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Shalamar suffered from chronic insomnia. She couldn’t fall asleep after her late-night shifts as a server at a New York…

We have all heard of DNA genetic-testing services like 23andMe. After I suffered adverse reactions from the antibiotic Levaquin, I…

If you take a medication for a psychiatric condition, you may have experienced troubled sleep — insomnia, daytime sleepiness, or…

For teens and children with migraines, feeling stressed is a significant migraine trigger — both during the stressful time and afterward. Those who suffer from migraines need to be aware and vigilant with their self-care to help decrease the number of migraines.

I was living in a tunnel vision of dark depression, and there was barely a glimmer of hope at the…

If a core goal of our nation is to have the healthiest population possible, then we need to rethink, regroup, and restore our commitment to health practices and processes that are aligned with this mission.

One woman’s story with breast cancer, learning how cancer grows and discovering alternative methods of treating cancer.

I started taking the pill when I was in college, not as a method of birth control, but because it…

Medications Perpetuate the Diagnosis: As a registered nurse with a sincere passion for what I do, I’m very frequently in…

We are all aware that medications have side effects. We hear the long list rattled off at the end of…