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The Art of Self-Care
Overcoming barriers to self-care can be difficult, especially for women. Here are some tips to make time and space for ourselves.
Health and Justice for All: Van Jones
Van Jones works to bring a clean environment and a healthy way of life to the urban poor.
How to Hydrate
Too much? Too little? What to drink and when? Staying hydrated doesn’t have to be confusing – especially once you’re armed with these slick tips from sports-nutrition experts.
Understanding Food and Diet Studies
For years, sophisticated consumers have relied on the latest clinical trials to guide their health choices, but exactly how reliable are these studies? If you’re depending solely on scientific evidence for your health solutions, your assumptions about what’s right might well be wrong.
What Is a Phytochemical?
Phytochemicals — plant-based micronutrients that contain protective, disease-preventing compounds — might just be the best-kept secret in nutrition.
Living Strong With Cancer
When an otherwise healthy, fit person who has “done everything right” receives a cancer diagnosis, it can feel unfair on many levels. Still, experts say, don’t ditch your healthy habits now — they may be some of your strongest allies in recovery.
Vital Nourishment: 2 Recipes for Cancer Survivors from Rebecca Katz
Looking to enhance your vitality – or to rebuild it after a health crisis? Author and cancer survivor Rebecca Katz sees great-tasting whole foods as a natural and delicious place to begin.
Are Women More Likely to ‘Tend and Befriend’?
“Fight or flight” may be seen as the traditional choice when faced with stress, but your real response may depend on your gender.
You Snooze, You Win: The Health Benefits of Sleep
Getting enough sleep is essential to health, happiness and productivity. Here’s how to give your slumber the priority it deserves.
How to Relieve Shoulder Blade Pain
The scapulae, or shoulder blades, can cause a whole lot of shoulder pain. Are imbalanced blades bothering you?
On a Roll: The Benefits of Foam Rolling
Using foam rollers can help relieve myofascial pain and increase flexibility. Best of all? They’re really easy to use.
How Individualized Nutrition Optimizes Health
The ideal diet, the spot-on supplement strategy — can a few simple tests help you carve out the one and only nutritional program that’s perfect for you?
Your Parents, Yourself: Aging Parents
When your aging parents aren’t living as healthfully as you’d like, it can create a stressful situation — for them and you. Here’s how to cope.
Unlock Your Fitness Potential as a Master’s Athlete
Wine and cheese aren’t the only things that get better with age. Thanks to masters divisions in many sports, older athletes are finding fun new ways to get fit.
Real-Age Eating
Don’t assume that aging equals poor health, says John La Puma, MD. With a healthy diet, you can turn back the clock.
How to Exercise With Knee and Hip Pain
Pain in your hips or knee joints may cause you to shy away from exercise, but there are ways to work around (or through) the condition – without sacrificing your fitness.
How to Have a Better Birth: Exploring Healthy and Safe Birthing Options
Medical interventions have their place. But simpler, healthier birthing options abound — and they’re becoming more popular. Want to make your pregnancy and labor as safe and empowering as possible? Consider your choices, including the birthing partners, plans, and environments that suit you best.
Gung-Ho Guy Trips
Dude-only vacations can bring guys closer and yield benefits far beyond simple camaraderie.
Superdad!: Mike Jasper’s Success Story
When Mike Jasper took charge of his health, his whole family benefited.
Reclaim Your Vitality!
Has modern life depleted your vitality? Here’s how to reclaim it.
The Art of Reiki
The ancient healing practice of Reiki can help you feel more balanced and relaxed. Discover what this alternative treatment entails – and the many other benefits it can bestow.