Healthy Switch

A simple change may do you good.

Just because you don't drink red wine doesn't mean you can't reap its cardiovascular rewards.

Boosting immunity: Some health-product makers cutting back on claims

Airborne, the popular dietary supplement created by a germ-averse schoolteacher, no longer boasts that it can prevent your cold or ease the aggravating symptoms. Instead, the packaging says the effervescent pill helps "support your immune system."

Healthy Switch

A simple change may do you good.

Instead of going for a salty fix with a snack of potato chips or pretzels, keep some edamame in your fridge. The plump, bright green soy beans can usually be found in the frozen vegetable section either shelled or still in their pods. Both types are already cooked and just need to be thawed before eating.

Preventive strikes: Making health care about health

As a young cardiologist, Steve Devries noticed a disturbing pattern: His patched-up heart patients kept returning for repairs. It happened so often that Devries decided there must be another way to advance patients' health.

Ten ways to take control of your health

If you're ready to take control of your health, start by frequently washing your hands for 15 to 20 seconds .Doing this simple act, while avoiding certain behaviors - smoking, excessive drinking and eating too much - can dramatically improve your health, said internist William Meller, who specializes in evolutionary medicine in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Vegan cooking branches out

By Korky Vann The Hartford Courant

There's a food trend simmering, but if you want to give it a try, you'll have to revise your grocery list. Meat, poultry, fish? Out. Milk, cheese, eggs, dairy of any kind? Gone. Oh yes, and that bear-shaped container of honey in your cabinet? History.

Some new vegan titles

A number of cookbook authors have released vegan titles.