Healthy articles

When you think of arsenic, you think of poison, right? Arsenic is a trace element found in several foods you eat every day and some forms of it are actually used as medicine. It’s estimated that the average adult takes in 12 - 50 mcgs of arsenic each day.

Have you been diagnosed with high blood pressure? Here is everything you'll need to know around the risks and benefits of exercises with high blood pressure.

Would a world almost entirely free of viral hepatitis be possible by 2030? It's an ambitious goal, but the World Health Organization and their global partners are taking important steps in the right direction.

Nursing your baby is a very healthy activity for both mother and baby, and it might even help you lose weight naturally. If you want to combine this with an exercise routine, follow these basic guidelines to ensure healthy weight loss.

According to newly conducted analysis of published studies, children who get more exercise tend to better with their schoolwork. Apparently, getting exercise outdoors and by playing on sports teams is now known to be good for the overall health of kids.

Everyone says breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and it's true! Breakfast really does have all kinds of benefits. Find out about some of the healthiest nutritionist-approved breakfasts that also happen to be rather easy to prepare.

How often do you hear someone say they are “stressed out”? You may be surprised to find that some stress is actually good for your immune system. New research uncovers the good and the bad of stress and how it affects you.

Every day we are exposed to 50 to 100 perfumes, preservatives, and chemical additives in personal care products. It just takes one to cause an allergic reaction.

Children and teenagers are commonly warned against lifting heavy weights for fear that they may stunt their growth by doing damage to growing bones.

Cancer death rates are going down in the US, the 2021 Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer clearly shows. That is great news, but the report also makes it clear that a lot of work remains to be done to fight the most common cancers.