An American woman born today is expected to live to 81.2 years of age, which is longer than ever before. But there are a few little tweaks you can make to extend that time even further. The best part? They involve simple steps like eating chocolate, drinking wine, and getting happier. You can definitely handle …

There’s some potentially promising news for the more than 37 million migraine sufferers in the United States: According to a paper recently published in the journal Alternative and Complementary Therapies, several herbs may prove effective in treating migraines—even more effective than cannabis. “Too good to be true,” you might be thinking, or, “Who knew weed …

Earwax is one of those bodily fluids that’s usually out of sight and out of mind—that is, until you put a Q-tip into those ears and, well, you know. It’s not pretty. But if you’re self-conscious about the gunk in there, the last thing you should be doing is popping cotton in them, says Ana …

Sure, you do what you can to brush your teeth twice a day, but it’s easy to conk out at night before you actually make it to the bathroom to get things done. It seems like a pretty harmless habit, but new research has found that doing this repeatedly could be way more serious than …

New work suggests that a common, inexpensive and safe chemical could slow the aging of human skin. The researchers found evidence that the chemical — an antioxidant called methylene blue — could slow or reverse several well-known signs of aging when tested in cultured human skin cells and simulated skin tissue. These cross-section images show …