It was a chronic thing: Almost every time Erma Taylor’s great-grandson caught a cold, he also ended up having a severe asthma attack. Taylor, a retired nurse, spent many hours at a hospital, helping to hold the toddler for tests and breathing treatments, and wondering what was causing the attacks.
The one thing Taylor never suspected was...
When most people set out to buy a bathroom scale, it is with one objective in mind: to measure how much they weigh. But faced with store shelves or a digital marketplace overflowing with options, choosing the right scale can be a daunting task.
Do you go with the body-fat calculator, or the one that will talk to you in Spanish? The solar...
Want to know every disease you or your child are at risk of contracting? Genetic testing can detect more than 2,000 medical conditions.
The question is: How badly do you want to know the state-of-the-art information?
Brent Hafen, a genetic counselor at McKay-Dee Hospital,...
A few weeks ago, I took my mom shopping for a refrigerator to replace the one that had been in the kitchen since the Nixon administration. Pleasantries with the salesman took a more somber turn when he revealed that his wife has breast cancer and is seeking to heal herself solely through the power of prayer.
My mom listened attentively,...
Jillian Michaels doesn’t believe in doing things halfway.
That’s true not just for exercise — she’s best known as the toughest trainer on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” — but also for motherhood. Last year, her partner, Heidi Rhoades, gave birth to a son the same month the couple adopted a 2-year-old girl from Haiti. So, naturally, Michaels...
