One surprising pick outshines a breakfast favorite, and a few smart shopping habits make every glass count
Most people know vitamin C matters, yet plenty still fall short of what their bodies need each day. The nutrient plays a central role in building collagen and keeping the immune system running smoothly, and the good news…
The singer’s candid Instagram warning raises an urgent question about whether the damage can ever be undone.
Selena Gomez has a warning for anyone reaching for an e-cigarette, and it comes straight from her own vocal cords.
The 34-year-old singer and actress turned to her Instagram stories on Oct. 18 to say that heavy nicotine…
A new White House task force and NIH division promise to close long-standing gaps in women’s medicine, even as the administration’s broader health record raises questions.
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order creating a White House task force and a new division at the National Institutes of Health dedicated to women’s health,…
Energy drinks aren’t automatically dangerous for healthy adults, but they’re far from harmless. Harvard Health and doctors at Northwestern Medicine say one can once in a while is the ceiling, never a daily habit. Anyone with high blood pressure or heart disease, pregnant or breastfeeding women and kids should skip them completely.
That skip list…
Nara Smith’s debut cookbook, Homemade, is on shelves now, and the story behind it runs deeper than the couture on its cover. Smith spent two years working on the book, and that stretch overlapped with her daughter Whimsy’s cancer diagnosis and treatment. Most coverage has focused on the gowns. The bigger story is what she…
The EGOT winner says a rare repeat bout with shingles forced her to rethink what strength really looks like
Viola Davis has built a career playing women who refuse to break. Offscreen, the EGOT winner recently found herself in a fight she never saw coming, and one that she says nearly knocked her flat.
In…
Dermatologists explain how short nights quietly chip away at your complexion, and the simple fixes that can help it bounce back
For years, running on fumes has been treated as a quiet flex. Late nights out, deadlines finished at 2 a.m. and a calendar packed past capacity often leave people wearing dark circles like a…
Cardiologists and dietitians point to everyday staples, from potatoes to dark chocolate, that may help slow the plaque buildup behind heart disease
Why your arteries need backup
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for about one in five deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.…
That bottle promising brighter, whiter eyes may be covering up something your optometrist needs to see
For a body part that does so much heavy lifting, the eyes get remarkably little attention. Roughly 4 in 10 Americans are considered at high risk for vision loss, and 40% of that group skipped an eye exam in…
Nighttime light may be quietly troubling your heart
A new study links even a dim bedroom glow to subtle changes in heart structure, and doctors say darkness deserves more credit than it gets
Most sleep advice comes down to a familiar formula: get at least seven hours and keep the bedroom cool and dark. New…

