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The Healing Effects of Colored Light

Light therapy at different parts of the color spectrum is said to offer different benefits, but how strong is the evidence?

Blue light for acne? Red light to erase fine lines and wrinkles? Green light to ease pain? The different wavelengths of various colors enter...

Morton’s Neuroma

A Real Pain in the Foot

If you get a sharp, sometimes burning, pain on the ball of your foot between two toes when you walk, you may wonder what...

Breathing Devices for Lowering Blood Pressure?

If you have high blood pressure that you control, or try to control, with diet, exercise, weight loss, and other lifestyle measures—and perhaps even medication—here’s something to consider adding...

Life After Tinnitus

We had just finished celebrating my wife’s birthday. She was driving our older son back to his college campus while I stayed home with our younger one. All of...

Coping With Tinnitus

Tinnire: Latin for “to ring” Described as ringing in the ear, tinnitus can also sound like buzzing, crickets, hissing, whistling, screeching, clicking, static, roaring, swooshing, a dial tone, or pulsing....

Hair-Raising News, Literally

Minoxidil applied directly to the scalp is FDA-approved to treat hair loss, but a fair number of people discontinue the topical after trying it. It can cause itching. It...

Scarred No More

If you had acne as a teenager or young adult (and you likely did, at least to some degree), you may carry with you an unwanted reminder of those...

Dietary Supplements for an Enlarged Prostate

If you, like many older men, have an enlarged prostate—a condition known as benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH—you probably know all too well how distressing and even debilitating it...

Is the End of Presbyopia Near?

If you've seen the eye-catching commercials for eye drops that claim to improve close-up vision, you may think this sounds too good to be true. Can you really toss...

Kiwi for Constipation

If you have constipation, kiwifruit (often just called kiwi) may help keep you regular, according to a handful of promising studies. Chronic constipation affects about 10 to 20 percent...

Celiac Disease: Who Should Get Tested

If you have a parent, sibling, or child with celiac disease, you should be tested for it, even if you don’t have symptoms or signs. Diagnosing (initially via a...

CoQ10 for Statin-Related Muscle Pain?

I started taking a statin a few weeks ago and have been experiencing more musculoskeletal pain than usual. Could it be from the medication, and, if so, might CoQ10...