The health and body myths you believed when you were a kid probably seem silly to you now, like that swallowed gum stays in your stomach for seven years, or that if you make a weird face too often, it could stick that way. Weirdly,…

"The Warrior Poses are excellent for the overall vitality and strengthening of the body. They aid in building stamina and make your body strong as a warrior, thus the name," says Seema Sondhi, a Delhi-based yoga practitioner and trainer. The second pose in the series…

What Is Inflamed Vagina?The vagina has its own chemical balance. When this chemical balance is disturbed by some reason, the lining of the vagina becomes inflamed and swollen, this condition is known as inflamed vagina or vaginitis. This can occur in women and girls…

You can use the following things to bring down the puffiness of your eyes. But, whatever you choose to do, avoid rubbing your eyes as it aggravates the puffiness.Tea bags work very well for puffy eyes. You need to soak the bags in hot…

One mom had to make womb for two.After being diagnosed as a teen with the rare condition uterus didelphys, in which one woman is born with two sets of reproductive organs, 31-year-old Faye Wilkins was able to deliver two children from separate wombs.“At…

"Three-quarters of my patients call their skin sensitive," says Joshua Zeichner, MD, assistant professor of dermatology at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, "and treating skin too aggressively is one main reason why." Even if you're not intending to, you could be overwhelming…

How is getting a stronger, sleeker upper body like math? It's something otherwise smart women think they just can't accomplish. Or they use the excuse of getting too "bulked up." The moves here definitely won't turn you into the Incredible Hulk, but they will get…

"I purposely tried to make it as invasive, as intrusive, as hypocritical and unnecessary as possible to make the point." This from South Carolina Rep. Mia McLeod, who pre-filed legislation Thursday designed to drive a point home about women's reproductive rights.To wit: She's attempting…

It's well-known that men drink more than women—but a new analysis by a National Institutes of Health group finds that the gap between the way the two genders consume alcohol in the US is narrowing, according to an NIH press release.For example, the percentage…

People who were single and unhappy about it on Valentine's Day might be cheered by the story of Emma Morano, who has been single for the last 77 Valentine's Days and says it has helped her to live to the age of 115.The Italian,…