Manage your microbiome “By and large, 50 percent (of disease risk) is due to our choices and 50 percent is due to our genetics,” says Dr. Paré. Your body’s bacteria play an important and little-recognized role in the management of chronic diseases. Noshing on probiotic-rich foods and limiting antibiotic use are some ways to start …

If your new year diet never quite materialised and, despite the best of intentions, you find it hard to resist the 3pm call of unhealthy snacks then a) you’re definitely not alone and b) don’t beat yourself up because your willpower probably isn’t to blame. It turns out that everything from your drinking habits to …

Tamiflu (generic: oseltamivir), the go-to drug for combatting influenza has a new challenger. Japanese drugmaker Shionogi has announced that test results are in: its drug kills the flu virus in 24 hours. With one pill. The drug, named Xofluza (generic: baloxavir marboxyl), was recently granted accelerated approval by the Japanese government after trials of the …

A new study by researchers at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School has revealed the distortive effects of selfie cameras, which are prompting many people to develop a skewed self image. If you find yourself taking hundreds of selfies but still aren’t happy with the image, then you may have fallen victim to the ‘selfie effect.’ …

For a long time, I took having good hair for granted—it was naturally dark and shiny, thick and strong, and grew fast. In the past few years, though, I’ve experienced a change in my hair. I started dyeing it regularly, taking a powerful acne medication, and moved to an area with different water, and quickly …