Technology is everywhere. It’s practically unavoidable nowadays. And there’s no denying these devices make your life easier and more entertaining in a lot of ways… but they also come with hidden health dangers.

You knew that sitting too much could lead to health problems like obesity and diabetes. And then came news that sitting too much increased your risk of premature death, period. In know, I know — enough with the dangers of sitting already, right? Just one more thing…

You worry about how food tastes, but you should also be concerned with whether it might make you sick. Will salmonella, staph, E. coli, and other unwanted bacteria find their way to your dinner table this year?

A big concern for women is the decrease in lean muscle mass that starts in your 30s. For each decade after it begins, you’ll lose an average of three to eight percent of your muscle mass. That adds up to danger…

When it comes to your health, being proactive is better than sitting back and waiting for something unfortunate to happen. You should take advantage of screenings that can alert you to problems. But how do you know if a test is truly necessary?

Does worrying about your health keep you up at night? Or send you running to the doctor every other week? If it does, you may be making matters worse… but your anxiety isn’t the only thing making you sick…

A team of researchers gave people real-world memory tasks in simulated everyday settings, and then looked at whether the gains would transfer to the peoples’ home lives. It took only one month to significantly strengthen their prospective memory.

Aggressive cancer screening is designed to save lives. But instead, it’s detecting minor abnormalities that won’t develop into full-blown cancer. Some question mainstream medicine’s rush to remove body parts and radiate others when it isn’t necessary.

Conventional treatment for Lyme disease is first-line antibiotic therapy after infection. The problem with that is most people don’t know they’ve been exposed until years later when symptoms begin to surface. But that doesn’t mean you are powerless against it.

If you’ve ever wondered how well you are holding off the effects of aging, a study at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis has turned up a unique way to measure it.

If you want to know what type of cancer you are most at risk for, take a look at your paycheck. While both rich and poor get cancer, the kind of cancer that presents the highest risk for you could depend on how much you earn and the affluence of your neighborhood.

You’ve heard all about the benefits of being active and exercising. But what about the benefits of some good old fashioned down time? The truth is they’re equally as important to your health. The trick is striking the right balance, which most people aren’t doing.