General Health

Emerging research has shown that there are many science-based reasons to keep your cool.

Too many chronic ailments have been pronounced “incurable.” Here’s how some functional-medicine practitioners are resolving such conditions — and transforming their patients’ lives.

New research by the Swedish Karolinska Institutet is beginning to unravel the mystery of how exercise alters the function of our genes.

Healthy, fit people have learned how to be healthy. Learn those skills, practice them, and you'll be healthy, too.

A Dutch study finds sex may keep our minds sharp as we age.

Whether you’re turning 30, 50, or 65, milestone birthdays can trigger more anxiety than excitement. Here’s how to approach each passing year with more equanimity.

Discover what you can start doing now to prepare for your healthiest, most vibrant future.

Small genetic variations can have a big influence on your health — and affect your nutritional needs, too.

Discover the simple tools progressive practitioners use to dig beyond diagnoses and treat root causes effectively.

By blending compassion with neuroscience, behavior-change expert Kyra Bobinet, MD, MPH is shaping the future of health improvement.

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may substantially increase men’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to new research from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital.

Gym classes are vanishing. Passive entertainments are multiplying. The country has an out-of-control obesity problem. How can we stop the next generation from getting lost in the shuffle.