Last Tuesday marked the annual Robin Hood Foundation Gala. And I, by some mysterious twist of fate, got invited. If you're not familiar, Robin Hood is...

Mary McPhail, a 47-year-old online retailer from Bexley, Ohio, will never forget her wedding to husband and business partner Geord Douglas 23 years ag...

As meals go, breakfast is something of a celebrity. It is one of the most studied, analyzed, parsed, discussed, and advised-about subjects of nutritio...

When it comes to giving up smoking, pick the start date carefully. At certain times in your menstrual cycle, you are twice as likely to succeed at kic...

ong-term heavy use of marijuana may cause two important brain structures to shrink, Australian researchers said on Monday. Brain scans showed the hip...

Mirror, mirror, on the wall! Who's the vainest of them all? Yesterday, while doing something decidedly un-vain, my thoughts happened to stumble upon ...

In Madrid's popular Santa Ana square, tourists can't get enough of plates of sliced mature Manchego cheese, cold meats and cured ham, and of course ri...

Yves Saint Laurent, iconic clothing designer and inspiration to women and men everywhere, passed away late Sunday night at the age of 71. To honor ...

MADISON, N.C. -- Joe Mahalek had mixed feelings the first time someone brought out the moonshine and offered him a glass at a Winston-Salem blues fest...

DR. MARK TARNOPOLSKY, a muscle physiology researcher at McMaster University in Canada and a physician, knows all about the exhortations by supplement ...

I've recently completed my sixth cellulite treatment at a spa in New York's speedily gentrifying Hell's Kitchen neighborhood -- about 10 blocks from T...

If you think pomegranates are expensive, a man in Japan has just put the $6 fruit to shame. According to the AP, "a jumbo black watermelon auctioned i...

If there's one universal truth in becoming a parent -- and there may be only one universal truth in becoming a parent -- it's that life instantly beco...

Big decisions are best made on a full stomach, research suggests. Skipping meals lowers levels of a brain chemical key in keeping careless and impuls...

When I got pregnant, there were many things I worried about: contributing to overpopulation, getting fat, losing my inner life, being a badly dressed ...

Out of the blue, I've become a lightning rod in the parenting wars. Mention my story and millions of people not only know about it, they have a very s...

In case you missed the memo and/or managed to miraculously spend your entire weekend indoors, the first heat wave of the summer has finally hit. Since...

Being a bride's maid or matron of honor is a distinction many women cherish. But it doesn't come cheap. It can easily cost a woman $1,000 or more fo...

Bloating. The bane of women everywhere. Not only is it uncomfortable, but it's also remarkably unflattering. But you're in luck! The Guardian has 6 fa...

Hot on the heels of California's legalizing of gay marriage comes a new social study on healthy marriages. The New York Times reports that "same-sex c...

So, I feel like I'm kind of late on this, but that's not something I can really help - this column is every Wednesday, and I came across this little n...

"Why I love women's bodies" No, no, those are not my words - though it is true I've dabbled in a little, ahem, saphic seduction, during my crazier ye...

So, it's no surprise that men and women both struggle with monogamy, but there's a new form of infidelity in town and it can wreak more havoc on your ...

When it comes to Alzheimer's disease, no one yet knows the best way to halt the gradual slips in memory and other brain functions that are the hallmar...

Today's New York Times Thursday Styles section has a very intriguing piece on a recent study conducted by a Dr. Meredith Chivers at the Center for Add...