Healthy articles

Puberty comes with so many physical and social changes that it's hard for any teenager not to have a bout of low self esteem. Concerns about weight, eating, and the body in general are common in both girls and boys.

American health insurance companies have begun to cover the cost of DNA testing for choosing the best cancer treatments, although they mostly limit coverage to the patients who will benefit from it least.

What makes someone an optimist or a pessimist, and can you successfully develop a more optimistic life outlook?

Have you had a disappointing experience with green smoothies? Don't give up yet — with the right tips, green smoothies can actually taste really good!

Nobody's health class includes a unit called "How to Sleep," but one of the best ways to beat insomnia is to make small changes in your diet. Here are ten tips for getting better sleep by changing what you eat.

If you’re like me, you get so much “healthy” kale you start looking for reasons not to eat. It turns out that there is a very good reason not to eat kale—heavy metal contamination, which is worse in organic varieties.

Cabbage isn't the most glamorous offering at the produce counter, but it may be among the most nutritious. There's no more affordable superfood.

About 85 percent of diabetics, even type 2 diabetics, eventually develop retinopathy, maculopathy, cataracts, or glaucoma, and sometimes all four. Fortunately, new treatments are making saving sight easier.

How much protein is enough? Some diet gurus try to tell us either that protein is a poison or protein is so essential we need high-protein snacks all day long, but the truth is most of us should eat less.

You exercise every day for months or maybe years, and then something happens that keeps you out of the gym and all the benefits of workout out so hard for so long disappear. This doesn't have to happen. Here's what to do when you can't go to the gym.