Healthy articles

The African herb hoodia has been promoted and used successfully for weight loss for many years. Only recently, however, have scientists begun to understand how it works.

Are you feeling down? Try these six scientifically proven techniques to boost your mood, both immediately and in the long term!

It isn't just doctors prescribing antibiotics when you don't need them and patients using them incorrectly that leads to anti-microbial resistance — the meat industry has a huge role to play. How can we stop this?

Are you a new mom? You may wonder when you can leave your baby with a babysitter. Or perhaps you are returning to work soon and wondering how to solve your childcare problem. Read on to hear our thoughts.

Oral hygiene as we know it is a relatively recent invention, so what did people people do before all this existed? Did they even practice oral hygiene? How effective was it? Read on.

What exactly is a cleft lip and palate? How is this condition diagnosed, what difficulties can a baby born with orofacial clefts expect, and what are the treatment options?

Smoking increases the risk of type 2 diabetes; plus it’s important for diabetics to stop smoking if they want to regain their health. But a new study shows that during the first three to five years after diabetics who have quit, face greater health risks.

Hospital stays in the USA are incredibly expensive. And a simple paperwork mistake can leave Medicare recipients stuck with the bill for vastly more than they expect.

Since the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis in Japan, hundreds of millions of people around the world have experienced understandable and justifiable anxiety about the health threat of radioactive fallout from the Sendai reactors.

Many people all over the world take prescription medications to control their condition. They faithfully take their pills two or three times a day, just like the doctor “ordered” and believe they are doing the best they can for their health.