These natural therapies work just as well—without side effects… Anyone who has ever had a migraine knows that the excruciating pain will drive you to do almost anything to get relief. Case in poi...

This type is common and treatable No one wants to hear a doctor say, “It’s a brain tumor.” But what most of us don’t realize is that for the majority of people who hear these words, the diagn...

We trust hospitals with our lives. Sometimes that trust is misplaced. A remarkable 25% of all hospitalized patients will experience a preventable medical error of some kind. Here are seven things your...

I still recall the day my brother plucked a shiny plastic bead from my jewelry-making kit and stuffed it up his nose. He was only three or four years old at the time, but I was upset—it was a partic...

A friend of mine takes nine different supplements each day. She doesn’t take them in the morning because that’s when she takes her prescription drugs and she doesn’t want them to interfere. Inst...

Every time she hears that old Rolling Stones' song about tranquilizers, my friend Gina winces. She knows that she should stop relying on sedatives to ease her insomnia, but so far she hasn't summoned ...

Drinking water is the easiest thing you can do for your brain, but most people don’t drink anywhere near enough. Fact: About 80% of the brain is comprised of water. If you don’t drink enough—or...

If you’ve ever had a cholesterol test scheduled for midday or afternoon, then you know what a pain it can be to have to fast for the usual eight hours beforehand—because in reality, you probably w...

Resetting your inner clock helps you get the rest you need within a week… If you can’t fall asleep at a reasonable hour, you might tell yourself that you are a “night owl” or just suffer from...

There's a common and icky consequence to many surgeries—constipation. Sometimes it happens because certain surgeries are performed on the abdomen (such as appendectomies, gastric-bypass surgeries, ...