Health

Our faces are one of the most exposed areas of our bodies. Eventually, exposure to hot and cold, chemicals and the sun’s UV radiation take their toll and the face shows signs of aging, including sunspots, puffy eyes, crow’s feet, fine lines, and wrinkles. And although there are a number of procedures to reverse these […]

We former “little rascals” recall covering our tracks by refilling the vodka bottle with water—a white lie to stay out of trouble. Places worldwide commit similar acts of deceit, ironically called “adulterating” alcohol, watering down bottles at bars or even filling empty pricey bottles with a lesser product. A sleuth-like imbiber may taste or smell […]

Health insurance premiums are expected to decline on average next year, for the first time since 2014, the year the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) projects that premiums for the second-lowest cost plan sold on the HealthCare.gov website will go down 1.5 percent overall, and […]

Women exposed to secondhand smoke as children may be more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than people who didn’t breathe cigarette fumes growing up, a French study suggests. Rheumatoid arthritis is an immune system disorder that causes debilitating swelling and pain in the joints. It’s less common than osteoarthritis, which happens when cartilage on the […]

If you have ever broken an arm and had to wear a cast or splint for a few weeks, you will be familiar with the alarming loss of muscle and uneasy feeling of weakness experienced after removing your cast. Most people do not do much exercise while a broken arm is healing and can struggle […]

Mothers have long been told that “breast is best” when it comes to feeding newborn babies, but a small experiment suggests at least some of the benefits may have nothing to do with the milk itself. Pediatricians recommend that mothers exclusively breastfeed infants until they’re at least 6 months old because it can bolster babies’ […]

I was boarding an airplane today, and the woman ahead of me had a huge travel pillow, a blanket, and a few other items designed to give her maximum comfort on the flight. Someone I know was about to go on a trip, and they spent a month worrying about whether they would have everything […]

You don’t have to spend much time on social media before you’re likely to see a post about weight loss. It may be someone promoting their newest weight loss goal. Another might lament that their diet is too restrictive for them to splurge on their favorite snack. Weight loss is a multibillion-dollar industry in the […]

The Fountain of Youth may still be a myth, but a longer life expectancy is now a reality. In fact, life expectancy at birth in the United States has risen by around 30 years in barely more than a century to a current 78.6 years. But with the increased life expectancy, a question arises: How […]

When we want our kids to express themselves in ways other than tantrums or thrown peas, we say “Use your words.”  But I often wonder, do we adults really know how to use our words skillfully, in ways that help and don’t harm? This morning I was on a train listening to a mother talking […]

We all can think of someone in our lives we view as being “resilient.” They are the people who impress us with their endless ability to carry on, no matter the situation. We admire them and wonder what it is that makes them able to cope so well. Perhaps we also believe that if the same […]

Always forgetting to take your daily vitamins? Us, too. But something we never, ever forget? Our daily cup of coffee. In fact, our day doesn’t start until we’ve had it. So why not double these activities? Add a healthy dose of vitamins, antioxidants, and nutritious benefits to your daily caffeine fix with a teaspoon of […]

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently released a set of guidelines urging parents and others responsible for children’s health to beware of the chemicals in many common foods and food packaging. This warning includes scientific evidence showing that specific chemicals in foods and food containers hurt a child’s development. More specifically, the AAP is […]

A warm and hearty soup is one of the greatest pleasures of autumn and winter. Store-bought soups don’t necessarily taste horrible, but most of them come in cans lined with BPA (a hormone disruptor that’s been linked to obesity and other health problems), or they are loaded with sodium. And even though they may not taste bad, […]

Happiness, it’s been said, is the goal of all human endeavor. Why else do we strive to improve medicine, strengthen economies, raise literacy, lower poverty, or fight prejudice? It all boils down to improving human well-being. Psychologists have conducted hundreds of studies about the correlates of well-being. You might think well-being is determined by your […]

More than 3 million people died in 2016 due to drinking too much alcohol, meaning one in 20 deaths worldwide was linked to harmful drinking, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sept. 21, 2018. More than three-quarters of these deaths were among men, the U.N. health agency said. And despite evidence of the health […]

A new type of “heat-not-burn” cigarette may lead to just as much lung damage as traditional cigarettes, a recent study suggests. So-called “heat-not-burn” devices are designed to heat disposable tobacco sticks and give users the taste of tobacco without the smoke or ash. For the study, researchers analyzed data submitted by Philip Morris International to […]

In just four months, you could be tossing your blood pressure medication in the trash. A new study presented at the American Heart Association’s annual Joint Hypertension Scientific Sessions highlights just how important lifestyle changes are for improving heart health—and how impressive the results can be. Researchers studied 129 overweight or obese men and women to see […]

Cucumbers are mostly made of water, which makes them low in calories, but they come packed with many nutritional benefits. Those are good reasons to devour fresh cucumbers in your salad, on toast, or in a smoothie. The moisture-rich anatomy of a cucumber consists of vitamins K, C, A, magnesium, potassium, anti-inflammatory substances, and of […]

Ryder was eleven when he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). “One way he was coping with his busy mind was playing games,” his mother, Charlie, told Healthline. Ryder would run to the computer the moment he came home and even enjoyed watching videos of other people gaming. But Charlie noticed that as […]