Your skin cells are constantly regenerating, so how is it that a tattoo can last for decades? Fascinating new research from France sheds new light on how this works: Your skin cells soak up the pigment, then release it when they die for other cells to pick up. This cycle continues ad infinitum – the …

Researchers at the University of Birmingham and King’s College London have found that staying active keeps the body young and healthy. The researchers set out to assess the health of older adults who had exercised most of their adult lives to see if this could slow down ageing. The study recruited 125 amateur cyclists aged …

Having a baby is one of the few things that can truly change every aspect of your life, and though most of those changes are for the better, becoming a parent is undoubtedly difficult and can be scary at times. For many women, one of the scarier parts comes when they return to the workforce …

A mom of four says keeping prepared, healthy snacks at eye level in her refrigerator has helped her lose 30 pounds. Leslie Nuno of Portland, Oregon, organizes her refrigerator to ensure she is eating more nutrients and less sweets. Nuno, also a Weight Watchers member, says the change has made a difference in her family’s …

Women are no strangers to pain. In addition to experiencing the obvious, like periods symptoms (which some doctors claim can cause cramps as painful as heart attacks) and childbirth, women are also significantly more prone to endometriosis and chronic pain disorders such as fibromyalgia than men are. And so, the fact that doctors and experts …