Alternative medicine
The 10 Most Important Five-A-Day Foods For Heart Health
Recommended daily fruit and vegetable intake often fails to reach the 500mg daily flavanol target linked to heart health benefits.
Top five-a-day foods new study says your heart needs
Eating specific flavanol-rich foods daily, not just any five fruit-and-vegetable portions, may better support heart health.
Are Peptides Legal?
This popular brain supplement was linked to shorter lifespans in men
Higher blood tyrosine levels are linked to shorter lifespans in men, potentially reducing life expectancy by nearly a year.
Testosterone is being overprescribed to men here's who should take it, and when it backfires
Testosterone prescriptions often fail safety guidelines, increasing risks of infertility, heart attack, stroke, and long-term dependence while natural production declines.
All Your SPF Questions Answered
Use sunscreen with at least SPF 30, broad-spectrum UVA/UVB coverage, and water resistance, and reapply every two to four hours for effective protection.
Experts explain how sunscreen really worksand why better ones may be coming soon
Sunscreen protects skin by blocking or absorbing UV radiation, with mineral and chemical formulations working differently and requiring proper SPF selection and use.
The Kratom Civil War Is Heating Up, and MAHA Has Picked a Side
7-OH concentrates with opioid-like effects are driving calls for a ban, creating conflict between kratom advocates and 7-OH sellers over safety and regulation.
Peppery perfection: 17 delicious ways with watercress from soups and salads to sorbet and cake
Watercress is a historically used, nutrient-dense plant with strong culinary potential beyond soup and salad, supported by specific preparation techniques to preserve color.
Engineering the Perfect Psychedelic
A yellow mushroom in China’s Yunnan province causes a shared “lilliputian” hallucination of elf-like parkouring figures lasting up to a day.
Healthy Lifestyle Tips
Polygonum multiflorum (He Shou Wu) may treat androgenetic alopecia and promote hair regrowth by preserving follicles and stimulating scalp blood flow.
Specialists Are Practically Begging People To Eat These 3 Foods That Lower Dementia Risk
Leafy green vegetables provide folate, vitamins, lutein, nitrates, and anti-inflammatory compounds that support brain health and may lower dementia risk.
Building Resilience Against Alzheimer's Disease
Dementia risk is influenced by modifiable factors, and resilience can be built through exercise, sleep, injury prevention, prompt illness treatment, vaccination, wise eating, stress management, brain training, and social engagement.
Find Your Fasting Fit: Explore 4 Different Fasting Methods
Fasting restricts what and when you eat, with four types including Daniel Fast and full fast, each using different food and drink rules.
Topical hair regrowth solutions that are safe for women - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
Female pattern hair loss causes gradual overall thinning from DHT-sensitive follicles, and correctly chosen topical scalp treatments like minoxidil can improve regrowth.
4 things to know about the new sunscreen ingredient the FDA approved
FDA approved bemotrizinol, a new photo-stable chemical UV filter, enabling U.S. sunscreens to better block UVA and UVB rays.
The FDA Approved A New Kind Of SPF For The First Time In Decades
FDA approved bemotrizinol (BEMT), the first new sunscreen active ingredient in 20 years, improving UVA protection and expanding options for families.
U.S. Sunscreen Is Actually Getting Better, for the First Time in More than 20 Years
FDA approval of bemotrizinol enables more effective chemical sunscreen formulations in the U.S. after decades of limited options.
The sunscreen ingredient Europe and Asia love is finally coming to the U.S.
FDA permits bemotrizinol (BEMT) as an OTC sunscreen active ingredient, expanding U.S. options after a 20-year gap.
Radon Gas: More Than a Homeowner Issue
Radon is an odorless, invisible, naturally occurring gas that can enter any building and increase lung cancer risk, requiring broad testing and mitigation beyond homes.
How to Properly Dispose of Nail Polish
Nail polish is largely solvent-based hazardous waste, and most used bottles can’t go in recycling or regular trash, requiring take-back or HHW disposal options.
Why Muscle Matters During Weight Loss
One-Third Of Adults Are At Risk For This Painful Infection. Here's What Doctors Wish You Knew.
Shingles is a painful, blistering rash caused by reactivated chickenpox virus that can affect nerves and cause serious complications near the eye or ear.
The Best Face Masks for Every Skin Type
New study finds a common supplement ingredient for cognitive enhancement may lead to a shorter lifespan
Genetically higher tyrosine levels in men are linked to about one year shorter lifespan, raising concerns about long-term effects of tyrosine-based supplements.
Do These Supplements Work? (Your Questions Answered)
Omega-3 supplements have strong evidence for cardiovascular benefits, but supplement use still requires healthcare-provider guidance for individual safety and appropriateness.
They said their toothpaste was best for my kid. Then I read the claims
A 2025 class action alleges Hello Kids toothpaste contains alarmingly high heavy metals, including lead and mercury, undermining trust in its “safe” marketing.
What It's Really Like to Join an Ayahuasca Retreat Alongside Spiritual Experts
Ayahuasca in a Caribbean jungle, guided by Indigenous practitioners, delivered a transformative first experience that began a lasting spiritual path.
Eating your five-a-day is great, but are you eating the right ones?
Fruit and vegetable benefits depend on flavanol-rich choices, not just five-a-day quantity, because many people consume too little of this antioxidant linked to lower heart disease risk.
Why Protein Matters for More Than Just Muscle Growth
Purple Potatoes are fun and healthy!
The Sweet Potato Myth Everyone Can Safely Ignore - Tasting Table
White and sweet potatoes have nearly identical calories and key nutrients, so choosing between them is mainly about preference rather than health claims.
Diets for Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes stems from impaired insulin signaling and insufficient insulin production, and lowering insulin through diet can manage or reverse diabetes.
The biggest collagen study yet reveals what actually works
How Many Oysters Can You Safely Eat In A Day? Here's The Math - Tasting Table
Report: FDA just launched a study on the abortion pill
The Trump administration is investigating mifepristone’s safety, with health experts warning the review could be politically motivated despite FDA approval since 2000.
How to Grow Aloe Vera: Your Guide to Helping the Medicinal Succulent Thrive
Aloe vera leaves contain soothing gel that treats sunburns, calms irritated skin, and helps dry skin conditions.
Just 5 Minutes of Prayer may Ease Pain and Anxiety
A 2002 National Health Interview Survey, one of the most comprehensive datasets on complementary medicine use ever conducted, found that prayer specifically for one's own health was the single most-used CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) therapy in the country - ahead of herbal supplements, ahead of chiropractic, in which 43% of Americans, with 62% of this group identifying as Christian.
Food as Treatment for PTSD
A targeted diet can serve as an adjunctive treatment for PTSD by avoiding sugar, fast food, fried foods, and high-GI carbs while emphasizing nutrient-rich foods linked to symptom reduction.
One Cup Of This Fruit A Day Improves Gut Health, According To Science - Tasting Table
Eating one cup of grapes daily supports gut health by providing fiber and prebiotic benefits that increase microbiome diversity.
The Unexpected Impact of Glyphosate on the Microbiome
Glyphosate in Roundup is the world’s most popular herbicide and also an antibiotic that can disrupt gut microbes.
Are Antidepressants Anti-Sex?
Sexual dissatisfaction and antidepressant-related sexual dysfunction are strongly linked to depression, and pine bark extract may reduce antidepressant-induced sexual side effects.
Tea can improve your health and longevity, but the way you drink it matters
Tea may support cardiovascular health, metabolic health, cancer prevention, neuroprotection, and reduced age-related muscle loss, but bottled and bubble teas can reduce benefits via additives.
This Is What Happens To Your Heart Health When You Drink Green Tea Every Day, According To Science - Tasting Table
Daily green tea consumption supports heart health by improving blood pressure, inflammation, cholesterol balance, and gut protection.
The Minty, Medicinal Herb That Makes Hummingbirds Flock To Your Yard - Tasting Table
11 Natural Remedies for Lowering Blood Pressure Quickly
Hypertension often has no symptoms but raises risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, cognitive decline, and premature death.
Do GLP-1's Change Your Personality?
About 1 in 8 Americans is prescribed GLP-1 agonists, which can aid weight loss and may affect mood, drive, pleasure, and libido.
Life After Ozempic
Semaglutide reduces hunger and cravings, restoring a sense of control over eating and making calorie choices feel more uniform.
How just a spoonful OF sauerkraut can boost your gut health
When Stress Gets Under the Skin
Psychological stress activates sympathetic nerve cells that communicate with immune cells in skin, driving eosinophil-driven inflammation and eczema flare-ups.
Mold in your home: How to spot it, treat it, and take back your health
Mold thrives in damp indoor areas, causing respiratory irritation and illness, with higher risk for mold-allergic or immunocompromised people.
Vermont Becomes First State to Ban Pesticide Linked to Parkinson's Disease
The Rise Of Peptides: What Are Peptides And Do They Even Work?
Peptides are short amino-acid chains that act as sequence-specific messengers, driving targeted biological effects and fueling demand for recovery and longevity uses.
Omega-3 fish oil shows promise against type 2 diabetes
Omega-3 fish oil reduced glucose intolerance and insulin resistance in non-obese diabetic rats by lowering inflammation and altering immune cell activity.
Does Knee Surgery Make Your Osteoarthritis Worse?
Partial meniscectomy for knee osteoarthritis can worsen symptoms, knee function, and osteoarthritis progression rather than improving outcomes.
A Major Step toward a Cure for Hepatitis B Infection | NEJM
The current treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection includes nucleoside or nucleotide analogue (NA) therapy and pegylated interferon. Both of these treatments are effective in suppressing hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication and in reducing the risk of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Kambo: What is the frog poison spiritual ritual' killing detoxers?
Kambo uses frog secretions applied to burns and lacks scientific evidence, while deaths and bans have followed non-specialist use.
What to Do When Your Throat Gets Dry at Night
Dry throat at night often comes from dry air or mouth breathing, and can be eased by humidification, hydration, and soothing bedtime drinks.
Xylitol Gum Benefits
Xylitol chewing gum aligns with ingredient-aware, wellness-focused oral care by offering sweetness with fewer calories and supporting cavity prevention when used consistently.
Why is a skin care brand using a Times Square billboard to challenge the FDA over sunscreen? It's complicated.
Dear FDA, Why are sunscreen ingredient standards stuck in the last century? the billboard reads. Of course, the skin care brand is advertising its own sunscreen, which is made with zinc oxide - one of only two ingredients approved as safe and effective by the FDA for sun protection - as well beef tallow, beeswax and coconut oil.
Why Garlic Repels Mosquitoes and Keeps Them From Breeding
They determined that diallyl disulfide was the element that caused the inhibition. In practice, this substance acts on a sensory receptor present in the fly's taste organs, known as TrpA1. The TrpA1 receptor functions as a sensor that triggers immediate rejection responses when it detects potentially noxious tastes.