One out of every two women age 50 and older in the United States will suffer from osteoporosis or low bone mass—about 44 million people—and many of them won’t even know it until a life-changing fracture occurs. For comparison, 12.6…
We must take a stand against child sexual abuse. Secrecy, denial, and silence are not acceptable actions. There are an estimated 39 million survivors of child sexual abuse in America. Where there are children, there are predators. At school. In…
With proper treatment, symptoms can be reduced or eliminated You first noticed them on your elbows – itchy, sore patches of thick, red skin with silvery scales—and wondered if the markings could be psoriasis. For people suffering from the skin…
You do your best to make sure the house is clean and tidy, but you’re probably missing something. We tend to think of air pollution as something outside: smog, ozone, or haze hanging in the air, especially in summer. But…
Whether you’re helping with homework, divvying up the dinner tab amongst your friends, or multitasking on several major projects at work, your brain works better when you feed it well. In fact, scientists in the pioneering field of nutritional neuroscience…
Maybe you’re tired of the pain in your feet keeping you away from the gym. Or maybe you wish your toes looked nicer in sandals or your legs looked smoother in a pencil skirt. Here are some of the most…
Perimenopause, the 2 to 10 years preceding the cessation of menses, challenges 40- to 50-year-old women with the most turbulent hormonal changes since puberty. Such hormonal changes have an enormous impact, not only on her body and how it functions,…