Category: Health & Fitness
Forget 10,000 steps. This walking trick may help you live longer
Written by: Emily Guy Birken
When it comes to your long-term health, slow and steady may lose the race. That’s because the speed at which you walk may be a better …
8 types of dreams & how they can guide you
Written by: Gael McCool
Is there anything more enigmatic than the dreaming self? Part prophet, trickster, sage, and stage director, the Dreaming Self points us in directions we would otherwise …
11 important facts about Sickle Cell Disease
Written by: Constance Brinkley-Badgett
Sickle Cell Disease is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders that also known as Sickle Cell Anemia, Hemoglobin S or SS disease and Sickling disorder due to hemoglobin …
Memory cafes offer dementia patients & caregivers a day out with dignity
Written by: Matthew Rothenberg
Coping with a loved one’s dementia is difficult enough at home, where they’re surrounded by familiar faces and objects. Going out to social activities can become …
5 dangerous health problems your fitness tracker might pick up
Written by: Stephanie Thurrott
You’re counting your steps, tracking your workouts and measuring your sleep with your wearable fitness tracker. But these devices can do more than help you improve …
The rate of new cancers in every state
Written by: Michael Schreiber
In 2019, more than 1.7 million American families will deal with a cancer diagnosis, according to the American Cancer Society. There are dozens of types of …
Everyday things that may be making you sick
Written by: Dan Hopper
If you’re a germaphobe, you might not want to read this post. Or maybe you’ll extremely want to read it. It’s up to you. But in any …
The quest for a healthy burger: Amazing veggie burgers in every state
Written by: Hanna Horvath
Burgers are lauded as an American classic, a perfect meal for a summer BBQ or trip to your local diner. May is National Hamburger Month — …
A guide to good mental health for women at every age
Written by: Constance Brinkley-Badgett
Each stage of your life can create different and new challenges to good mental health. The events that worry you as a 20-year-old probably won’t be the …
These medications should never be mixed with alcohol
Written by: Carina Wolff
Drinking alcohol while taking medication may seem like no big deal, but combining the two can often be very dangerous. If you’ve been prescribed medication and aren’t …
4 cancer prevention steps you can start in childhood
Written by: Constance Brinkley-Badgett
You can lower your children’s risk of getting cancer later in life by getting them vaccinated against HPV and helping them make healthy choices. When Kristina had a …
8 tips for having a healthy relationship (even with kids)
Written by: Lynn Shattuck
“Don’t forget to make time for your marriage.” As my husband and I prepared to become parents, schlepping to childbirth education classes and talking with excited …
Study seeks to measure just how lonely people really are
Written by: Lauren Barack
How lonely are people today? That’s what Duke University’s Center for Advanced Hindsight hopes to discover, and if isolation and digital media are part of the problem …
Emotional spending: What it is & how to overcome it
Written by: Cheryl Lock
If the lamp on your desk, the mirror above your daughter’s changing table and those trinkets in your kitchen were all purchases made after a particularly …
What intense nightmares can reveal about your health
Written by: Beth Levine
Intense nightmares are often the result of normal things like garden-variety stress — or they could be a signal of a physical health issue. Image Credit: …
Skin cancer rates in all 50 states
Written by: Michael Schreiber
Millions of Americans are treated for different types of skin cancers every year. According to recent data from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s Health of America …
7 of the most important medical tests you need to get after 50
Written by: Katherine Hobson
You may have noticed that your routine physicals include a lot more discussion of tests than they did a decade or two ago. Because age is …
The best online therapy sites for moms
Written by: Emma Johnson
If you told me eight years ago I could find a licensed psychologist to come to my apartment in New York City for less than $150 and …
5G biometric wearables have arrived, but cows will get them first
Written by: Alistair Charlton
A 5G-connected biometric wearable sounds like the kind of device companies like Apple and Samsung will be working on for a launch in the next decade. …
Living with lupus: 9 answers to common questions
Written by: Constance Brinkley-Badgett
Lupus can affect many parts of your life, but, many men and women with lupus live long, healthy lives. The U.S. Department of Health and Human …
