Your Mental and Kidney Health IgA nephropathy can raise your chances of depression, anxiety, and stress. Here are some steps you can take to manage your mental and kidney health.

Collagen Supplements for Skin, Hair, and Nails: What to Know Data on collagen supplements is more plentiful than in the past, though still murky. Collagen supplements appear to be safe to take and somewhat effective, depending on what problem you’re trying to solve, what type of supplement you take, and which ingredients are included. Here’s what to know.

Why Saying ‘Hello, Stranger’ Could Be Key to Better Health We tend to keep to ourselves in public – but experts say chatting with acquaintances and bystanders could be good for our mood and physical health.

The Influencer: How Finding Her Voice Inspired a Community of Self-Healers An Instagram influencer helps other people with Crohn’s and IBD heal themselves

The Need for Better Minority Enrollment in Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trials African Americans are more likely to develop multiple myeloma but are underrepresented in clinical trials. Here’s why and what can be done about it.

How My New Golf Hobby Made Me Healthier in Unexpected Ways The “spillover effect” teaches us that doing one healthy thing can lead to a whole lot more – if you can stick with it and move past the bad shots.

Managing Sore Muscles and Aches and Pains It’s normal to have sore muscles after you work out, play sports, or even do housework. Here are tips to help ease sore muscles at home.

Easing Stress, Easing Arthritis Symptoms Learn how to reduce stress and manage arthritis symptoms with these simple tips from WebMD.

Herbs, Vitamins, and Supplements Used to Enhance Mood Some supplements reportedly boost mood — but what does the evidence show for mood enhancers?

Pick the Right Supplements and Vitamins Should you take supplements? Can they do you more harm than good? Learn if you need them and how to pick the right ones for you.

Yoga for Stress Management The benefits of yoga include decreased stress and tension, increased strength and balance, increased flexibility, and lowered blood pressure — so isn’t it time you started?

Tips to Feel Better All Day What are the most important steps to follow if you want to feel good from morning to night?

Yoga Fitness There are many traditional fitness modalities from Asia that aim to cultivate the body and spirit together. Let’s look at yoga.

The Chef: How the Kitchen Can Heal and Help You Love Food Again A chef with Crohn’s disease found the kitchen was the best place to heal and to rediscover his love of food.

How the Body Reacts to Grief, and What It Can Mean Fatigue, headaches, stomach pain, and a higher risk of heart disease: Although these things may not make you think of grief at first, many people who have a significant loss get these and other physical symptoms.

6 Reasons to Drink Water While we may not need eight glasses a day, there are plenty of reasons to drink water.

The Seeker: How Searching for ‘Weird’ Holistic Remedies Make You Stronger Seeking out alternative remedies such as acupuncture, Chinese herbs, prenatal yoga, and baby food helped manage my Crohn’s.

The Truth About Belly Fat Do you have too much belly fat? Reducing visceral fat may be as simple as diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management. WebMD shares what works.

Staying With Your Depression Treatment Plan People go off their antidepressants for many reasons, but quitting too early could cause your symptoms to come back.

Therapeutic Ways to Alter Negative Thoughts We all have negative thoughts. We all think in ways that aren’t healthy. Learning to recognize that, and to find different, more helpful ways to think, is critical to our well-being,