Taking Time for Mental Health In our last post, we talked about pesticide use and an increase in depression and suicide. Even without pesticide use, you can become susceptible to depression when you are not focused on mental wellness as...

Pesticides and Mental Health It is not surprising to hear that pesticides pose a risk to your health. Once again, a 20-year study is showing a strong correlation between pesticide use and increased cases of suicide and depression. This isn’t...

Travel and Your Health In many areas, the weather is still chilly, but very soon that cold winter air will make way for spring blooms! Spring does tend to make the feet wander outside and to distant lands. Illness can...

Going Veggie More people realize that the vegetarian lifestyle provides some significant health benefits. According to a 2008 report in Vegetarian Times, 3% American adults, 7.3 million people, follow a vegetarian diet. In fact, celebrities and public figures are standing...

Is it the Flu? The influenza virus causes the flu. It is extremely contagious and attacks the respiratory system. The influenza A or B virus often causes it but there are many strains. When you have it – you hardly...