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High heels may turn your outfit up a notch, but they can wreak havoc on your body. “Other than how they make you look, there’s very little upside to wearing heels,” says podiatri...

In May 2019, a random tweet from a guy named Conor Arpwel had Twitter users in an uproar when he asked them one simple question: "Do you wash your legs when you take a shower?" While it ...

You may not see them, but germs are everywhere. They’re on your skin, inside your body and all around you. From the minute you wake up in the morning until you fall back into bed at night, yo...

Whether it’s cutting back on red meat or limiting processed foods, there’s usually nothing wrong with improving your diet. But when that effort goes too far—when you become so fix...

When you hear the word “bully,” the first thing that probably comes to mind is childhood bullying. But the reality is, adults also experience bullying. Most everyone will encounter an a...

Doctors aren’t quite sure what causes multiple sclerosis (MS), but through medical advancements and research, scientists have been able to identify a number of factors linked to an increased ...

Maybe you felt a sharp, shooting pain in your lower back while lifting a laundry basket. Maybe you experienced muscle spasms a few minutes after a big golf swing. Or maybe nothing happened at all, ...

When your child is sick, your time, energy and thoughts are all focused on their physical wellbeing. Doctor’s appointments and treatment days alone can fill up your family’s entire sche...

After a relaxing summer, the first day of a new school year can bring a mixture of giddy excitement—new teachers! new friends! new notebooks ready to be filled with knowledge!—and overw...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes severe pain, joint swelling and damage. And RA doesn’t just affect your joints; it can also affect organs like your skin, heart ...

Any injury or laceration that causes severe bleeding puts a victim’s life in imminent danger. Uncontrolled bleeding is the number one cause of preventable death in trauma patients, and trauma...

The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck, above the collarbones. The thyroid makes hormones that regulate your body’s metabolism—the way your body uses ene...

Up to one out of every three people will develop shingles at some point in their life. This painful infection is especially common after age 50, which is why the Centers for Disease Control and Pre...

“Forgiveness is not for anyone but yourself. It’s to release the pain, to release the incident, to recognize that it happened and things may have changed, but you’re okay.” ...

As summer gives way to fall and the days get shorter, chillier and more hectic, many of us brace for irritating fall allergy symptoms. In fact, from late August until the first hard frost, about 20...