By Brett Spiegel The phrase "gut bacteria" might sound icky and repulsive, but modern science may have you soon thinking differently about the bu...
By Amir Khan When Amanda Berry called 911 on Monday, reporting that she was finally free after being held for 10 years in a house on the west sid...
By Amir Khan While helicopters flew overhead early this morning, Cathy Olofson and her daughters huddled in the basement of their home near the B...
By Jennifer Acosta Scott In a perfect world, every adult would get somewhere between seven and nine hours of sleep a night -- the amount that exp...
By Jennifer Acosta Scott It happens to everyone -- you've had a full day and feel tired, but when your head hits the pillow, sleep refuses to com...
By Beth W. Orenstein There are many great reasons to add yoga to your exercise routine. Yoga improves muscle tone, flexibility and balance, and i...
By Mikel Theobald for Everyday Health You can feel it in the air -- spring allergies are fast approaching. With the changing of the seasons comes...
By Jennifer Benjamin You may spoil your skin silly with facials, fancy products and a skin care regimen that would make your dermatologist proud....
By Diana Rodriguez The itching, tingling, unpleasant sensations of restless legs syndrome (RLS) can be stressful to deal with, and when you're no...
Because you've hit the snooze button a few too many times.
By Chris Iliades, M.D. Medically reviewed by Farrokh Sohrabi, M.D. According to the American Insomnia Study, about 23 percent of American worker...
By Beth W. Orenstein Medically reviewed by Lindsey Marcellin, M.D., M.P.H. Regular exercise provides many health benefits, from improving your m...
By Wyatt Myers Medically reviewed by Pat F. Bass III, M.D., M.P.H. Drinking too much alcohol often leads to fuzzy memories, lapses in good judgm...
By Beth W. Orenstein If you suffer from allergies for even part of the year, you may wonder when you'll get a reprieve. People with spring allerg...
By Jennifer Acosta Scott Cold and flu germs are so widespread because they have an amazing ability to travel. In fact, a sick person coughing or ...
By Erin Hicks Feel the sniffles coming on? The cold and flu season is upon us, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates ...
By Madeline Vann, M.P.H. Medically reviewed by Farrokh Sohrabi, M.D. You can catch a cold any time of year, but winter is the most active period...
By Annie Hauser Running long distance week after week, year after year, could do more harm to your heart than good, a new editorial published in ...
By Annie Hauser Your children might tell you that they hate vegetables, but a new study shows they rate your meal higher when veggies are on the ...
By Annie Hauser Some adages about sleep and your emotional health -- think "don't go to bed angry" -- don't necessarily ring true, experts say. ...
By Wyatt Myers Medically reviewed by Cynthia Haines, M.D. As any habitutal coffee drinker knows, caffeine is a stimulant and a drug. Consume too...
By Beth W. Orenstein Medically reviewed by Niya Jones M.D., M.P.H. Introduced in the 1970s, Bikram yoga has been gaining in popularity ever sinc...
By Jeffrey Kopman Video games can be active games too, according to exercise experts. Researchers at the University of Chester in England reporte...
By Charlotte Libov Medically reviewed by Farrokh Sohrabi, M.D. Vegetables are important weapons in the fight against heart disease, cancer, and ...
By Beth Gilbert Medically reviewed by Pat F. Bass III M.D., M.P.H. Fresh herbs not only add flavor without calories, they may also serve up hea...
