A sudden and serious heart condition triggered by severe emotional stress can lead to the same type of long-term damage as a heart attack, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Anaheim, California, and funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Takotsubo syndrome (also called ‘broken heart syndrome’) affects …

According to a 2015 study published in Sexual Medicine, crying after sex (known as post-coital dysphoria or PCD) is a bit more common than one would think, at least in college-aged women. The research found 46 percent of those surveyed had cried at least once after sex, while five percent of those surveyed had felt …

When you’ve been dating someone for a while, it’s easy to form bad relationship habits, which, if left unchecked, have the power to crack the very foundation of your partnership. We asked therapists, psychologists, professors and other relationship experts to tell us which negative patterns should be broken before you start thinking about marriage. Here’s …

If you’re trying to get pregnant, there’s one thing you should know: Those myths that certain positions (like having sex while standing) don’t work are exactly that — myths. As long as you’re having intercourse, you’re potentially making a baby. “Basically, a woman can get pregnant in any position at all,” says Hilda Hutcherson, MD, …

Our friends are usually some of our closest people in the world. And you can suddenly fall in love with your friend and be afraid that it’s not mutual. But sometimes friends fall in love with us too. Some facts you should pay attention to if you want to know how your friend really feels …