Question. Would you eat dog food?No?What if it was mixed in with your hamburger meat? Would you eat it then?What if I told you it wasn't your choice? What if it was already in the burgers you are eating?

February is National Heart Health Month...During this month we try to bring awareness to the symptoms and prevention of heart disease. Although many forms of heart disease are preventable, it continues to be the leading cause of death in women. According to the American Heart Association, each year nearly half a million women die of heart disease.

Teen pregnancy rates are up after a 10 year decline. What can we do about it? It seems obvious that abstinence-only programs aren't working to reduce teen pregnancy.  If you ask me, it's not the "abstinence" part that is the problem, it's the "only" part.  I'm not against teaching abstinence as part of a sex education program, but to only teach abstinence seem irresponsible.

January was Thyroid Awareness Month, and since an estimated 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease (and up to 60% of them don't even know it), awareness is more important than ever. Could you be one of the millions unknowingly suffering from this complicated medical condition? Unfortunately, thyroid disease can be very hard to diagnose.  Not only can blood tests be inconclusive, but the symptoms are often associated with other health problems.

If you made a New Year's resolution, you've now had a couple of weeks to work on it. How are you making out? Would you say you've been successful, or that you've already failed? Don't answer yet. My New Year's resolution included eating healthy, but today my daughter made chocolate chip cookies and I had several of them (they were super yummy too).  Some might say that by eating those cookies, I've failed at my resolution.  Have I?