Healthy Living

WASHINGTON — When the prognosis isn’t good, the nation’s top hospitals are at their best. In the 26th annual edition of “Best Hospitals” from U.S. News & World Report, Massachusetts General, in Boston, ranks at the top. Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, tied for third. “The most important criterion by far is patient survival,” says Ben […]

You’ve been through it more times than you’d care to count: As you trying to manage your growing stress throughout the chaos of a busy work day, there’s (always!) at least one person who is keeping their cool. Don’t they notice the crises you’ve been rushing between? And have you ever wondered how those de-stressed, […]

Chef Cheo is known for helping professional athletes and celebrities develop healthy eating habits and lifestyles. As a celebrity chef, Cheo helps clients focus on eating better and making healthier choices. He builds individualized diet plans and guides his clients on how to approach vitamins, supplements and exercise, depending on the client’s personal goals. Growing […]

The worst of the flu season appears to be over. The number of states reporting intense or widespread flu dropped again last week, U.S. health officials said Friday. The season started earlier than normal, spiking first in the Southeast and then spreading. But now, byásome measures, flu activity has been ebbing for at leastáfour weeks […]

Chaka Khan’s weight loss has been stirring up conversation, most notably recently when the legendary singer performed at the American Idol season finale in a revealing bronze catsuit. The slimmer curves sported by the diva, it turns out, are due to an extreme protein diet on which Khan subsisted for four months. According to the […]

Healthy Living

  The health benefits of fasting are numerous, depending on the different kinds and duration of fasting. The myriad benefits of fasting include many physical, medical, and even spiritual advantages. In my previous post – Prayer and Fasting for a Better Life, I had emphasized on the combined benefits of prayers and fasting, and it […]

It won’t be news to most people that physical attractiveness can help you in many aspects of life, from finding a partner to getting a better table at a restaurant. And there have been many studies demonstrating the ways in which being pretty or handsome gets you a job over a less attractive candidate. This […]

Soup? Yes soup can be part of a comprehensive plan to achieve or maintain a healthy weight. Research suggests that soup can help to increase satiety and reduce caloric intake when consumed before a meal. Soup can help you feel full and satisfied but not heavy and weighed down.

Romans 15:2-3 tells us, “Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to his edification. For even Christ did not please Himself…” Who is your closest neighbor? Your husband. How can you edify (build, improve) your mate and thereby enhance his self-worth? By discovering–and doing–what pleases him. If you are creative, pleasing your […]

Excerpted from the Resurgence website Porn is a problem. It’s a personal problem for many and a cultural problem for all. You may think you have not been affected by porn, but you have because it’s embedded in the surrounding culture. The staggering size of the pornography industry, its influence upon the media and the […]