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Healthy Eating for Pain Relief

Looking for Drug-Free Pain Relief? Try Healthy Eating

For people who carry extra pounds, a healthy diet may help ease chronic aches and pain—even if the number on the bathroom scale doesn’t change, a recent study suggests. It’s...
MRI Basics

Taking the Stress Out of Your MRI

Considering that nearly 40 million magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are performed in the United States each year, there’s a reasonably good chance that you’ll have this test at...
seed oils

Don’t Believe the Bad Rap on Seed Oils

In 2024, the American Heart Association (AHA) published an article asserting that "there's no reason to avoid seed oils and plenty of reasons to eat them.” In the Make...
lose sense of smell

What Your Nose Knows

Scents and memories are intertwined, which is why the smell of baking cookies takes you straight back to your mother’s kitchen and a whiff of suntan lotion recalls childhood...
placebo effect

The Placebo Prescription?

I recently came across a medical study that caught my eye because it investigated a controversial subject. In a survey of doctors from 21 countries, researchers posed this question:...
dry eye supplements

Blink Twice: Can This Supplement Really Relieve Dry Eye Disease?

I’ve tried over-the-counter artificial tears for the stinging and burning of my dry eyes, but they don’t help enough. What do you think about the oral supplement Blink NutriTears...
Colon Cancer Stool Tests

Colon Cancer Stool Tests: Timely Follow-Up Screening Is Slipping Through the Cracks

At-home stool tests offer a convenient way to screen for colorectal cancer, but most people fail to keep up with the yearly testing schedule, according to a large U.S....
urinary tract infection (UTI)

Burning for Answers About UTIs?

Pain and pressure in your lower belly, an urgent or constant need to pee, burning when you urinate, and cloudy or foul-smelling urine are strong indications that you've got...
Light Pollution

Light Pollution: The Health Risk You Can See

The idea that pollution is harming human health is nothing new. Scientists have long warned that exposure to fine particulate matter from industrial and vehicle emissions increases the risk...

Well Fed But Undernourished

Most Americans have more than enough food to eat. Our average daily calorie intake has risen steadily over the past few decades, weighing in at 3,540 in 2021, according...