Yoga Teacher and competitive ballroom dancer Tao Porchon-Lynch believes that anything is possible when you listen to your heart.  Just before her 100th birthday, she shares her thoughts on living well and opting for joy. 1.   I wake up before the sun rises because I...

Do you know how to tell the difference between a cold and allergies? It's easy to get them confused. Just ask Paul Ehrlich, MD, a professor of pediatrics at New York University. He'd been an allergist for years when he came down with what he thought was a cold. "I'd...

Adapted from Steve Rubinstein from the San Francisco Chronicle Six therapeutic llamas came on Friday to bring therapy to UC Berkeley in the fourth llama confab in campus history.  A therapeutic llama may look like an ordinary llama. It isn’t. It’s been specially...

Spring has blossomed in Marin County along with sneezing, itchy eyes and other cold-like symptoms that are allergies.  Here are some remedies that can keep reduce allergies so you can appreciate the natural beauty of our flowers and trees without dreading their pollen...

Marine veteran Jeff Harris was among the first to up when the Providence VA hospital started offering acupuncture for chronic pain.  “I don’t like taking pain medication” he said and didn’t want to risk getting addicted to heavy-duty pain killers. Acupuncture is...

Studies indicate that short-term fasting can increase longevity, help regulate glucose levels, and help treat everything from asthma and autoimmune diseases to cardiac arrhythmia's. These experts argue that constant grazing can actually disrupt metabolic pathways and...