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What Are Common Signs and Symptoms of Endometriosis?
From severe menstrual cramping and painful intercourse to fatigue and infertility, this condition can impact a woman’s overall quality of life. Learn more.
How to Increase Your Testosterone — Naturally
Men are confronting an unprecedented decline in testosterone. Consider these 11 lifestyle-based tips to protect your T.
Why Collagen?
Collagen is something of a buzzword in the nutrition world of late, yet this nutrient has always been important to our overall health. As our eating patterns have steered toward processed and convenience foods over the past 60 years, our dietary needs for collagen have increased — hence the growing interest in collagen supplementation. Anika Christ, RD, explains what collagen is, its role in our body, and its advantages for health. She also offers guidance around supplementation and supporting your body’s natural production of this nutrient.
6 Exercises to Support Your Pelvic Floor
Use this expertly designed routine of stretches and strengthening exercises for a strong and mobile pelvic floor.
How One Woman Survived Breast Implant Illness
Debbie Friedlander on how she is finding relief from breast implant illness 25 years after undergoing a preventive mastectomy.
6 Supplements to Consider This Fall
Life Time dietitian recommendations for supporting your health as the season changes.
What You Need to Know About the Eye Microbiome
Recent research reveals our eyes have a microbiome, just like the gut and skin do. Learn how this finding may be used to treat eye disorders.
A Guide to Healthy Skincare for Teenagers
A top esthetician shares simple steps to help your teen learn how to take good care of their skin.
What Is Trauma-Informed Rest?
In her new book, Permission to Rest, Ashley Neese talks about why rest is a radical — and necessary — practice, as well as how those of us with trauma might approach rest differently.
Mental Health and Hormonal Birth Control: Katie Lemon’s Story
A woman experiencing adverse side effects from hormonal birth control finds relief when she pursues another option.
Your Fit and Functional Pelvic Floor
Pelvic-floor health is an important, yet often overlooked, component of overall well-being. Discover how to keep this group of muscles strong and healthy.
A Functional-Medicine Approach to Endometriosis
How to address this painful condition with diet and lifestyle interventions.
The Case for Sex Therapy
Here’s how individual or partner therapy can help you understand your desires and boundaries, improve communication with your partner — and enjoy better sex.
Beyond Binary Gender Diversity
More young people identify as transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming than ever before.
“The Pill” for Guys?
An array of male contraceptives are under development — including a new, nonhormonal male birth control pill.
Why Is the Maternal Mortality Rate in the United States So High?
Learn why giving birth in the United States is more dangerous today than it was three decades ago.
PUMPING IRONY: Still Clueless After All These Years
The scientific community continues to struggle to understand how to diagnose and treat long COVID, which can be especially hard on seniors. But some critics believe the answers are hidden in plain sight.
The Stages of Menopause + How to Support Your Body
Menopause is a normal physiological process that affects every woman at some point in their life, yet it’s only as of late that it’s being discussed more openly. Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT, discusses what happens to our bodies during menopause and its various stages, the symptoms one can expect and why they occur, and the lifestyle habits and behaviors we can implement to support our bodies during this transitional time.
6 Things to Know About the “Miracle” Drug Ozempic
Functional-medicine pioneer Frank Lipman, MD, on what you should know about weight-loss drugs like Ozempic.
What Are the Chakras?
Discover the body’s seven energy centers. Plus, enhance your well-being with this chakra meditation.
How to Support Your Hair, Body & Skin as You Age
LifeSpa experts offer tips for aging healthfully.