by Robert H Berendt
As children we were taught Ben Franklin’s proverb that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
by United Church of God
Some diseases are harder to cure than others.
by United Church of God
What should you say when you don’t know what to say?
by James Capo
Do condoms really make sex safe?
by Becky Sweat
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost two billion people-one third of the world's population-are infected with tuberculosis (TB) bacteria.
by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
Could the cure to the rise of diseases and cancers in the United States be eating right?
by Tom M Damour
Why do people get sick? Sickness is not a natural state-of-being. Learn how to protect your health by changing the way you think about food.
by Melvin Rhodes
Abstinence programs in Uganda and Ghana have proven successful in stemming the progression of this dreaded disease. So why do many in the United States oppose programs like this?
by Larry Walker
Beginning with this article, the Focused Education Committee will be sharing helpful information on the critical and often neglected subject of alcoholism. This article explains the need for alcoholism information in the church.
by Sean Yarbrough
Marketing experts know there's something strangely appealing about the dark side of human nature—and they are capitalizing on it.
by Melvin Rhodes
The AIDS epidemic, increasingly compared to the dreaded black death of the 1300s, has taken millions of lives and promises to take millions more. Yet, tragically, we ignore the only real solution to this deadly plague.
by Larry Walker
Alcoholism results in the deaths of over 100,000 people a year in the United States alone. Alcohol is also involved in 30 percent of suicides, 55 percent of auto fatalities, 65 percent of deaths by drowning and a staggering 85 percent of...
by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
In the last two decades genital herpes has doubled among white adults in their 20s while increasing fivefold among white teenagers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
by John Ross Schroeder, Melvin Rhodes
Los Angeles Times health writer Julie Marquis tells us that "syphilis, a centuries-old human scourge, sustains itself these days on a noxious brew of poverty, racial inequality and hopelessness." Yet some people think the disease died with...
by Carolyn Prater
Years ago, someone gave me a "sure cure" for hiccups.
by John Ross Schroeder
Violent assaults remain a troubling aspect of life on the other side of the Atlantic as well.