Human Body

Which came first: Women’s anxious stomachs or anxious brains? That’s the question “Stuff Mom Never Told You” co-host Cristen Conger asks in her video “Are Women Too Stressed to Poop?” It may surprise you to learn that women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as men. IBS is a […]

If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, no doubt you’ve been told to change your eating habits (more veggies, less sweets) and get more exercise. These actions were thought to control your diabetes but not to reverse it. But a paper published in The BMJ  says that Type 2 diabetes is indeed reversible for many Type […]

Psoriasis is an autoimmune disorder that is most commonly associated with itchy, flaking skin rashes. However, this autoimmune disease can also affect an individual’s joints in a condition referred to as psoriatic arthritis or PsA. The Arthritis Foundation estimates that roughly 30 percent of people with psoriasis will develop PsA as well. The resulting joint pain […]