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Sleep

New Study: Just 46 More Minutes of Sleep Yields a Cheerful Health Benefit

By Lauren Gray

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Food

Almost 16,000 Cases of Yogurt Have Been Recalled in 3 States

By Kristine Gasbarre Qaderi

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Relationships

New Study: Women Rate Men with This Trait as the Most Attractive

By Lauren Gray

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Nutrition

6 Best Vitamins & Supplements for Your Immune System, According to Experts

By clewis

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Dandruff vs. Dry Scalp: An Expert Doctor Explains the Difference

By clewis

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Aging

New Study: This Dental Condition May Heighten Dementia Risk

By Lauren Gray

Exclusive Interview Tv Chef Carla Hall On Taking Your Health Seriously During The Holidays

Infectious Disease

TV Chef Carla Hall Serves Up Something Unexpected This Season

By Kristine Gasbarre Qaderi

Nutrition

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6 Best Vitamins & Supplements for Your Immune System, According to Experts

Vitamin D

5 Side Effects of Omega-3, as Discovered by Expert Doctors

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Vitamin C Recalled Nationally at the Highest Risk Level

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5 Drinks That Help Detox Your Liver, According to Expert Doctors

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Digestive Health

Digestive Health

Mental Health

Probiotics

Cancer

Fitness

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Travel

National Experts: A Major Cruise Line’s Hot Tubs Led to a Rare Infectious Outbreak

National Experts: A Major Cruise Line’s Hot Tubs Led to a Rare Infectious Outbreak

Here’s Why You Should Put Luggage in Your Hotel Room’s Bathtub, According to Experts

Here’s Why You Should Put Luggage in Your Hotel Room’s Bathtub, According to Experts

Ashley Tisdale Shares How She’s Staying Chill Ahead of Her New Sitcom

Ashley Tisdale Shares How She’s Staying Chill Ahead of Her New Sitcom

Here’s What a Universal Summer Break Would Do for Everybody’s Health, Say Experts

Here’s What a Universal Summer Break Would Do for Everybody’s Health, Say Experts

7 Lifesaving First Aid Items You Should Take on Vacation, Say Doctors & a Paramedic

7 Lifesaving First Aid Items You Should Take on Vacation, Say Doctors & a Paramedic

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Ever Get the ‘Sunday Scaries’? Psychologists List 5 Reasons This ‘Anticipatory Anxiety’ Happens

Get Some Sleep

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Olympic Runner Gabby Thomas Shares Her Self-Care Secrets You Can Follow—Even If You’re Not an Athlete

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Tart Cherry Juice for Insomnia Is the Internet’s Latest Viral Trend—But Does It Work?

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I Took Magnesium to Help Me Sleep for a Month—Here’s What Happened

Lindsey Vonn Exclusive Interview with The Healthy

Lindsey Vonn Gets Candid about a 10-Year Health Struggle: “The Stress Made It Even Harder”

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The Best and Worst Diets for Your Cholesterol, Says UCLA Cardiologist

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The Best and Worst Diets for Your Cholesterol, Says UCLA Cardiologist

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The Best and Worst Diets for Your Cholesterol, Says UCLA Cardiologist

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The Best and Worst Diets for Your Cholesterol, Says UCLA Cardiologist

Hormone Wellness

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Do You Have an Under-active Thyroid? This 90-Second Quiz Helps You Find Out

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Should You Get Your Thyroid Hormone Levels Checked?

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Hyperthyroidism vs. Hypothyroidism: What’s the Difference?

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The Thyroid Cancer Symptoms I Ignored—But You Shouldn’t

Healthy Aging

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Is Donald Trump Healthy? Here’s What a Doctor Says

This O.G.—Original Ghostbuster—Is Almost 80! Here’s How He Stays So Tough

Jimmy Carter

President Jimmy Carter’s 12 Daily Habits That Led to 100 Fulfilling Years

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New Study: Eating These 3 Nutrients Could Slow Aging

Gain no Pain

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Over 14 Million Pain Medications Sold at Walmart, CVS, Amazon, and More Have Been Recalled

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2 Over-the-Counter Pain Creams Recalled Nationwide

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What Is Pain Management? A Patient and Doctor Explain

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“Shark Tank” Judge Barbara Corcoran on the Injury She Believed Would End Her Career…and Why She Has No Plans to Retire

Hygiene, Habits, and Health

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The 6 Best Supplements for Your Bladder, According to a Urologist

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Holly Robinson Peete Reveals a Health Struggle Most Women Won’t Talk About

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Here’s How Many Times You Should Actually Pee in a Day, a Urologist Reveals

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Here’s How Much Liquid Your Bladder Can Actually Hold, a Urologist Reveals

Relationships & Sexual Wellness

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Over 30? This Cancer Screening Should Now Be “Standard” for You, Say Expert Doctors

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Does Sex Lower Blood Pressure? A Leading Cardiologist Responds

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“Here’s How I Knew I Had HIV”: One Patient’s Story After a Single Intimate Encounter

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New Data: Here’s How Many Sexual Partners Most Americans Have Had

Be Well, Stay Well

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I Took Manuka Honey Every Day—Here’s What Happened

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“Why Is My Immune System So Weak?” Expert Doctors Share 8 Major Causes

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Is Lockdown Hurting Your Immune System?

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7 Things You Think Boost Your Immunity—but Probably Don’t