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Spiced Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Once you’ve finished carving your jack-o’-lantern, save those seeds to make this crunchy snack.
Prosciutto-Wrapped Asparagus
For a sweeter taste, try wrapping prosciutto around melon or even pear slices.
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.
PUMPING IRONY: Seeing Is Believing
Despite concerns about vision loss, seniors like me tend to ignore preventive screenings and treatments. Accessibility is an issue, experts say, but a lack of collaboration between physicians and ophthalmologists plays a role as well.
What Are the Three Phases of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder?
Researchers have outlined three distinct phases: hypermobility, pain, and joint stiffening.
Why Your Body Needs Magnesium and How to Maximize Your Intake
Magnesium is a key mineral for optimizing your health and well-being. Learn about its essential functions, recommended intake, optimal food sources, and signs that you may be low.
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.
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.
5 Meals for Postpartum Parents
Nourishing food is an important element of postpartum healing and lactation. These healthy, whole-food recipes are designed to support new mothers.
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.
Which Health Conditions Are Associated With Hypermobility?
Fatigue, brain fog, digestive issues, and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) are just some of the surprising health issues associated with hypermobile Ehlers-Danos syndrome.
The Promise of Permeability
How to soften your defenses so you can let feelings in — and out again.
Romantic Escapes
Leaving regular life behind for a getaway or vacation can be hard, but it’s worth it for the health of your relationship.
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.
Pillow Talk: A Q&A With Sex Therapist Vanessa Marin
Sex therapist Vanessa Marin and her husband Xander Marin help couples take the intimidation out of getting intimate.
The Sensuality Workout
These playful moves engage your muscles and your senses, helping to prime you for intimacy.
ONE HEALTHY HABIT:
Take Your Libido-Supporting Supplements
If your sex drive has waned, consider giving these key vitamins and herbs a try.
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.
7 Ways to Make Your Bedroom More Intimate
Creating space for intimacy is an important part of your overall wellness. Feng shui experts and sex educators offer their top strategies.
Beyond Binary Gender Diversity
More young people identify as transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming than ever before.