Body language by both patient and doctor can play a role in their relationship.

Physical education classes traditionally haven’t been considered necessary for a successful academic career.

Worldwide, more than 125,000 people die each year from the bite of one of almost 500 species of snakes that are dangerous to humans. In the U.S., this number is, thankfully, much smaller, with a national average of fewer than 5 deaths from the 8,000 or so poisonous snake bites per year.

Have you noticed that as you have gotten older, other people may laugh at a punch line of a joke, but you don't?

What I would like to write about this week is how you can "class up" your workout and get the most out of your time spent in the gym.

Have you ever taken a class or listened in on a conversation that was way over your head? Now, imagine feeling that way when you leave the doctor's office, health clinic or pharmacy.

Medical ills have been reported associated with cell phone use, but what does the research say?

Computed Tomography (CT scan) uses X-rays to take cross sectional pictures of the body that are then computer reconstructed. It's like taking a loaf of bread, slicing it up, then taking pictures of the slices to figure out what's inside; except without any slicing needed.

While it is true that your health and fitness often can be greater than the sum of their parts, one place where minutiae can trip you up when it needn't is nutrition.

I just returned from taking my wife and kids to see "Horton Hears a Who!" and let me tell you, that movie really gets my blood boiling! I know you're cracking up thinking, "Trainer X has finally lost his marbles."

Are you a worrier? If so, you are not alone. People worry about many things -- some important, some not.

I am at the National Disaster Medical System Training Summit in Tennessee, where I was invited to give a series of lectures, so I thought I would dedicate today's column to the NDMS system and let everyone know who we are and what we do.

"So, are you still doing that writing thing?" An old school chum had stumbled upon the one thing that he remembered from our conversation a year earlier, and I was processing the millions of plausible comebacks to this social faux pas.

I saw a news report on a new blood test to diagnose manic depression. Why is this such a big deal? What good is a test like this?

This week I want to get a few words out. Here they are: Stop eating junk and get up and move. Any questions that arise from that dictum can be answered by that very maxim.