Health experts offer tips on battling chronic cold-weather assaults on your body (Reading Eagle)

Click on picture to enlarge. The Cox brothers, from left, Andrew T.,12; Guy Alexander, 6; and twin Zachary R. work together recently shoveling snow in front of their house in Laureldale. Diet and outdoor exercise can help prevent a vitamin D deficiency.

Seniors’ Health (ThirdAge)

Many seniors today are interested in natural medicine options. In this article, we discuss the issues of particular importance to this age group. Marginal nutritional deficiencies occur more often in older people than in most other age groups.

Requirements/Sources (ThirdAge)

Requirements for magnesium increase as we grow and age. The official US and Canadian recommendations for daily intake are as follows: Note : These recommendations refer to total intake from food plus supplements. The average diet provides a daily intake of magnesium very close to these amounts.

Tactics tame beastly hangover (Richmond News)

It arrives every New Year's Day, wreaking untold self-inflicted suffering among the masses. In Scotland, which hosts the biggest New Year's Eve party in the world (Hogmanay), this affliction is a way of life.