health + wellness

Obsessed with Pinterest like we are? Here are our 5 favorite pins from this week that we think are worth sharing. Enjoy! 1. A brilliant travel gadget you Mac users should never leave home without. 2. A video gaming family's organizationa…

I used to spend hours wearing a path in the carpet and talking on our wall-anchored telephone. And though my tween daughter will be less, er, tethered when she finally gets her own phone, I know she will probably follow in my chatty foot…

Smart phones. Bracelets that track your heart rate and the number of steps you walk each day. A self-adjusting thermostat . Gadgets are getting scary smart, right? And we just found out about the smartest toothbrush in the world, powered…

We love cute. We love smart. And we hate hate hate yucky bacteria, especially the kind that winds up on kids' toothbrushes and in their mouths. And that's why we adore this panda, the cutest, newest release from the line of Zapi toothbru…

Update: The WebMD app is now available for the Android platform too! Our first baby was born about one week before the first iPhone. The phone was a lifesaver; she was was one of those won't-rest-anywhere-EVER-but-on-your-chest types and…

When I started running two years ago, it was to help me lose the last 10 pounds of my baby weight. But like many mother runners out there, I found myself actually enjoying it - finding solace, peace, and a smaller butt along the way. Whi…

This holiday season, my family enjoyed the spoils from my experimentation with the very cool Martha Stewart Makes Cookies iPad app , so you can imagine how excited they were when I decided to give her new smoothies app a try, just in tim…

I've got a confession to make: I hate running. Okay, "hate" is probably too severe considering that I just ran a 10K last Monday (go me!), but I don't run for fun. That said, I've found a few awesome apps that have made running a lot mor…

I admit that when I read about World Health Organization report that cell phone use can possibly cause cancer , I got a little bit worried. Before you panic, it's important to know that no adverse health effects have actually been establ…

Welcome Dads Dig This guest blogger Jim Higley, Chicago Tribune columnist , cancer survivor, and single dad to three kids. His book Bobblehead Dad comes out on June 1. I'm a big fan of LIVESTRONG not just because I'm a cancer survivor, b…

Understand that I am happily in the "throw the kids outside periodically and let them figure it out" camp of kids and exercise; I think that for many kids, that's all it takes to make sure they're moving around enough. But for some kids,…

Finding the perfect fitness gift for that exercise lover can be a little tough, let alone finding something that doesn't offend the person who wants to get in shape but isn't quite there yet. ( Here honey...rice cakes !) Forget the yoga …

Every time I've tried to lose my postpartum baby weight (that's uh, four times for those of you keeping count) I find I have the most success when I keep a journal of what I'm eating and how I'm working out. So as I try to lose those las…

When it comes to fitness bands, the Jawbone UP vs FitBit Flex are the two comparisons that come up in every conversation I have. So for the last few weeks--yes, even during the holidays--Julie and I have been using them both to track our…