Friends, fun, a few drinks… what’s the harm? Recovery, that’s what. It’s not your imagination that it takes you longer — up to four days — to recover from just one big night out. And it gets worse…

Mounting evidence shows that microwaving may help food and beverages retain nutrients and beneficial compounds better than other heating methods. Which means microwaving might not deserve such a bad rap, after all…

What causes leg cramps? All of us know by experience what a leg cramp is — and how much they can hurt. Especially a Charley horse in the middle of the night…

Your liver helps fight infections and cleans your blood. It also helps digest food and stores energy for when you need it. This is why a poor-functioning liver impacts a frightening number of other organs. Here are 10 signs that your liver may be in need of some extra care.

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…