Nature's deadliest creatures employ distinct defense mechanisms. Venomous animals inject toxins through bites or stings, like cobras and jellyfish. Po ...

Castor oil and coconut oil are something that everyone loves. Two of the most popular options are castor oil and coconut oil that have been passed over generations but have you ever thought of what ...

Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Castor oil, which comes from the Ricinus communis plant, is commonly used as a laxative. More recently, there has been a growing interest in its use for ...

If you grew up in an Indian household, your grandparents must have handed you a spoonful of castor oil for just about everything. It was their cure-all. Turns out, they were not entirely wrong, at ...

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the ...

Joint pain from conditions like arthritis can be incredibly uncomfortable and disruptive. It can affect daily life, interrupting sleep and limiting activity. Sometimes, the pain can feel debilitating.

The CBD creams we’ve found to be most effective for pain tend to have other ingredients that create a cooling sensation for pain relief. It’s hard to say which ingredient is offering the bulk of the ...

When you think about strengthening your core, the first thing that probably comes to mind is your six-pack, or rectus abdonimis muscles. We get it—no one is arguing that six-packs look great—but there ...

Visit the cool-down area of any gym and you might notice people rolling their muscles over foam cylinders or rubber balls, or pounding them with a battery-powered massage gun. Most of them share the ...

A mum who initially dismissed her back pain as a pulled muscle was left stunned when scans revealed it was actually a symptom of breast cancer, caused by tumours fracturing her spine. Rachel McCormack ...

A man who hurled a pan of scalding-hot oil at a police officer, leaving him with third-degree burns and scars for life, has been jailed for nine years. Mohammed Sarfaraz, 45, of Gosforth in Newcastle, ...

Alena is a professional writer, editor and manager with a lifelong passion for helping others live well. She is also a registered yoga teacher (RYT-200) and a functional medicine certified health ...