Breaking the Tension

Is it just me or do people see particularly stressed these days? 
It turns out, it isn’t just me.  
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has released results of its annual health interview survey and has determined that one-in-four County residents have hypertension.  It isn’t just the hours spent in freeway traffic that is causing [...]

Open Wide and Say, “Ugh”?

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released its annual check-up on the health of the nation. The comprehensive study (if you wish to read all 567 pages, click here) found several advances worth celebrating—improving life expectancy, lower cholesterol rates and improving mortality from heart disease stroke and cancer—but gains were not uniform [...]