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The One Thing Massage Therapists Wish You'd Stop Doing

14 Ways Cardiologists Keep Their Own Hearts Healthy

You've heard for years about the healthy habits that keep your ticker ticking: Watch your weight, eat a balanced diet, make sure to exercise, and stay away from cigarettes. But it's not always easy to play by these rules in real life, when stress and crazy schedules get in the way. That's why we went to some of the most overworked, overstressed people we know—cardiologists—to find out what they do personally to keep their hearts healthy and sneak good-for-you habits into their lives.

Why people often lie to their doctor

For the best health care, be sure to be honest with your doctor about symptoms and lifestyle habits. Leaving out valuable information can be just as bad as lying.

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

7 Ways to Fit in Fitness at Work

Sitting for 8 hours a day increases your risk of heart disease, diabetes and other conditions. Here are ways to fit in fitness into your workday.

10 Foods That Can Help With Blood Sugar Control

Beyond diabetes medication and exercise, you can eat certain foods to lower your blood sugar. Stock up on these 10 good foods for diabetics to help improve your heart health, weight, and A1C.

How to Fit Active Recovery Into Your Fitness Plan

Is There a Right to Health Care?

Saying people have a right to health care is based on a conceptual confusion.

My Plan To Fix Health Care

My health care reform plan includes three primary components.

Where Is "Health" in Health Care Discussions?

Language matters, and most of the talk (and writing) about health care unfortunately leaves out people’s health.

Is Health Care Cost Transparency the Answer?

NEJM Catalyst Insights Council members say that while health care cost transparency for patients might be necessary, we have to change the way care is delivered.

Is There Good Health In Health Care Reform?

People equate the ACA with health insurance changes, but the majority of the law is about change in health care delivery. Many sections address the problem of chronic illness through preventive care provisions, wellness incentives, and the creation of medical care homes (which I address in a future article.)

Holistic Health Care Facts and Statistics

The World Health Organization estimates 65 - 80 percent of the population use holistic naturopathic medicine as a primary form of health care.

Who Is Responsible For Your Health Care?

Your health care is more than following a doctor’s orders! It takes the collaboration of you and your entire health care team to make sure you receive the best care possible. What Patients Can Do: As a patient, it’s important to be as informed as possible about your own health. Patients can help assist the …

Should everyone have access to health care?

Will you let us know: Do you believe everyone should have access to health care?

It’s the Small Things: Niche Opportunities in Health Care

These six trends in specialized health care delivery are just what the doctor ordered.

Finding Health Care Prices Remains Frustrating

Health care leaders, advocates, researchers and policymakers are trying to limit frustrating experiences by improving price transparency in health care yet are so far falling short.

Relationships matter when it comes to health care

Technology abounds in health care, but people working with people is the most important part of the health-care equation.

Where does health care IT hurt? Everywhere.

A globe-trotting doctor takes a look at international health care IT strategy troubles.

Both markets and the government are needed to fix health care

It is more functional government balancing more competitive markets, together, that will fix American health care.