Health and Wellness

In the early 1900s, Americans consumed about 18 pounds of butter per person per year—and that doesn’t include the butterfat they got from whole milk, cream, and cheese. Today that ...

Everyone likes to talk about the good ol' days, and in food circles, we hark back to ancestral ...

Losing weight is not easy, and losing belly fat is even harder. Is there a simple and effective ...

Asthma affects over 25 million people in the U.S., and the numbers are rising every year. Although there ...

The impact of mitochondria on health has received increasing attention in recent years. Mitochondria affect the quality of ...

Asafoetida has been an important herb and spice in Indian cooking and Ayurvedic medicine for centuries. India has ...

Nasal allergy (allergic rhinitis) is an annoying medical condition that once plagued my colleague Zac. Recently, he shared ...

The term 'superbug' conjures images of bacteria with superpowers—able to evade the effects of the antibiotics given to ...

Do you often go to reach for something essential, such as a phone or a wallet, and find ...

The kidneys, two small, bean-shaped, fist-sized organs, sit above our backsides. They get little attention until they start ...

South Korean researchers at Ajou University recently used antioxidant resveratrol, found in natural plants such as grapes, to ...

“If I could take one symptom away from all of [my long-COVID patients], I think that would be ...

In the time of New Year’s resolutions, many resolve to eat a healthier diet—but even those with the ...

Research shows that in addition to lifestyle changes, what we eat may play a role in preventing or ...

On Sept. 10, 2020, Fred Evrard, age 48, was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. The tumor in ...

Long before COVID-19 put intense focus on the immune system, research into the wide effects of inflammation on ...

In recent years, a lot of popular drugs, including diabetic, hypertension, and heartburn drugs, have been found to ...

For most of his life, Isaiah Heller has oscillated between panic and prescriptions, alcohol, and marijuana to numb ...

Dill is chock-full of nutrients and compounds that are widely used for reducing excess gas, aiding in digestion, ...

Mitochondria are the microscopic power plants found in nearly all cells in the body and are responsible for ...

Caring for someone with a serious illness stretches people spiritually and emotionally, often beyond what they might have ...

Everyone knows someone who must be lying about their age. After all, how can they look like that ...

As an aesthetic society, we often demonize body fat and stigmatize people with lots of it. There’s often an assumption ...

It won't be a surprise to most of us that up to 50 percent of marriages in the United ...

People with migraines experience sensitivity to sound, smell, and light. During some recent studies, researchers have found that ...

The explosion in health care options now available to the average North American can be daunting. But with ...

Your body doesn’t feel good when the biochemistry of stress kicks in. You might feel like there is ...