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How to Lose Weight Fast: 5 Steps, 6 Potential Diets + 35 Tips

Maybe you’ve decided to get in better shape to improve your overall health, gain more energy, or in preparation for a competition or special event. Whatever the goal, you are certainly not alone. Most people ...

Cluster Headaches Causes and Possible Treatments

A cluster headache is one of the most painful afflictions. Sufferers have described cluster headaches as a hot dagger being poked through the eye and into the brain. Women have even compared cluster headache pain ...

Dirty Dozen List: Are You Eating the Most Pesticide-Laden Produce?

The Environmental Working Group released its Dirty Dozen list, a "Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce," and it serves as a solid reminder that we still have a lot of work to do when it ...

The Surprising Potential Health Benefits of Being Short

As you grow up, being short in stature often comes with some negatives, but it turns out, as you age, there are actually advantages to being on the shorter side. In fact, research shows there ...

7 Natural Treatments for a Heel Spur (Plus Symptoms & Causes)

A heel spur is caused by the displacement of calcium on the bone that forms on the underside of the heel. It may be one small bony protrusion or a collection of tiny, irregularly shaped ...

Kegel Exercises: A Proven How-To Guide

You may have heard of kegel exercise, but unless you've tried them yourself you're probably still wondering: What are kegels? Kegel exercises or kegels are simple and discreet exercises performed on the “pelvic floor” region ...

What Causes Belching? Plus, How to Treat & Prevent Excessive Burping

Belching is a normal body process that allows for the release of air in the stomach. When you swallow air when eating or drinking, you’ll feel the urge to release it by belching, and burping ...

Natural Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis, Including 5 Key Stretches

Roughly 11 to 15 percent of the adult population suffers from the type of heel pain known as plantar fasciitis, also known as plantar heel pain (PHP) or fasciopathy. Plantar fasciitis is caused by inflammation ...

Oxytocin (The Love Hormone): Benefits + How to Increase Levels

Oxytocin — nicknamed by some experts “the tend and befriend hormone” — is one of the most important hormones that humans (and many other mammals) produce. It plays an important role in: social bonding building ...

What Is Lovesickness and How Do You Overcome It?

Do you know what it feels like when you're longing for someone? Maybe you can't concentrate on anything else because you're constantly thinking about a love interest or love lost. You may be experiencing lovesickness, ...