Skin concerns are one of the top questions at the doctor’s office. But the most dreaded type of skin condition is melanoma; among the three main types of skin cancers, it is the only potentially life-threatening one. But with so many moles, rashes, and skin lumps and bumps, how can you tell when something is concerning?

If your goal is to buy a home, you've probably been thinking about how and where to save money for a down payment. In this post, I'll cover the best places to stash cash for your new home. Plus, I'll tell you how much you should save and tips to accumulate a down payment faster.

Nancy writes: “What's your take on sole water? I've been hearing a lot about it and how fantastic it can be, but don't want to jump on the bandwagon if it's detrimental to my health.”

Sole (so-lay) water, if you haven't heard of it, is a new fad being promoted by various "alternative" health and wellness gurus. Basically, it amounts to drinking salt-water.

Robyn Eckhardt and her husband David Hagerman have spent decades exploring and eating throughout Turkey. In their new book, the reader is taken on a journey to discover the food of Turkey, from the street fare of Istanbul to the seafood of the Black Sea, the dairy of the Northeast and the pomegranates and chilies of the Hatay province.

Body fat, or the more technical term adipocytes (adipo means fat and cyte means cell), is found in many places around the human body and mostly underneath your skin, what we call subcutaneous fat. There is also some on top of your kidneys, inside your liver, and a small amount in your muscle tissue, which we call visceral fat. So how does the body use fat and what else is it for?