Triclosan, the main ingredient found in many antibacterial soaps was finally banned by the FDA. But as antibacterial products begin slowly disappearing from store shelves, what are your choices for keeping a clean and germ-free body?

There is a vast difference in the approaches of mainstream medicine and alternative therapies. The mainstream uses a disease-based model, while alternative medicine works from a wellness model. Do you think it’s easier to prevent or cure disease?

Wellness is a state of feeling good. But too often your wellness is zapped away, decreased to a point where you can experience daily pain, stress, illness and even contract disease. Wellness is depleted by at least one, and often all six, of these wellness zappers you should guard against…

If you’re a woman and you’ve taken a trip to the doctor, chances are you’ve wondered more than once if your doctor was taking you seriously. You may have even brushed those feelings aside, thinking it was just your imagination.

If you’re like most people, you spend a lot of your day using your hands. But even though they may be constantly moving across keyboards or smart phone screens, your hands, and your health, might be getting weaker with every passing day…

Getting in shape is one of the most commonly broken New Year’s resolutions. So what can you do to stick to it once and for all? When it comes to success at exercise, and most anything, a little healthy competition will go far.

Constipation can be caused by many things, though most people never suspect the medicines they are taking. But, it turns out that there are seven sneaky medications you could be taking right now that could be making your restroom trips more troublesome than they should be.

It turns out it’s not just the food at fast food restaurants that can harm your health, it’s the packaging too. To deal with the greasy food, fast food companies have started using toxic grease-proof packaging…

You may do a lot of sitting during your day and the message you’ve been given is that sitting is the new smoking. But there’s research that counters that. It turns out your mindset can have a major impact on your health, so stop believing that this or that is killing you…

The signs and symptoms of anxiety are often difficult to recognize, and can take a real physical toll on your body. Most patients are sure there’s an underlying health problem at the root of symptoms like these. But most often you can blame them on your mind-body connection…

My first memory was waking up, and slowly realizing my family surrounded my bed. I didn’t understand why they were asking if I was ok. And I didn’t remember the evening before. I threw the pill bottle out that very day and never had it refilled. The last thing I needed was a prescription for amnesia.

If anything can truly add years to your life, it’s exercise. Research backs that up. But if you’re not into hitting the gym every morning or doing high intensity interval training a few times a day, can you still benefit? You might be surprised…