You might not spend much time thinking about your mitochondria, but they are one of the most important parts of your body. Read on for everything you need to know about improving your mitochondrial...

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants often practice medicine just like MDs. Here’s what sets them apart. If you’ve ever checked out the initials listed after various providers’ names at any...

Approximately one-third of the American population is at risk for vitamin deficiencies or anemia , also known as iron deficiency. People are starting to become aware of more common nutrient defici...

From work deadlines to unexpected expenses to endless to-do lists, stress is an inevitable part of life. And when you add pregnancy to the mix, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Particularly if this i...

Gluten gives many people gastrointestinal grief—this is probably not news to you. But there’s an increasing awareness that it can also cause a constellation of symptoms around the body that can be...

You’re probably not waking up in the morning wondering how your sartorius muscle is functioning, what amount of digestive juice your pancreas is producing, or what brain synapses are firing. Inste...

The traumas and emotional stressors you’ve experienced might be something you process with a therapist, as they can have a significant impact on your mental health, but it’s just as important to rec...

They’re certainly not the first topic of conversation you may want to discuss at a brunch table, but urinary tract infections, or UTIs, especially recurrent UTIs, are more common in sexually active,...

After almost a year of chaos, with a lot of uncertainty still to come, it can be hard to look ahead and feel anything but worry (or even straight-up pessimism). A divisive election, a pandemic, soci...

Maybe it’s after a bowl of garlicky pasta. Or a night of drinking alcohol. Or when you eat late at night. But that slow burn inevitably wells up in your chest and you begin dreading the hours of pai...