All posts for June 2015

By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. For many people self-acceptance is hard to come by on a good day. It’s tenuous, a glass with tiny cracks, at best. On a bad day, when you’ve made a mistake or two, don’t like how...

In a discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching, researchers have found that the brain is directly linked to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist. The discovery could have profound implications for diseases from autism to...

Office workers should abandon their chairs for half their working day to reduce their risk of heart attacks, cancer, or diabetes, according to new guidance recommending people spend at least two hours – and preferably four – a day on...

By Lydia Wheeler - 05/26/15 12:05 PM EDT More than 700 doctors, nutritionists, nurses and public health professionals are calling on the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to follow the recommendations of a...