Good-health News! Rx for a travel woe

Using an antibiotic to treat traveler’s diarrhea puts you at risk of harboring resistant bacteria, reports the journal Tr ave l Medicine and Infectious Disease. Try an anti-diarrhea drug like Imodium first.

Love to grill? Read this!

Marinating meat before grilling in a sauce packed with antioxidant-rich herbs and spices reduces the risk of carcinogens forming during the high heat of grilling almost 100%. The catch: Kansas State University researcher J. Scott Smith, PH.D., reveals that letting the meat marinate too long deactivates the protective antioxidants! “Just a couple of hours is an ideal time,” he says.