General Health

Everyone has moments where they feel sad or upset. These feelings usually go away in a few days and life returns to normal. For many others, these feelings last for much longer periods of time because they suffer from clinical depression. ...

True or false? If you’re a woman trying to lose weight, you need to understand testosterone. True or false? If you’re a man trying to lose weight, you need to understand estrogen. If you said “true” to both, you’d be right....

It would not be an exaggeration to say that our eyes are amazing. They are a fascinating combination of over 2 million intricate parts that play a well-orchestrated central role in helping us navigate the world....

For some people, the word “exercise” evokes the same reaction as sucking on a sour lemon. Their faces crinkle up with a look of pure distaste and disgust. ...

Have you ever been involved in the construction of a house? It takes careful planning to make sure the ultimate structure is strong a sturdy. This has much to do with the materials you use to construct its foundation....

Sometimes the inability to lose weight is jokingly blamed on a slow metabolism, but in reality it’s often no laughing matter. A sluggish resting metabolism can be triggered by a variety of lifestyle factors, but a key medical cause is often a sluggish thyroid....

Metabolism. We hear it used all the time when people talk about their weight, “I can’t lose weight because my metabolism is too slow.” But what exactly does that mean? And is that really the case? With so much information floating around on this subject, it’s easy to get the facts mixed up. Let’s clear up how metabolism, or your metabolic system, works to help you manage your weight....