With 2012 fast approaching, maybe you’ve been thinking about making a few New Year’s resolutions involving a healthier lifestyle. Unfortunately, it’s far easier to make resolutions than to keep them. Expecting too much and not having a specific plan for putting good intentions into practice can be to blame. So try not to make too many big changes all at once.

This year, consider the strategies below when you’re making resolutions and putting them into action: Read more...

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'Don't Cross Your Eyes... They'll Get Stuck That Way!'

Do you swear by vitamin C for warding off colds? When insomnia strikes, do you heat up some milk? Do you avoid touching bathroom door handles because they’re supposedly super-germy?

Plenty of people do. Chances are you’ve heard countless times that vitamin C can help prevent colds, drinking warm milk promotes sleep and door handles are the dirtiest things in a public washroom—to mention just a few commonly held health beliefs.

“Without even realizing it, many of us follow all kinds of rules for keeping our bodies healthy,” physicians Aaron Carroll and Rachel Vreeman note in “Don’t Cross Your Eyes.” And, they add, the constant stream of wellness information available today means the list of things to worry about keeps growing and changing. Read more...