Health

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.

Kids have the right idea: They love racing and chasing and seeing just how fast they can go. Here’s why adults should pick up the pace, too.

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.

To deal with stubborn back pain, look to your local lumbar stabilizers for answers.

A workplace bully can wreak havoc on not just your job but your personal life, too. The good news? You don’t have to suffer in silence.

An unhealthy work-life balance affects not only our health and well-being, but our families and our society as a whole. Here’s what we can do about it.

Subsisting on low-calorie foods and skipping meals is no way to lose weight – and no way to live. Instead, we should rid our diets of toxins and inflammatory irritants. As a byproduct of cleaning up our bodies, we’ll shed extra pounds.

Overcoming barriers to self-care can be difficult, especially for women. Here are some tips to make time and space for ourselves.

Van Jones works to bring a clean environment and a healthy way of life to the urban poor.