Doctors often say labs look “normal.” Dr. Mark Hyman explains why that doesn’t always reflect wellness, and what early ...

Urine tests measure specific substances in your urine, such as electrolytes, proteins, and bacteria. These tests can reveal a lot about your health, particularly when gradual changes or big jumps ...

Spleen size varies from person to person. The size of your spleen can also change over time in response to illness or injury. Your spleen is a small but hard-working organ hidden behind your stomach ...

A sodium blood test will tell you if your blood sodium levels are normal. Blood sodium levels actually have little to do with how much sodium you consume and are tightly regulated by your body's ...

If you have diabetes, daily management of your blood sugar levels is important to feeling your best and preventing long-term health complications. Blood sugar can also be an important measurement to ...

Becca Stanek is an experienced writer and editor who is passionate about exploring the ways we can feel better mentally and physically to get the most out of our lives. She has worked for publications ...

Logo text When Sally Rooney was approached not only to turn her best-selling novel Normal People into a TV series, but to also try her hand at adapting it to screen — her very first time writing a ...

It's been an unusual political year, to put it mildly, and you could write most of its story just by tracking its effects on the lexicon — the new words and new uses of old ones, some useful, some ...