Our youngest was the ripe age of 9 when she tacked a brochure, which she had pulled off a display rack at our neighborhood pharmacy, to her bulletin board. It pictured a smiling white-haired couple beside a headline that read: "Retirement: The Golden Years."

When asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, for months and months, possibly ...Read more

The number of Hispanic organ donors in the U.S. has increased in recent years, but that growth has been slow. Although organs are not matched by race and ethnicity, a significant gap remains between donors and transplant candidates among Hispanic people.

About 15% of organ donors in 2023 were Hispanic, federal data shows. That's about a ...Read more

A more personalized screening approach for a potentially life-threatening pregnancy complication related to blood pressure could better predict the condition during the first trimester, when it may still be preventable, new research suggests.

The study, published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, showed a screening ...Read more

“We didn’t grow old together. We stayed young together.”

Who’s to say — was Marc Gellman’s fairytale love affair with Barbara really that extraordinary? They were together for 46 years until she died of cancer just short of her 60th birthday. He was from Brooklyn, she from the Bronx. They met at a young age. Had three children. Good...Read more

Once again, we find ourselves at that time of year when we commence our annual tradition of cultivating $64 tomatoes, $20 garlic bulbs, $50 red potatoes and assorted herbs that run in the $20-$30 range.

This habit of growing produce at an exorbitant cost is a practice we cannot shake despite living within a two-mile radius of four grocery ...Read more

“I’ve always been grateful that Grandma treated you kids like you were real grandchildren.”

Those words, while meant as a compliment, go a long way in understanding the lens through which adopted children must see the world and manage their emotions.

They were uttered by the mother of a young Janet Sherlund, author of "Abandoned at Birth...Read more

Thunder, Ocean, Juniper and Whimsy Lou are some of the trendiest baby names of the year thanks to celebrities thinking outside of the box. As of late, there’s been a rise in water names inspired by the waves of the ocean.

“There’s such high awareness of the environment and appreciation for nature that many parents have strong feelings for...Read more

"The War You’ve Always Wanted" is a gripping, gritty Vietnam novel that is all about the reality of war – not the myth.

There are no John Wayne-like heroes in this book. Instead, we see an idealistic young man caught up in the closing months of the Vietnam War during the early ‘70s who is struggling to help the people there survive and at...Read more

Throbbing pain, searing light, vomiting — a migraine is no laughing matter. The neurological disease affects more than 39 million Americans, and climate change might be making it worse.

“While the burden initially increased more significantly among women and has since stabilized, the rate of burden in men has continued to escalate,” lead ...Read more

Former "Dance Moms" star Kelly Hyland announced Wednesday on Instagram that she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Hyland, 53, said that rapid weight loss was the first indication that something was wrong. When she felt a lump in her breast in March, she immediately booked a mammogram, she told E! News in an exclusive interview.

"I had just had...Read more

I broke my own rule and took my husband to Costco to do some heavy lifting. It was a big package trip: toilet paper, paper towels, coffee in cannisters the size of bank vaults and chicken breasts requiring a forklift.

As we pulled into the parking lot, I calmly said, "When you throw cookies into a grocery cart at Kroger, it's maybe $4. When you...Read more

Before their baby was born, doctors had warned Stephanie and Justin Cervantes that his color at birth would be blue.

Still – despite knowing he had heart issues, despite months of monitoring him in utero, despite endless conversations about his future – how can parents possibly prepare themselves for that?

"I didn't even think he was alive...Read more

I am a voracious and eclectic reader.

Back in my youth, I’d gobble a book per day. I’d sneak my romance novels under my desk in high school and try not to get caught. I never worried if I had no one to eat lunch with, because I had a constant companion in my paperback.

Today, with a chaotic family life and busy career, I have much less ...Read more

Researchers have discovered childhood obesity might lead to high blood pressure in adulthood. The more weight a person gains during puberty, the more likely they are to suffer from hypertension much later in life.

“Our results suggest that preventing overweight and obesity beginning in childhood matters when it comes to achieving a healthy ...Read more

I was disappointed when I learned I’d be admitted to the hospital the Friday before Mother’s Day, for issues related to longstanding health problems, namely chronic leukemia, back pain, and the list goes on.

Call Mother’s Day a multibillion-dollar Hallmark invention if you want, the second Sunday in May had developed in our family as a ...Read more

The bugle call known as taps is 24 hallowed notes long. My dad was a World War II Army veteran. At the close of his funeral service, a soldier stood on the crest of a small nearby hill and played taps. Each note rang with a piercing sorrow.

When taps is played, military members salute, civilians place their hands over their hearts, and loved ...Read more

Don’t get caught up in the benchmarks and dreams of others. If "The Success Guidebook: How to Visualize, Actualize and Amplify You" by Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino teaches us anything, it’s that success is a personal thing.

Hamilton-Guarino, a master life coach and founder of The Best Ever You Network with millions of followers, takes readers...Read more

As director of behavioral research in the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research and Evaluation in Pasadena, Young's extensive body of work includes many studies about the healthy effects of physical activity – and the problems that come with inactivity. She also led the panel of experts who wrote an American Heart ...Read more

From Hannibal Lecter facials to freezing your face in ice, you never know what you’ll get from beauty secrets on TikTok.

The #FaceYoga hashtag — on posts that show users the alleged benefits of specific facial movements that could make you look younger — has more than 3 billion views on TikTok.

The practice was a beauty secret for ...Read more

SACRAMENTO — Yolo County has settled with parents’ rights group Moms for Liberty over an incident that took place at a Davis library last summer.

On Aug. 20 at the Mary L. Stephens Library branch, library staff abruptly ended a presentation, “Forum on Fair and Safe Sport for Girls,” in which members of Moms for Liberty, and other anti-...Read more