AHJ Staff Member - Kimberly Walleston
Articles
At the 9th Annual Nutrition and Health Conference, Dr. David S. Ludwig, Harvard Professor and Director of the Optimal Weight for Life Clinic,...
If you’re like most Americans, you always have someplace to be. With work and appointments and meetings and errands, you’re constantly en route to...
In his welcome address to the 9th Annual Nutrition and Health Conference 2012, Integrative Health pioneer Dr. Andrew Weil described the current...
“Am I ugly?” It’s a loaded question, made up of one part vanity, one part insecurity and, in this particular case, one part poor internet...
We don’t need a National Week to convince us that School Lunch is important, but it is a great reminder that the conversation must continue. In...
For the majority of us, popping a couple aspirin is our go-to solution for a headache, body ache or fever. In fact, statistics reveal that the...
fem•i•nist [
fem-uh-nist]
noun 1. an advocate of social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
I don’t call...
After a swift trial and a unanimous verdict, Jerry Sandusky faces a lifetime in prison for 45 counts of child sexual abuse. The conviction would...
Men and spectator sports are one of those age-old pairings, marked by some sociobiological link that drives them to ESPN like moths to a flame....
Eight hours a day keeps the doctor away . . . in an ideal world. We know medical research tells us to get more sleep, but for a society on a...
With the release of TIME Magazine’s new provocative cover-- depicting a 3-year-old standing on a stool, suckling casually from his mother’s...
A trip to the ER is seldom a planned or welcomed event. It’s usually reserved for the most serious of “oopsies” and, thus, we often arrive there...
In response to an influx in bowel and gastrointestinal disease, some doctors are suggesting organ transplants. Sound drastic? Well I should...
Over a decade later, we likely are still seeing the psychological reverberations from the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Once upon a time…
As a child of the 80s, I inevitably grew up with a stockpile of Disney VHS’s by which I lived and died. A dramatic assertion, I...
With their “Kony 2012” campaign, the Invisible Children organization is shedding light on the misdeeds of rebel leader Joseph Kony. But, in...
The House of Representatives is always a hub for debate, but few are as controversial as the current discussion over contraception coverage....
Today, March 8, 2012 we join women across the country – and across the globe – in celebration International Women’s Day. Here at Insiders Health...
Yes, you know that obesity is a problem. You’ve heard that it is associated with 162,000 deaths every year due to resultant cancers, conditions...
Thanks to the recent media storm, we’ve all caught at least wind of (at most, debris from) the debacle with the Susan G. Komen Foundation. In...
What if I told you there is an
ingredient in your food that is making you fat . . . slowly, secretly, by making you consume more? Then what if I...
You’re likely familiar with the term “alternative cure.” The health industry uses it to describe any remedial technique that strays from typical...
Our bodies are rich with nutrients, an amalgamation of those we eat in our diet and those we produce naturally. But, for some of us, we opt to...
Based on his extensive history of indiscriminate terrorism, Osama bin Laden had earned his Western reputation as a heartless, evil villain. The...
When the news broke that terrorist leader
Osama Bin Laden had been killed, the nation’s sense of relief was tainted by skeptic undertones. Many...
When the news broke that terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden had been killed, the nation’s sense of relief was tainted by skeptic undertones. Many...
Both in and beyond the designated awareness month, our society is tuned in to the issue of autism. It has received great legislative,...
As radiation fears become reality with the Fukushima nuclear crisis, the world is plagued by a nagging sense of déjà vu. We revert to our global...
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Though this psychiatric condition affects over 3 million Americans, it is perhaps the most misunderstood of all...
Nothing has transformed modern medicine like America’s dependence on prescription drugs. Statistics are at an all-time high, with prescription...
There has been increased momentum on the heart health front. From food to pharmaceuticals, commercial advocacy for heart disease prevention is at...
Everywhere you look, there are tell-tale signs of a shift in the season. And with this shift comes ominous tales of the looming FLU SEASON, as...
The great Antibiotic Debate has just taken a startling turn. With the discovery of a new "Superbug” that is resistant to all known forms of...
We usually revert to nature when in pursuit of wellness, but the New Age has no shortage of solutions for keeping yourself healthy. With the...
‘Crisis’ is a term that should not be taken lightly. Whether it is in reference to our economy, our environment or our health, it usually...
Although it won’t come as a surprise, the packaged food industry has let us down again… but this time, your child’s health could be at risk.
After...
Calorie: a little word with a big stigma. Often, we don’t know whether to eat it or banish it to the list of unmentionable evils. These days, we...
You have heard me rant about over-medication in America. Do I repeat myself? Very well then, I repeat myself.
With society marketing ‘a pill for...
