Health

Unless you’re lucky enough to live in one of those beautiful, warm places, where the weather never changes, you are now settling in for a season of gloves, static, chapped lips and chills to the bone. But what do we really know about how our bodies react to winter?

If you live in Vermont, congratulations — for the fifth year in a row, your state has been named as the healthiest in the country. The United Health Foundation’s 2011 America’s Health Rankings, released Monday, also put New Hampshire, Connecticut, Hawaii and Massachusetts in the top five.

Hygiene isn’t the only thing you have to worry about when it comes to how you smell. Your unique odors may be giving away what your personality is like, too.

If you find yourself dragging in the middle of the day, don’t reach for the coffee pot — reach for a pillow instead. Experts say naps may be a good way to make up for the sleep deficit many of us have from not getting enough shut-eye at night.

For many of us, Thanksgiving means gathering with family and enjoying time-tested recipes — Dad’s famous mashed potatoes, your brother’s homemade cranberry sauce, or Grandma’s pumpkin pie. While the food itself may be wonderful, there’s a psychological component to eating the same things every year that benefits the human mind.

Sleep, along with water are the two things we as Americans are needing the most of. How many times have you said to a friend, "if I could just take a nap", only to have them nod their heads in total agreement. Why are we sleep deprived? It could be we don't know when we need to go to bed. Well we have your bedtime answer right here.

Any kid will immediately scream "Spongebob Squarepants!"

Within 5 minutes of meeting me and finding out what I do for a living, there is always one question I can count on being asked by my new acquaintance. What time do you have to get up every morning? My answer usually shocks most people who can not comprehend why any sane individual would  want to be awake and sober at that time of day. Is it really that tough to be a person who enjoys being awake e

Now we have just one more reason to love  Richard Branson. The environmentalist and founder of Virgin America airlines has installed “hydration stations” at San Francisco International Airport.

In an effort to help people make more informed choices when eating away from home, the federal government is introducing mandatory nutrition labeling for fast food menus and vending machines. Items sold at movie theaters are exempt, which is odd given what calorie bombs those snacks can be. The problem is that few Americans pay much attention to the nutrition labeling on even the packaged foods br

Sea salt, energy drinks, low fat... you gotta be careful not to be sucked in to the "pitch" of the food manufacturers! The more you know, the better you do. One thing I have learned is to shop around the OUTSIDE perimeter of the store. That's where the good-for-you stuff is.

I am registered with the National Marrow Donor Program. So is Jude, so is Krista, so is Tracy, so are many of the people who work here at 97.3 The Dawg. We want you to become a registered Marrow Donor too. Why register? Your bone marrow could be the miracle match countless thousand of people are looking for to save their lives. Two of our St Jude Kids need bone marrow tranplants, one has found a m

Migraines, if you've get them you don't need to be told what they are . If you don't get Migrane headaches begin counting your luck stars right now and don't stop until I tell you too. New reasearch may soon bring hundreds of thousands of Americans like me out of the darkened room with the wet towel on their heads and back into the light of the living. Migraine headaches to me are best described a

Have you noticed how items that are supposed to make our lives easier almost always wind up being bad for us too? For example the microwave oven, it makes preparing food faster, but most of us it for making popcorn and junk food.

A delicious stuffed pork roast or grilled pork loin, now that sounds like Memorial Day heaven to me. Pork for the longest time we have been told you really need to cook it until it is totally done. Is that really true? To me a beef steak taste best when it's a little pink, but what about pork. Is pink pork okay to eat?

Sunscreen, I would say we are all in agreement it's a good thing to have and to use. A lot of us prefer to sport a golden tan but is that the healthiest thing for us to be wearing? One thing is for certain this Memorial Day Weekend a lot of us are going to be outside in the sun. What you don't know about sun screen could harm your children and be very unhealthy for you too.

Nature has a way of fixing every thing. Nature is always seeking balance and it's when we humans get in the way that's where the trouble starts. So what about natural cures? Do they really work?

Isn't it funny how advice gets passed along and we accept it without even know if it's valid? Among the topics you can get loads of advice on is your health. People love to tell you how to get healthy, stay healthy, be healthy and how to define healthy. Hang on pardner, some of that stuff you've been hearing isn't exactly true.

So have you been bad? I bet you have if you're waking up tired this morning? Were you bad in a good way or bad in the way I am about to describe? We've found 10 naughty ways you are ruining your good nights sleep. You are doing it whether you want to admit it or not, and here is how you are accomplishing that task.

You're just waking up to start your day or you are just sitting down at your computer. It's already started, the pain between your shoulders that creeps up to the base of your head. Is it because we spend so many hours sitting and staring at a computer monitor? Is it the stress of a world that never seems to stop? No matter the cause, we might be able to offer you some relief with these different