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A roundup of this week’s health-and-wellness stories, from the latest in hard science to the strangest head-scratchers hurtling through the...

Sometimes the numbers say it all. Such is the case with this WomensHealth.gov infographic, which illustrates the potential impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on women's health care....

When people realized that Chick-fil-A was allegedly donating millions of dollars to anti-gay groups, many vowed to never order from the fast-food chain again. They didn’t want their money funding something they opposed....

A roundup of this week’s health-and-wellness stories, from the latest in hard science to the strangest head-scratchers hurtling through the...

Here’s something you may not know about seasonal affective disorder, or SAD: Although less common, it can also hit in the...

Jolie, whose mother died from cancer at the age of 56, discovered through genetic testing that she had a harmful mutation of the BRCA1 gene. She went through three months of procedures, including reconstructive surgeries, to...

The Mediterranean diet had us at “olive oil” and “wine,” but in case you needed more reasons to love it, it also comes with a plethora of health benefits. Dr. John Pierce, a specialist in age management at Ageless...

Get your workout on the way to work this week! By participating in Bike to Work Week, May 13 to 17, you can do both your body and the environment a...

We don’t know why rumors start, but sometimes “conventional wisdom” is not always so accurate. In honor of National Women’s Health Week May 12 through 18, we set out to debunk some common myths to help women take...

The idea that meditation can affect the body at a genetic level is making headlines once again, this time in a paper published on the PLOS One science website. Relaxation exercises in subjects who never practiced such...