Vous savez probablement quelle dose de H2O convient à votre corps, et que boire suffisamment d'eau vous aide à avoir une belle peau et à perdre du poids.

Mais les doutes subsistent quant à la quantité exacte d'eau qu'il faut ingurgiter par jour, surtout que cela dépend fortement de la...

So you're planning a Memorial Day barbecue and you want to at least nod to your health. You love a juicy burger or corn on the cob or shrimp kebabs on the grill, but you've also heard that grilling can cause cancer. So what's the deal?

What You...

Warm spring weather promises lots of fun outdoor activities, but increased time outside also ups our risk for encounters with some of nature's peskier pests.

One such problematic insect is the tick, and its most commonly associated illness, Lyme disease. There were nearly 30,000 confirmed cases of the...

Most moms could probably recite their child's medical history from day one. They keep detailed records of inches grown and tetanus shots. They bandage boo boos and soothe sore throats and fight insurance claims, all while hiding their own headaches and heartaches.

Often, it isn't until those children have grown...

What We Tried: Aquacycling

Where: AQUA, the first aquacycling studio in the U.S., in New York City.

What We Did: Think SoulCycle -- in a pool. Same heart-pumping sprints, heavy-resistance climbs and arm-focused interludes, but this time with your bike at the bottom of a pool.

For How...

I couldn't have been much more than 7 or 8 years old the first time I remember being recruited for a nutrition label recon mission. I wasn't on the lookout for calories or grams of sugar or fat -- this was no mom putting her 7-year-old on a...

As if seasonal allergies weren't bad enough, the itchy eyes, sneezing and stuffed-up noses are stealing something very valuable from a number of sufferers: sleep!

A recent survey from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America found that 59 percent of people with nasal allergies say they have...

Sleeping doesn't seem like it should be all that hard. After all, humans have been sleeping for hundreds of thousands of years -- it's not like flying a plane or performing laparoscopic surgery. Sleeping is high up there on the list of activities essential for survival, along with eating and...

Between the hundreds of calories in a margarita, the high fat content of just a dollop of sour cream and the ease with which a few chips can become a few too many, Cinco de Mayo celebrations aren't exactly the picture of health.

However, the holiday,...

If it seems like everywhere you look there's another harried, frazzled person working too hard and getting too little sleep, it's not just your inner worrywart projecting.

A whopping 91 percent of Americans said they felt stressed at least once in the last month, according to a new...

Thanks to the work of our sympathetic nervous system, the "fight or flight" system that takes over when we're stressed, when you see your boss's name in your inbox late at night, your body reacts like there's a lion on the loose.

Behind the wide range of both physical and...

Certains d'entre nous sont très impatients de voir les premiers bourgeons du printemps enfin arriver. D'autres craignent au contraire ce jour, synonyme de reniflements, d'éternuements, de toux, de gorge qui grattent, et de yeux larmoyants et qui démangent.

Chez ceux souffrant d'allergies, le système immunitaire réagit de façon excessive...

You might think you're doing your best to eat for bone health by pouring some milk over your cereal in the morning. You're not wrong to keep an eye on your calcium intake, since most adults need at least 1,000 milligrams of the essential nutrient a day. But...

Some of us can't wait for the brilliant blossoms of spring to finally arrive. Others fear that day and the sniffling, sneezing, coughing, itchy eyes, scratchy throats and watery eyes it promises to bring. Because of climate change, experts are predicting a worse-than-average spring allergy season -- and...

What We Tried: The DeskCycle

What We Did: Pedaled under our desk!

How'd It Feel:

Sarah's Take: Although I think it's more practical to cycle in shorter bouts throughout the day, I decided I had to try pedaling all day at least once before writing about this....

If vigorous exercise makes you a better sleeper, can more and better sleep make you a better athlete?

According to Haley A. Davis and James B. Maas, Ph.D. and their new book, "Sleep To Win!", the answer is yes. Davis and Maas recently joined host Ricky Camilleri to...

While it doesn't exactly make you feel warm and fuzzy, inflammation is the body's totally healthy response to injury and infection, a way of defending ourselves by sending immune cells and key nutrients to the areas that need them most.

How do those fighter cells get there? Via...

Step away from the Shamrock Shake!

This St. Patrick's Day, toast to your health with food and drink that are naturally green.

Some of our favorite green superfoods are even ripe for the picking in the month of March! But there are a...

When we turned our clocks forward one hour earlier Sunday morning to mark the start of Daylight Saving Time, it was with more than a little anxiety. We're well-versed in the all-too-real risks of getting too little sleep, and yes, that one lost hour can make...

What We Tried: JumpLife's signature JumpDance class.

What We Did: Marching, jogging, sprinting, twisting, kicking and squatting, all on our very own mini trampolines to a soundtrack of dancey pop music with black lights and lasers.

For How Long: Classes are 45 minutes.

Where: JumpLife's TriBeCa gym. Many...