Sometimes, even the simplest little things can actually be a health hazard. It turns out those long thermal cash register receipts are full of chemicals you probably don’t want to touch.
Snowy and ice increase the number of sprains and fractures from falls, but there are things you can do to stay safe on icy sidewalks.
Winter depression accounts for about 10% of cases of major depression. Can a little bright light soothe seasonal affective disorder?
Here’s your chance to tell your elders to do something random that’s for their own good: Dancing! Not only fun, but so vital for brain health that it may even help prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
‘Tech neck’ is the strain on your neck from hours spent looking at smartphones and tablets. As members of Gen X hit middle age and beyond, those stats are more meaningful because aging is behind a lot of neck pain. So what can we do about it?
Want to be happier and more productive? It all starts with getting plenty of shut-eye. Here are some tips to help you get more sleep!
It turns out that walking with poles (a lot like cross-country ski poles) has all kinds of health benefits. Here, find out about Nordic walking for fitness – and find out why it’s a great way to exercise with people of all ages.
Even if you don’t have a pool in your backyard, making sure your child can swim is vital. There are bodies of water everywhere on this planet — lakes and
A beauty expert offers some cool summer beauty tips that will keep you looking your best throughout the hottest part of the year.
Gen X eyebrows have been, literally, through thick and thin. If your eyebrows have been overplucked to death, here’s how you can take your power back!
As Linda Evangelista learned with her recent CoolSculpting experience, results aren’t guaranteed, and can even go terribly wrong. Would you still try it?
While sleep may be downtime for many parts of your body, it’s a busy time for your brain! In fact, while you’re snoozing, brain waves are working hard to boost your ability to learn. Here’s what’s happening…
Has your network of friends (the in-real-life kind) shrunk as you’ve gotten older? You’re not alone, and it’s not good for us! So how do we make friends as adults?
You always hear, ‘don’t eat raw cookie dough,’ but most people do it anyway. So raw cookie dough dangerous – like can you get food poisoning? Here’s how things have changed.
It only makes sense that you would want to find out if the jewelry your aunt left you is worth anything, so is your gold real? Here are some ways to find out!
Frozen yogurt is everywhere, often marketed like ice cream – but what is the difference between ice cream and frozen yogurt?
If you may have a mood disorder or anxiety, this printable mood tracker journal page will allow you to record your daily highs and lows over the course of a month. There are also spots to keep track of other situations that may impact your emotions and state of mind .
Dyes and perms are are common beauty treatments, but the processes can leave your hair damaged. Here are tips to get healthy permed & color-treated hair — plus find out about the latest popular hair coloring methods!
Here’s how to make your own simple and straightforward rules to boost your productivity, even if you can’t visualize the entire path from your starting point.
While hair care is mostly a series of experiments, there are some simple rules that everyone can use to maintain beautiful, healthy-looking hair.
It’s one of the most difficult challenges for most of us: How not to get mad when someone else gets mad at you.
How can you help your child or grandchild through bad dreams or night terrors? Here, parenting expert Elizabeth Pantley gives some ideas to help with kids’ nightmares.
Good Morning America’s Amy Robach got the shock of her life in when she was diagnosed as the one of 1-in-8 women in the US with breast cancer.
It’s not always easy to classify a uterine fibroid tumor as malignant or benign, as in the case of a ‘smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential’ – or STUMP. Find some of the reasons why here.
Not having much money to travel doesn’t stop people from wanting to get out of town. But you don’t need to have a big budget to make major memories!
The tale of a uterus and her owner, and two subsequent hysterectomy surgeries, as told through tech – Facebook, texts and pictures.
Thanks to the girl who inspired the Beatles song, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Julian Lennon is the Global Ambassador for the Lupus Foundation of America.
Will your hair turn gray? Probably. In fact, the chance of you going gray increases 10-20% every decade after you hit age 30 — but it’s true that stress can also be involved. Here’s how.
When it comes to heat exhaustion and heat stroke, what signs or symptoms should you look for, and how do you prevent them?
If you just don’t seem to be reaching your targets, try something different: make rules that you can live by that will actually help you make your goals happen.
