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Catering to readers seeking insights on adopting healthier habits for their physical and mental well-being, this section offers practical advice on exercise, fitness, heart health, nutrition, and other facets of personal wellness. From tips on movement and diet to in-depth discussions about cardiovascular health and the mind-body connection, the goal is to provide a well-rounded perspective on taking an informed, holistic approach to one's health.

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Intermittent Fasting Schedules: What You Should Know
Nutrition

Intermittent Fasting Schedules: What You Should Know

Filip Swirski, PhD | March 10, 2025

With all the reports about the effectiveness of an intermittent fasting schedule for weight loss along with other benefits, you…

How Often Should You Shower?
Wellness

How Often Should You Shower?

Shilpi Khetarpal, MD | March 7, 2025

About two-thirds of American adults take a shower every day. Australians shower a bit more often, and Asians shower a…

How to Break a Fever
Diseases & Conditions

How to Break a Fever

Lori Handy, MD | March 7, 2025

Getting a fever can be both unpleasant and scary. Here’s what to know about how to break a fever fast…and…

Hemorrhoids Treatment and Prevention
Diseases & Conditions

Hemorrhoids Treatment and Prevention

Rajiv Bhuta, MD | March 6, 2025

Hemorrhoids are uncomfortable to experience…and to discuss. Yet half the population will eventually endure them. Also called piles, hemorrhoids are…

What Is the Placebo Effect?
Wellness

What Is the Placebo Effect?

Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS | February 28, 2025

Several years ago, University of Pittsburgh researchers gathered 237 adults and served them cocktails. They poured a cold, clear liquid…

Which Cholesterol Drug Is Safest?
Heart

Which Cholesterol Drug Is Safest?

Steven Nissen, MD | February 27, 2025

For people with high cholesterol, lifestyle modifications such as eating better, getting more exercise, losing weight and reducing stress can…

5 Benefits of Crying
Wellness

5 Benefits of Crying

Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD | February 27, 2025

Is crying good for you? It definitely can be. Think about it—the last time you had a good cry, didn’t…

How Many Calories Should I Eat to Lose Weight?
Nutrition

How Many Calories Should I Eat to Lose Weight?

Holly F. Lofton, MD | February 26, 2025

We all know that we gain weight when we eat too many calories, but you may be wondering, How many…

What Does the Color of My Urine Tell Me?
Diseases & Conditions

What Does the Color of My Urine Tell Me?

Rebecca Campbell, MD | February 24, 2025

Urine color is not something that people give much thought to—that is, until they glance down one day and notice…

Thinking About Starting an Anti-Inflammatory Diet?
Nutrition

Thinking About Starting an Anti-Inflammatory Diet?

Sharon Palmer, RDN | February 24, 2025

We know that inflammation is at the heart of many conditions, including cardiovascular, autoimmune and neurological diseases, and even cancer.…

Time-Management Strategies
Wellness

Time-Management Strategies

Spencer Greenberg, PhD | February 19, 2025

Many people know to the penny what an hour of their professional work costs. But how valuable is an hour…

Building Awareness: Heart Health in Women
Heart

Building Awareness: Heart Health in Women

Ana C. Iribarren, MD | February 18, 2025

Women are more aware of their risk of heart attack than in the past, including the differences in symptoms they’re…

Silent Heart Attack
Heart

Silent Heart Attack

Rekha Mankad,MD | February 18, 2025

When we think of heart attacks, a common image comes to mind: a person clutching his or her chest, doubled…

Statin Interactions
Heart

Statin Interactions

Barbara S. Wiggins, PharmD | February 18, 2025

Cholesterol-lowering statins are among the most prescribed medications in the United States. These drugs lower levels of low-­density lipoprotein (LDL)…

The A-fib Plan
Heart

The A-fib Plan

John D. Day, MD | February 18, 2025

More people than ever before have atrial fibrillation (A-fib), an irregular heart rate that occurs when the upper chambers of…