post. But snakes aren’t as big a threat as we think…
Heart disease (also called cardiovascular disease) is our country’s leading cause of death. One in three American women will die from some form of the disease, including: Heart attack Stroke Heart failure So what can you do? Ask yourself these four questions. We talked to Christopher Kramer, MD, a UVA…
Cookouts, patriotic parades and fireworks. What better way to celebrate the summer and our nation’s founding? But the Fourth of July is also a potentially dangerous holiday. Fireworks cause injuries and fires every year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2008 fireworks injured 7,000 people and…
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