Mental Health

We all know stress plays a big role in our overall health, but can being stressed make you sick? It turns out, the answer is yes. Prolonged stress weakens the immune system and can exacerbate chroni...

Like a conductor of an orchestra, your hormones are your body’s chemical messengers. They are responsible for orchestrating a variety of bodily functions, including getting a good night’s sleep and...

If you're feeling wiped out, apathetic, anxious, restless, antisocial, and unable to complete tasks that used to be no sweat at all, you may be wondering how to recover from burnout. Two-thirds of...

Discovering you have certain genes that predispose you to life-changing conditions—such as diabetes, dementia, or cancer—can make you feel like you have no control over your future health. But what...

This article contains additional reporting by Jennifer Chesak . “Why do I wake up in the middle of the night?” This is one of the top questions Parsley’s members have been asking recently. If you...

If you suffer from anxiety, depression, or another mental health condition, you’ve probably been told by your doctor that it’s due to a chemical imbalance in your brain. But can low iron cause anxie...

This article has been medically reviewed by Nisha Chellam, MD . It contains additional reporting by Jennifer Chesak . If you’ve ever wondered why you can pop out of bed at the crack of dawn with...

This article has been medically reviewed by Nisha Chellam, MD , and Jaclyn Tolentino, D.O. What is brain fog? This umbrella term for thinking and cognitive difficulties can make you feel unlike...

This article was medically reviewed by Nisha Chellam, MD . It contains additional reporting by Angela Myers . Did you know you actually have a chill-out button in your back pocket? It’s called th...

If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that we want to feel good . We want to wake up feeling optimistic , have a positive mindset throughout the day, and feel calm and satisfied as we mov...