The Athens NEWS Good Health Special Section for February, 2012 features tips to eat healthy on a budget. To read the digital edition of this story along with the rest of February's Good Health special section, click here.

Bound by budgets, college students all too often find themselves faced with dilemma over how to stretch their dollar. Balancing out the hefty prices of text books, rent and utilities, and drink specials, students tend to leave little left over for what should have been a main priority of their checkbooks: groceries.

Many parents can attest to the challenges in encouraging children to eat healthily, including incorporating plenty of fruits and vegetables into their daily diets. 

It’s 3 a.m. and you’re staring at the ceiling unable to fall asleep. Or, you’ve drifted off restfully only to awaken and not be able to fall back asleep.  If these scenarios sound familiar, you could be experiencing insomnia.

While doctors still don't know what causes cataracts, there might be ways men and women concerned about their eyes can reduce their risk for cataracts. 

Research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Healthy Statistics found that more than half of all Americans take a vitamin supplement daily.

People experiencing the blues, feelings of depression and other mood disorders might be able to use vitamin D to alleviate symptoms of depression. New studies point to low blood levels of vitamin D as

The Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine has received $450,000 in federal stimulus funds to assist 100 primary-care providers in southeast Ohio with implementing electronic health

Sometimes, the simplest tools in medicine are the ones that give us the most useful information.

Take the humble blood pressure machine, for example. It’s been around for years, and it’s cheap, compared to a lot of other medical devices.

Kids across the United States are flooded with upbeat media campaigns such as "Let's Move" from the White House or "Let's Just Play" from Nickelodeon. The mission is to combat childhood obesity and other health issues that stem directly from a lackadaisical indoors lifestyle.