Your eyes and eyesight are an important component of your health. While eating carrots has always been on the plate for keeping your eyes healthy, there are other tips you should follow to keep your sight in the right direction.

Annual eye exams. With insurance permitting, yearly eye exams are crucial in keeping your eyes and eyesight healthy. Undetected vision problems or prescriptions that are no longer useful can progressively worsen your eyesight if unnoticed, but with annual exams, the…

With cold season already setting in and flu season in full swing, visits to the doctor for you and your family may become more frequent. Deciding what type of facility is best for the illness or unexpected ailment you are trying to treat is an important part of getting healthy, and keeping your insurance costs down.

The first step in choosing the best facility is determining whether or not your condition qualifies as an emergency. An emergency is normally…

Cabin fever is all too common during cold winter months, creating an excitement to brave the cold conditions and be out in the snow participating in thrilling activities, like sledding, skiing, snowboarding and tubing. Although they keep you and your family active, there are certain precautions that should be taken each time you engage in potentially dangerous winter activities. Here are some helpful tips to help keep everyone safe while still having fun.

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As autumn dwindles, dusk leaves less daylight for runners and bicyclists. Less daylight means that runners and bicyclists who choose to exercise outdoors need to heed caution to avoid dangerous situations.

Although it would be much safer to run and bike in the morning, many of us are hard pressed to change our fitness routine to a new schedule. Here are a few tips to help you stay out of harm’s way during your outdoor workouts throughout the winter:

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Fitness programs play an important and vital role in staying healthy. However, with the rush of the holidays and inclement weather just around the corner, getting to the gym may not be such an easy option. There are other options, like Netflix, cable and the Internet, which all provide instant workout programs available to you at your convenience. With these new instant workouts available, there is nothing to sweat about.

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Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is a must for creatures great and small: this includes people and our furry companions. Like their owners, pets (specifically cats and dogs) need daily activity to keep them healthy and happy. Also like their owners, too many pets are overweight (35 percent of pets, according to some expert estimates). If you think having a chunky canine or a “fluffy” kitty is harmless, think again. Obesity in pets can shave years off their life spans and lead to serious illness, such as heart disease and diabetes.

In an ideal world, reducing the time your kids spend in front of a screen – computer or television – would be easy and hassle-free. Unfortunately, fall’s arrival brings with it a challenge: how do you lure your kids into screen-free activities when the weather ceases to cooperate?

With its cooler temperatures and colorful scenery, runners know there’s no better time to lace up their sneakers and head outside than autumn. Don’t waste these golden days on a tired route. Ohio runners are blessed with a wide variety of running locations.