You have a right to feel neglected if your dentist speeds through your regular checkup-not only because she attempts conversation when your mouth is packed with instruments but also because your dental health may not be getting her full attention.
At least once a year your dentist should inspect every part of your mouth, says Christine [...]
Your new shirt’s price tag begs to be set free, but you can’t find your scissors. So you do what most people do: You bite it off.
Bad move. Habits like this one – and a slew of lesser-known ones-can saddle your teeth with jagged edges, chipped fillings and expensive repairs. By breaking these bad habits [...]
Nighttime habits may push up daytime pressure. For some people, it’s what’s going on at night, not during the day, that could be pushing their blood pressure to the upper limits. And this nocturnal stress has nothing to do with leaky faucets, noisy neighbors or worries about bills.
It’s about sleep and how lapses in it [...]
Your best toast to good health might come in a teacup. New research shows that drinking green tea is associated with lower risk of cancer of the esophagus. The 32 risk of getting this cancer dropped by 57 percent for men and 60 percent for women when they had daily tastes of that [...]
The island of Crete is not just on the Mediterranean Sea; it’s in it. No wonder then that the people of that island lying off the coast of Greece enjoy what’s called “Mediterranean cuisine”-tasty fare with little meat or rich foods but large amounts of vegetables, fruits, grains and fish, along with fairly generous splashes [...]