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How Your Body Works: A Day in the Life of Your Gut

One gabby gut shares how a bad day can affect your mood, your immunity, and, yes, your digestion.

7 Trusted Injury Treatments That Are Dead Wrong

Update your first-aid kit and learn which common treatments for burns, poisoning, excess bleeding, and other injuries can be dangerous to use in an emergency.

The Meaning of Sin: How Being Bad Is Good For You

Modern science reveals a silver lining in even the blackest cloak of the seven deadly sins list.

6 Ways to Stay Healthier than Your Parents

Being overweight, out of shape, short of breath, and having chronic diseases could keep you from providing the support—physically and mentally—that your elderly parents need.

Deadly Mind Tricks

Solid intuition or not, sometimes our gut instincts lead us to fatal errors. Learn about the brain science behind five tricks of the mind and how to avoid them.

Health News Horrors

All these stories are true. Frightening, but true.

Horror Headline: Operation Mix-Ups on the Rise?
Never events: That’s how medical professionals describe what happened in April 2011, in…

4 Heart Tests You May Not Need

Before your next check up, learn which heart tests healthy people might not need.

Problems With Sleep: America’s Most Tired States

The latest snooze news reveals what states are getting a good night's sleep and which are suffering from the most sleep disturbances; Where does your state rank?

How to Take a Nap

From the best time of day to the perfect snooze length, here’s the experts' guide on how to take a nap.

Easy Spring Recipe: Fish Tacos

Here’s a truly fun way to enjoy fish. The mango’s sweetness marries well with spicy peppers, creating a refreshing salsa. Mangoes are deliciously rich in beta-carotene, vitamin C,…