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Outpatient Care for Binge Eating: what to Expect

If you struggle with binge eating and want to stop, outpatient care is a good option. Your health insurance should cover outpatient treatment for e...

Link Between Binge Eating and Depression

If you binge eat, you might feel depressed about your food habits. The same genes involved in depression may play a role in eating and anxiety diso...

Life After Rehab

You’ve seen it in the tabloids: The celebrity with a history of drug or alcohol problems checks back into a treatment center -- or loses their life...

How Not to Wreck Your Liver

It's all about a healthy lifestyle, says Ray Chung, MD, medical director of the liver transplant program at Massachusetts General Hospital. 'Taking...

Cholesterol: The Big Picture

You have high cholesterol if your LDL is 160 or above and your total cholesterol is 240 or above. (Total cholesterol is calculated using a formula:...

Why are Hemp Seeds Good for Me?

Hemp, chia, flax and canary seeds are excellent, nutrient-rich choices.

Amazing Disease Fighting Foods

Dairy foods are not only the best food source of dietary calcium, but also have plenty of protein, vitamins (including vitamin D), and minerals -- ...

Walk Away The Pounds Without Breaking a Sweat

The way these programs work is simple: Buy a pedometer (available for $25 to $35) to track the number of steps you take in a day; wear the pager-si...

Step By Step: Walking for Fitness

So 'Walk this way!' as the rock group Aerosmith would shout, and maybe one step could lead to a thousand, and that could lead to better health. Fit...

Sofa to 5K Training Tips

If you’re new to running, recovering from an injury, or at the beginning of your runner’s journey for whatever reason, you should establish a train...

Runner's High: is it for Real?

'On average, you tend to see people who are runners and habitual exercisers having better moods, suffering from less depression and less anxiety, a...

Ls Running Outside Toxic?

'What's not clear with air pollution and exercise is how much exposure is a danger, or how long you have to be exposed,' he writes. If you're like ...