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The Healing Power of Sleep
New science shows that sleep is essential to our mental and physical health — and most of us aren’t getting enough.
The Health Benefits of Blood and Lab Testing
Direct-to-consumer lab testing gives us a chance to see our biochemical realities more clearly — sometimes with surprising results.
Reclaim Your Circadian Rhythms to Get Your Groove Back
Dr. Frank Lipman on why finding your body’s natural sleep cycle and circadian rhythms is the key to strength, vitality and wellness.
Letting the Sunshine In: Susan Zemke’s Success Story
How correcting a serious vitamin-D deficiency helped one woman transform her life.
The Debate About Flu Shots
Many health professionals recommend seasonal flu vaccines as a preventive measure. But do they actually work, and are they safe? Here’s what you need to know about influenza vaccines to decide for yourself.
Dirt, Germs, and Other Friendly Filth
For decades, we’ve been a culture obsessed with avoiding germs, but is dirt actually good for our immune system?
Healthy-Brain Food
The foods you eat can have a major effect on your brain’s health.
5 Strategies to Get Your Sex Drive Back
A healthy libido is about more than desire. It’s about experiencing pleasure that’s essential to our minds, bodies and spirits. And in the face of stress, it often goes into hiding. Here, expert Marcelle Pick offers tips on how to rediscover your desire.
The Truth About Antibacterial Soap
Recent studies show that antibacterial soap might be harmful to your health.
Paleo Vs. Vegan
Both Paleo and vegan diets have become popular in the last few years. But what are their pros and cons, and how might they affect your health? We assembled a roundtable of experts to make sense of the debate.
Paleo Vs. Vegan: Interview Transcripts
Read the complete email interviews from healthy-eating experts Kris Carr, Nora Gedgaudas and Mark Hyman, MD.
5 Ways to Prevent and Treat Eczema in Children
Discover natural solutions and treatments for childhood eczema.
Kicking Candida
Some call it an invisible epidemic. When Candida albicans, a family of yeastlike fungi that lives in our digestive tracts, multiplies out of control, it causes mysterious symptoms and serious health woes for women, men and children. Is it breeding in you?
5 Health Strategies that Are More Important Than Counting Calories
Managing your weight isn’t just about the number of calories you eat. It’s also — and perhaps primarily — about the quality and character of those calories. Here’s why.
What Are the Possible Root Causes of Autism?
The incidence of autism is growing at an alarming rate. Experts are struggling to discover why. Slowly, a strange and complex picture is coming together. It suggests that autism’s mysterious mechanisms could ultimately reveal health truths relevant to us all.
How Forests Boost Immunity
Studies show that positive immune benefits can last up to a month after a visit to the woods.
How Good Bacteria — and Bad Bacteria — Affect Your Microbiome
Find out why some internal bacteria are our friends – and why providing a happy, well-balance home for them is essential to our vitality and well-being.
How to Treat Adrenal Fatigue Naturally
The weight of daily responsibilities and the burdens of chronic stress have produced an epidemic of adrenal fatigue. Find out if this energy-zapping condition is dragging you down, and how to treat it naturally.
The Health Benefits of Celery and How to Eat More
There’s a lot more culinary life in celery than the diet crowd lets on. And research shows it can help prevent memory loss, lower blood pressure and may even inhibit cancer.
How Does Sleep Influence Weight Gain?
New research shows that sleep significantly influences metabolism, appetite, and weight management. Could getting more shuteye help you ward off excess pounds?
What Is Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance?
Gluten troubles were once thought to be a problem primarily for those with celiac disease. But recent research indicates that gluten-related disorders extend to a far broader population, and affect far more than the digestive system.