In the season of the New Year/New You, yoga classes are packed with nervous first timers side-by-side with disciplined practitioners….

I get lots of emails about new fitness products and gear, but I don’t always have time to review them all. One recent email caught my eye touting the…

So now that you’ve got a basic understanding of what plyometrics is and the benefits of doing these exercise, here are a few videos to get you started.

On the eve of the Presidential Inauguration, the world seems to be buzzing with anticipation. Students, neighbors and friends…

Definition of a funk:  lack of motivation and low energy

Are you in a funk? Feeling a bit grumpy and disengaged from life in general? Persistent bad moods can absolutely lead to health problems. Do yourself a favor and seek out some healthy outlets for releasing depressive thoughts and squelching lack-luster activities.
8 Healthy ideas to shake yourself out of a funk
1. Go for a walk - I’m not talking about a marathon here. If you can only manage a walk around the block, you’ll be better for it. Exercise releases endorphins …

The most common complaint I hear from my readers and vitiligo friends is that they feel like vitiligo has robbed them of a chance for a normal life. In some cases, this could be true; afterall, it’s common knowledge that anyone who strays from a certain socially acceptable look, may face discrimination. But, for every human being on earth, life is what you make it.
Take, for example, Stephen Hawking. With all of  his many challenges, he still managed to rise to the top of his field. Or, watch a special …

My visit to the dermatologist, Dr. Ring, went well on Monday. Because it had been over a month since my last XTRAC laser treatment, we decided to go down to 220 mJ (don’t quote me on the scientific term, but I know it was 220 something).  Tuesday and Wednesday I showed a bit of burning, so we decided to skip the Wed. treatment so as to avoid further burning. My next appointment is tomorrow.
Jamie, the assistant who does my treatments, is very careful to steer clear of over-treating. Even though …

Hi everyone! A new year, a new way of doing my laser treatments. After getting twice-a-week treatments (off & on) for a year, I saw some good results, but we want to see more pigmentation. Because I noticed that a few summers ago,when I sat in the sun each day for 15 min, there was a lot of pigmentation, we figured that perhaps treatments more often would produce better results. Beginning tomorrow, Monday, January 5, I will have 3 Xtrac treatments per week.
I will photograph my hands 1 per week …

Well it’s a new year, and atypical as it may seem, I did not come up with any new years resolutions. Sure, the feeling of renewal is in the air…a chance to begin anew minus all of the imperfections we feel we have. But the truth is even when I have made resolutions, more often than not, I didn’t keep them through the first half of the year. And as if still having my undesired habits wasn’t bad enough for my self-image, I also felt like a failure because …