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  • How Diet Affects Depression and Anxiety

    During times of uncertainty, you may find yourself feeling a little more anxious, stressed out and even depressed. Whether you are experiencing financial or physical stressors (or both), you may gravitate toward carbohydrates and overly sweet foods as a source of comfort. While these so-called “comfort foods” may provide a quick fix and serve to help us feel immediately better, eating them in large amounts or for an extended duration of time may worsen your anxiety and further dampen your overall mood.

  • Am I Suffering From Postpartum Depression?

    You’ve recently arrived home with your cuddly infant and discover you’re battling anxiety and mood swings more than you anticipated. You feel overwhelmingly restless and have caught yourself wandering around in tears for no apparent reason. Despite your spouse preparing meals and pitching in with diaper duty, you feel short-tempered and lash out, only to feel badly for doing so. Will the feeling pass or do these emotions indicate something far more serious, like postpartum depression? 

  • Grown Then Flown: Managing the Emotions of Empty Nest Syndrome

    From the moment your child is born, you know the day is coming — a day you will have worked hard toward and likely planned for together. You probably even helped them pack. Before you know it, it’s here — the day your last child moves away from home — and suddenly they’re gone. Now what?

  • 5 Simple Steps to Reduce Your Breast Cancer Risk

    Every fall, as nature (and retailers) don a palette of gold, orange and brown, you may also notice a fair amount of pink in the mix, as October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. But as the second-leading cause of cancer deaths for women, and one that has become increasingly survivable with early detection, year-round attention to the preventive steps you can take is key.

  • Crispbread with Spread and Vegetables

    Looking for easy grab and go lunch ideas? Here's a tasty suggestion by Ashlee Wright, a registered dietitian with Orlando Health. Crispbread/Pita

  • Is Late-Night Smartphone Use Lowering Your Sperm Count?

    It’s a half-hour before bedtime and you’re scrolling through your smartphone. You check the outside security cameras, ensure the garage door is closed, check on locked doors, enable your alarm and dim the lights in the kids’ rooms … doing it all through the apps on your cell phone. In between, you scroll a few more times through your social media feeds. The routine is familiar for many, but this nightly habit may have unintended consequences for male fertility. 

  • Do You Really Need 10,000 Steps a Day?

    The early morning sunlight peeks through the curtains, the birds twitter outside and your sneakers lie by the door, ready for you. The only question is, Will you get up and go?

  • Will Going Braless Make My Breasts Sag?

    The quest for comfort has become a defining trend of the pandemic wardrobe shift. Sales of shirts, blouses and tops are up, while purchases for items we wear below Zoom view have fallen. And when we aren’t on camera, many women have opted to stop wearing not only makeup . . . but bras. 

  • The Cancers That Claimed Eddie Van Halen’s Life

    When Eddie Van Halen died, fans across the country responded in two overwhelmingly universal ways — one, with a lot of sadness and, two, with a lot of confusion. Not everyone knew that the longtime Van Halen guitarist extraordinaire had battled a litany of cancers, namely tongue, throat and ultimately lung cancer, which ended his life at the age of 65. Whether these cancers were related to each other remains unknown to the public.

  • Six Common Myths About Erectile Dysfunction

    What’s the most common sexual problem men report to their doctor? If you guessed erectile dysfunction (ED), you’re correct — and yet a mere fraction of those who struggle with this condition seek help. This is partly due to fear and partly due to misconceptions about ED and the treatments available. With over 30 million men impacted, it is important to dispel the common myths surrounding ED. Because this issue affects over 40 percent of men above age 40 and over 70 percent of men above age 70, according to the Urology Care Foundation, the chances of you or someone you know struggling with erection problems at some point are likely.