Health

After a few minutes I become more accustomed to the quiet and my brain calms. I start to notice the sounds of nature. Then, the ideas start to come.

If you're applying sunscreen from a spray can this summer and wondering why you're still getting burned, you may be doing it wrong.

If you're in one particular category of students heading to college this fall, your odds of gaining weight are pretty good. And if you're going to gain the freshman fifteen, there's one main culprit that will cause it.

We've finally reached that point in our East Texas summer where we start hearing about the heat advisories seemingly on a daily basis.

Today (July 5) is National Workaholic Day, because the day after the Independence Day is supposed to be for lounging by the pool and doing nothing. But some of us have to work, right? Here's what they mean.

Who knows? Sometimes these are the "fringe" breakthroughs that lead to a paradigm shift in a decade or two that could surprise us all. I hope so.

It's right up there with food, alcohol, and even some drugs. The buzz we get from checking our phones explains why we do it so much.

Even the smallest changes you make toward whatever goal you're seeking to accomplish--if you maintain those consistently--you'll be amazed at what you can do.

I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when I was 14 years old. Throughout my life, I have managed it pretty well. Starting next month, I will be getting back on an insulin pump, a machine that will improve everything with my management.

Sometimes it's the little things: The stream of tiny stressors plaguing our days like a million metaphorical mosquitoes during an East Texas summer afternoon.

If your diet is plant-based like mine, does vodka make you suddenly want to eat bacon? It happens pretty often, apparently.

Life begins to feel shallow if we're not filling it with anything else except ourselves. Reach out to someone you love. Find something to be passionate about.