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How to Get Rid of a Stiff Neck
A five-minute stretching routine to refresh and relax your neck, shoulders, and upper back.
How to Repair Your Thyroid
Millions of people suffer thyroid problems without ever knowing why. Here’s how to recognize and resolve thyroid dysfunction your doctor might miss.
Healthy Heart = Healthy Brain for Seniors?
Tending to your cardiovascular health may ward off dementia in seniors, a recent study says.
How to Improve Your Grip
A stronger grip can yield benefits in the weight room and the workplace.
How to Heal a Leaky Gut
Your intestines are home to a great deal of your digestive system, nervous system, and immune system. Here’s how to heal your gut lining and avoid leaky gut syndrome.
PUMPING IRONY: The Upside of Alzheimer’s?
While in no way diminishing the devastation dementia exacts on its victims and those who care for them, visionary experts are forging a new treatment path — one that may yield surprising benefits.
How to Find Your Pressure Points
Acupressure accesses the body’s subtle energy layers to let health and well-being flow.
4 Types of Food to Avoid for Clear Skin
Skin problems? It might be something you’re eating.
Having Trouble Losing Weight? It Might Be Your Thyroid
Many thyroid conditions go undiagnosed, but a properly functioning thyroid is key to maintaining a healthy weight.
9 Missing Links to Weight Loss
These often-overlooked factors can help you achieve — and sustain — a healthy weight.
The Healing Arthritis Protocol
Functional-medicine doc Susan Blum, MD, outlines her basic plan to treat arthritis.
6 Tips to Beat the Winter Blues
Seasonal affective disorder can make a stressful time of year even harder. Here’s how to offset the symptoms of SAD.
How to Handle Histamine Intolerance
6 tips to understand this all-too-common allergic reaction.
Exercise Now, Avoid Depression Later
Why midlife fitness may reduce the risks of depression later in life.
Heal Your Gut, Heal Your Joints
A leading functional-medicine physician explains her gut-healing protocol for overcoming arthritis.
A 5-Minute Workout to Protect Your Shoulders
Restore mobility — and protect yourself from injury — with this short upper-body warm-up.
PUMPING IRONY: Calm Down and Carry On
The Medical-Pharmaceutical Complex has been elevating my blood pressure for years by trying to convince me that the systolic readings produced in my doctor’s office matter. New research renders that argument moot.
Why One Woman Rejected Breast Reconstruction After a Double Mastectomy
In her new memoir, FLAT: Reclaiming My Body from Breast Cancer, Catherine Guthrie talks about why “going flat” was the only way for her to feel whole.
What Are the Best Strength-Training Exercises for People With Osteoarthritis in Their Hands?
There are many great strength-training exercises that don’t require any gripping.
Coping With Salicylate Sensitivity
If you’re eating healthy and still suffering from health issues, salicylic acid may be to blame.
How to Stay Regular Without Laxatives
Millions of Americans experience chronic constipation. But laxatives might not be the answer. Here’s why.