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The holiday season is upon us, but does the thought of family commitments, cooking and shopping stress you out? 

For many, the several weeks can produce extra stress, a breakdown in healthy eating habits and even depression. But you and your family can take on new traditions that may help reduce the season's stress and make your holidays healthy and happy.

Take Care of Your Physical Health

Healthy habits are often put aside as the demands of the holidays build up. And stress can put additional demands on your body. Here are some tips for maintaining your health during the holiday season:

• Don't do

We're living in a technological age; it's all around us. So it only makes sense that children, toddlers and even infants are exposed to iPads, smartphones and tablets at a high rate. Tablet use in young children and toddlers has experts split on how much use is appropriate, if any. 

Some experts favor an "unplugged" approach, where toddlers and young children experience limited screen time. Instead, the focus is on human interaction, allowing young children to create social skills, learn about problem solving and develop motor skills through hands-on activities and unstructured playtime with

Planning to become pregnant? If you answered yes, then it's time to talk about folic acid and the many positive effects it can have on you and your unborn child. If you're considering having a baby, now, is the perfect time to share what we know so you can prepare for a healthy baby, even before you're expecting! 

Women need to make sure they are getting enough folic acid throughout their pregnancy, but women who are currently pregnant are not the only women who should be taking it. Rather, every woman who can get pregnant ought to take a daily dose. It's highly beneficial to have folate built

You know you should pay more attention to your heart. Someone in your family probably has some form of heart disease. But you still haven't taken the steps or sat down to really think of ways to take control of your heart health. Don't wait. We've provided a few ways to get you started. 

29 Days to Heart Health -Â Take a minute to download our easy-to-understand calendar. 

Watch this video - Would you recognize the symptoms of a heart attack? You might be thinking, "Of course!" Many people are familiar with the scene of a man clutching his chest and falling to the ground, but there's plenty more

When you have arthritis, your body is in an inflammatory state, and what you eat may not only increase inflammation, it can also set you up for other chronic diseases such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. 

Think twice about eating these eight inflammation food triggers:

1. Sugar and aspartame
2. Saturated fats (pizza and cheese are the biggest sources)
3. Trans fats (foods with partially hydrogenated oils)
4. Omega 6 fatty acids (found in corn oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, and various nuts and seeds)
5. Refined carbohydrates (white flour products)
6. Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
7. Gluten and casein (often found

If you're a parent of a preteen or teen, we know you have many questions about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. HPV causes cancer. Cancer can be prevented. The HPV vaccine is the first line of defense against several types of cancers. However, many parents still struggle with the decision to vaccinate their son or daughter, as information about the vaccine can be confusing.

What Is HPV? Does it Cause Cancer?

Every year in the United States, more than 37,000 people will get cancer caused by HPV. HPV is a virus that is passed through sexual contact (penile-vaginal, penile-anal, mouth