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Eeeek! Hot sand, tarry asphalt, pool slop crawling with microbes, teetery high-heeled sandals, 10-mile hikes -- feet sure take a beating in summer. Nearly half of all Americans suffer from a foot problem at some point in their lives, says the American Podiatric Medical Association. And summer, when people are more apt to be active and away from home (and doctors), can be especially problematic. But there are ways to be nice to those tootsies. Join discussion...

Sales of a popular contact lens solution have been halted in South Africa following an investigation by US health authorities that has linked it to a potentially blinding eye infection. In May this year the manufacturers of Complete Moisture Plus multipurpose solution, an "all-in-one" product used for cleaning and storing soft contact lenses, issued a worldwide recall of the product. This came after an outbreak of 138 confirmed cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), a painful and rare inflammati Join discussion...

So you want to say no to insomnia. Then let’s do some exercises: Join discussion...

The American diet circa 2007 is a disaster - but positive change has begun. Those were the twin themes of the "Fourth Annual Nutrition and Health Conference" held in San Diego, Calif., May 14-16, 2007. The conference was sponsored by the University of Arizona's College of Medicine in conjunction with the Program in Integrative Medicine (PIM); PIM was founded and is co-directed by Dr. Weil. The three-day event brought together leading nutrition researchers from around the world, bearing plenty Join discussion...

A long-running contradiction in U.S. farm policy is fattening the waistlines of Americans and the profits of agribusiness at the same time. For the 30 years that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been issuing dietary guidelines, there has been a stark inconsistency between the federal government's advice and its food funding. True, the USDA has been doing more, over time, to promote health through dietary guidelines, food pyramids and other nutrition programs. And yet more than $20 billion Join discussion...

You’re feeling lazy right now, and reading blogs instead of doing what you’re supposed to be doing. That’s OK — we all do that. We’re all lazy, in different forms, at one time or another. But let’s look at how to make that laziness work for us, and how to turn lazy into productive. We often beat ourselves up about our laziness, even though it’s a natural condition that every human being gets to some extent. It’s time to stop the self-criticism and see how laziness can actually b Join discussion...

Children should be allowed to play dangerous games and risk minor injuries as part of a wider lesson in life, the organisation responsible for avoiding accidents has said. By scraping knees, grazing elbows and getting bruises, children learn “valuable lifelong lessons” that will help them to avoid more serious injuries in later life. Peter Cornall, head of leisure safety at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), said: “We need to ask ourselves whether it is better for Join discussion...

Even with the alcohol removed, red wine and white wine may fight bacteria that cause cavities, an Italian study shows. Before you toast the findings, remember that the study was done in test tubes. So it's too soon to count on a glass of wine to chase your cavities away. The researchers, who work at Italy's University of Pavia, included Gabriella Gazzani, PhD. First, they went to a local grocery store, where they bought some valpolicella (an Italian red wine) and pinot nero (an Italian white Join discussion...

A while back I told you about yogaHOPE, a non-profit organization that offers yoga classes to women in recovery. They believe that yoga can produce positive motivational change in people by helping them to regain their personal strength, and I completely agree. Doctors at the MD Anderson Cancer Center also feel that it can help patients battling cancer. Dr. Maria Jorgenson and yoga instructor Michael Moritz are working on researching the benefits of Tibetan yoga in helping patients to relieve t Join discussion...