When full-day kindergarten began to sweep across districts, administrative staff would have held several meetings to discuss how these 5-year olds would be spending their extra hours at school.  Ginny, a woman from Michigan, who is now a mother of 5, filled a seat in these meetings for her district while expecting her first baby....

Eating more vegetables may be one of the simplest choices you can make to improve your health. Just about any vegetable is good for you, but some are better than others. Some fruits, lower in fructose, are also healthy as they contain high amounts of antioxidants. In one study1 from the Journal of the American Medical...

Just when you think social media has caused enough trouble (we’re still trying to forget the Tide Pod Challenge), it brings a whole new issue that’s worse than the last. Seriously? Who came up with the idea of daring young teens to eat food with their packaging or outer coverings still on? Social media games...

In life, sometimes the hardest and heartbreaking stories are the ones we need to tell. They’re the ones that are raw, make us vulnerable, and lead us down the paths we fear most. But they are the stories and experiences that can be followed by immense growth. This is one of those stories… Kyrstyn Johnson...

Why spend so much money purchasing products you could make at home yourself with something that’s supposed to be thrown away? Oranges are awesome fruits with amazing health benefits and a lot of people love to eat them in a variety of ways, subsequently tossing loads and loads of peels in the trash. Well, you...

Peppermint oil is one of the most widely used essential oils, found in everything from candy canes to chewing gum, to toothpaste. Beyond its good smell and unique, refreshing taste, however, peppermint essential oil has a number of benefits for your health. While some of these uses you may already know, there are many uses...

If you’re married, then you know how special and important moments, gestures, and words are to your daily life. Chances are you have formed these things – these habits – early on in your relationship, probably before you married each other. You can do a lot to nurture a healthy, long-lasting marriage. These acts can...

Soda. Pop. Coke. We all have some term for this fizzy drink that brings back memories of sitting with our family around a dinner table. Or maybe it was a summer night on the porch, and you popped open a can in the company of friends. For some, it’s a daily ritual as we sit...

Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, is the oldest wild bird. And at age 70, she hatched a healthy chick on February 1 of this year. Laysan albatrosses tend to only live for 12–40 years, but researchers found Wisdom in 1956, and she has been alive and kicking ever since. She lives in the wildlife refuge of the U.S....

Being a mother is without a doubt the toughest job you’ll ever have. The highs can be the best moments of your life, but the lows are ruthless. If you aren’t fighting with your teenager or wrestling to get your baby to stop crying, you’re worried about everything from their social life to their diet, to...

Alcohol is known to cause liver damage, and in particular, alcoholic fatty liver disease. However, this disease can also arise unrelated to alcohol consumption. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a term describing many conditions caused by fat buildup in the liver. Severe or aggressive cases of NAFLD may be diagnosed as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)....

Witnessing their baby choking on food is every parents nightmare. The combined feelings of confusion, panic and terror have often overwhelmed many parents in this situation. In fact, the amount of parents who admit that they would not know what to do in this type of situation is frightening. St. John Ambulance is an organization...