Health

Not everyone can run the Boston Marathon or swim the English Channel, but you don’t need to be a top-notch athlete to reap impressive health benefits from low impact aerobic exercise.

The truth is, if the average adult walked just six and a half hours a month, or participated in some type of exercise for as little as 30 minutes a day, they could add years to their life...

It wasn’t very long ago that the term “cancer” was thought of as a dirty word.

The reason so many people refused to talk about cancer was because there was little doctors could do for someone diagnosed. It was better not to acknowledge it...

Healthcare is always changing and the medical community here is not exempt.

Bakersfield area hospitals have made tremendous strides over the last year by developing new programs and remodeling to fit the needs of a growing community. So while 2011 was a big year, 2012 looks to be just as exciting...

Long before a woman feels that first contraction there are decisions to be made. “What should I be eating?” “What theme should the nursery be?” “Do we want to know the sex of the baby?” From the moment all signs point to positive on the pregnancy test, the decision-making begins...

Now, you could go to a palm reader and discover intimate details about your “future” from the creases in your hand, but real indications of your life and health can be found a little further down your fingers...

Like clothing, hair needs to flatter your shape. Only it’s your face shape that is what’s important here...

In late April 2009, news reports began to surface about a new strain of influenza.

A 10-year-old in California tested positive for a virus that was a unique combination of influenza virus genes never previously identified in either animals or people. Two days after this first diagnosis, an 8-year-old, living 130 miles away in California, also tested positive. There was no known connection between these patients...

Where will never be a gondola with hot chocolate service that ushers one up Everest just as there will never be a quick and easy way to lose weight. In a country where the majority of citizens are overweight, Bakersfield ranks number seven for most overweight metro cities according to the 2009 Gallup Healthways Well Being Index. ..

Were’s the good news about Valley Fever: if you get it and you’re living in Bakersfield, you couldn’t be in a better place...

Stretch marks. Those little skin imperfections are, for most people, the bane of their beauty regime.