Health

Turn your body loathing into body loving.

Whether flushing toxins, preventing inflammation or boosting your immune system, certain foods prove particularly effective in repairing the body. Here’s a primer on some of the best edible healers around.

Discover the truth about how your mind affects your body, how your body affects your brain, and what you can do to keep the whole brilliant system working to your advantage.

Next time you’re thinking of pulling an all-nighter to beat some looming deadline, consider this: Too little sleep can lead to increased stress levels, compromised metabolism, a suppressed immune system and a host of other health problems.

America’s food industry is in the midst of a dramatic culture shift that’s challenging everything we’ve been taught about eating. Here’s how to take advantage of this exciting new movement and eat more healthfully than ever before.

Soil is not just a neutral medium in which to grow food. The nutrient density of the food we eat is directly influenced by the quality of the soil in which it is grown.

Everyone’s talking about universal coverage, single-payer plans, and other well-intended solutions to America’s healthcare access dilemma, but we’re missing the real question: What’s the point of giving more people access to a system that is likely to make them sicker?

Majora Carter left a promising artistic career to fight environmental injustice in the South Bronx.

Feeling a little stiff after surgery? Suffering from a sports injury and need to get back in the game 10 minutes ago? The Graston Technique could be just the thing to untangle your tissue.

Lack of solitude can lead to increased stress and undermined health. Here’s how to find some quality time—with yourself.

A well-functioning digestive system is the cornerstone of good health. Find out how the gut works, what makes it vulnerable — and what you can do to keep your own digestive tract in tiptop shape.

From athlete’s foot to eczema, unwanted skin conditions can throw you off your game. Here’s the scoop on how to deal with itching, pain, redness, and some the other most maddening maladies.

Hormonal imbalances can lead to a host of serious health problems, including inflammation, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer, dementia and more. Here’s how to get your body back in balance.

What is that sound coming from your joints, and should you be concerned? Find out what’s normal, and what you might want to get checked out.

The passing of a few measly decades needn’t bring one’s fitness pursuits to an untimely end. Indeed, for these three athletes, getting older means getting better.

Learn how your genes interact with your habits, lifestyle, and surroundings to create a healthy body — or an unhealthy one.

Bothered by muscle tightness, soreness and strain? A hands-on, biomechanics-based treatment called MAT can soothe discomfort, improve alignment and ward off injury.

Saying ”so long” to a played-out friendship is never easy. Here’s how to do it with grace.

Frustrated that your fitness efforts aren’t producing more immediate, dramatic results? Tune in and chill out. By savoring and celebrating each small breakthrough, you’ll stay motivated for the long haul.

Best-selling author and surgeon Mehmet Oz is a world-renowned health expert, but he believes you can do part of his job better than he can.