Snackers, beware: Your favorite chocolate or creamy treats might contain milk contaminated with melamine.

 

Feeling cold? Maybe you're lonely.Social isolation makes people feel physically cold, find University of Toronto psychologists Chen-Bo Zhong, PhD, and Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, PhD.

 

Calcium, exercise, no smoking, no excess drinking, bone density tests -- all these are necessary, says Kathryn Diemer, MD, professor of medicine and osteoporosis specialist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

 

Too many fatty foods are dangerous not only to men’s waistlines, but to their sperm production.

 

When the scale is stuck, try these techniques to jump-start weight loss.3 TOOLS THAT HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT.These items may not seem special, but they’re key to getting you to your goal.

 

8 tips to protect your children from the flu

It’s a fact of parenting life: Kids equal germs. They share toys, put things in their mouths, and rub their faces with grubby little hands. During the fall and winter, schools, day care centers, and other places where children gather act as incubators for colds and the flu. So flu prevention for children is much more complicated than it is for adults.

 

8 tips to protect your children from the flu

It’s a fact of parenting life: Kids equal germs. They share toys, put things in their mouths, and rub their faces with grubby little hands. During the fall and winter, schools, day care centers, and other places where children gather act as incubators for colds and the flu. So flu prevention for children is much more complicated than it is for adults.

 

Wanna know a secret? Here's how to look up to 10 pounds thinner, have your clothes look better, and ooze confidence with every step you take. And you might just get rid of your tension headaches and lower back pain while you're at it. Sounds like a bad late-night infomercial, right? It's not.

 

Having a flat belly or so-called "six-pack abs" is a dream of most adults. If you're middle-aged, have ever been pregnant, or sometimes indulge in too much food or one too many beers, you probably have a spare tire you'd like to get rid of.

 

Coughing is the body's way of removing foreign material or mucus from the lungs and upper airway passages or of reacting to an irritated airway.

 

Got a sore throat? Wonder if your painful sore throat is from a cold, strep throat, or tonsillitis? Here's how to tell.

 

Warm weather months invariably include days at the beach, picnics in the backyard--and run--ins with bees or wasps. How can you avoid getting stung?

 

I just love it when some old piece of advice proves totally absurd, false, or, in the case of drinking a glass of warm milk before bed as a sleep inducer, TRUE!

 

Most backaches come from strained muscles of the lower back. The goal of treatment is twofold: Relieve the pain and promote healing. Talk to your doctor about these options.

 

People have been looking for-sometimes praying for-relief from headache pain for almost as long as heads have been aching. Back in the Middle Ages, when people thought demons in the brain caused headaches, treatment consisted of boring a small hole in the skull, Fortunately, doctors understand headaches a little bit better today and suggest less drastic remedies.

 

Do you ever find yourself wide awake long after you go to bed at night? Well, you're not alone. An estimated 30 million Americans are bothered by insomnia. They either have trouble falling asleep at night, wake up in the middle of the night, or wake up too early and can't get back to sleep. And when they're not asleep, insomniacs worry about whether or not they'll be able to sleep.

 

Few other bodily afflictions are more embarrassing than bad breath (halitosis). But it isn’t really a problem, it’s a symptom of a wide range of possible conditions.