Cholesterol Reducing Foods Links

Pharmacists May Help Patients Prevent and Detect Heart Disease

Prevention and Detection Services, Such as Cholesterol Screenings, Available at Your Local Pharmacy

Yellow Brick Road to weight loss

If your doctor recommended you lose just 10 pounds, would you? What if that doctor were Dr. Oz - the one dubbed "America's doctor" by Oprah, "Dr. Does-It-All" by the New York Times, and "the hunk in blue scrubs" by adoring female television viewers? Dr. Mehmet Oz has taken the pulse of America, and he's on a mission of education and motivation to counteract the nation's No. 1 health epidemic ...

Right dishes solve food 'issues'

Once upon a time when the clock struck six, mom and dad sat down at the dinner table with their brood of children. It was time for a home-cooked dinner. This was when everyone shared the highlights of their day, solved a few of the world's problems and had an extra minute to savor the hot-out-of-the-oven cookies for dessert.

Forget Jenny Craig: Hit the drive-thru

Can eating fast food help you lose weight? Christine Dougherty, a 27-year-old business consultant in Pensacola, Fla., thinks so. ``I don't like to cook, and I wanted to be realistic without changing my lifestyle too much,'' Dougherty said.

Health calendar

CPR MADE SIMPLE: Noncertification course offered by the American Red Cross that lets you learn the basics of CPR. 12:30 p.m. Sept. 7, Pardee Health Education Center, Blue Ridge Mall, Hendersonville. $10. Registration required. Call 693-5605.