Stress Is Everywhere—Here’s How to Break the Cycle and Thrive This Holiday Season

7 Simple Ways to Actually Reduce Inflammation in Your Body

Inflammation has a bad rap, both as an agent of pain and a risk factor for chronic illnesses like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. Even the word itself sounds like something is going up in flames—and that’s pretty accurate: Inflammation is your body’s response to injury or infection, and triggers redness, swelling, heat, and loss of function, S. Louis Bridges Jr., MD, PhD, a board-certified rheumatologist at the Hospital for Special Surgery, in New York, tells SELF.

How these tiny seeds pack a punch against heart disease

Heart disease – which encompasses coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, and hypertension – is the leading cause of death worldwide. Also known as cardiovascular disease (CVD), heart disease shows no sign of loosening its deadly grip any time soon. For example, the American Heart Association (AHA) predicts that a stunning 40 percent of the U.S. adult population will have some type of CVD by the year 2030.

How to Ease Anxiety and PTSD: 3 Somatic Exercises to Try

After ten major reconstructive hip surgeries and almost six cumulative years in a full body cast, I emerged from childhood into my teenage years. My start in life was quite different from those around me. My body would never be like everyone else’s, and I was living in the aftermath of trauma.

Should You Do a Breast Self-Exam?

“Breast self-exams are no longer recommended.” When I saw that headline earlier this year, I thought it was a typo. As someone who found my own breast cancer lump that turned out to be stage 3 cancer, I was surprised to learn that many health organizations like the American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute don’t recommend breast self-exams. And they haven’t for years. So what happened?