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The YOU Docs physician-authors Mike Roizen and Mehmet Oz?answer questions, give tips, talk over hot medical topics, and do it all with a sense of humor
What to Eat to Fight Breast Cancer
I recently had a cancerous tumor removed from my breast, and I've been wondering if there are certain foods to avoid as part of my recovery. Can you help?
Can This Oil Control Your Appetite?
Can't stop munching? Tear off a piece of chewy whole-grain bread. Now, dip it (we didn't say drench it) in the best olive oil you can find. Savor every flavor you can find in the mixture. And consider your snackfest done.
How to Let Your Workout Slide, Healthfully
When your schedule is heavier than all of the The Biggest Loser contestants combined, there's one thing you shouldn't drop: your workout.
The Drink Your Body Loves
Many women see comfort in a cup of chamomile tea, thanks to its slightly sedating effect and its ability to ease anxiety, menstrual cramps, and skin problems. Your bloodstream finds it comforting, too. Because there’s something in chamomile that
The Body Part That Wants You to Go Green
Your knees love it when you go green. We don't mean environmentally green, although they appreciate it when you take the stairs and when you take your bike for a spin instead of the car (strong leg muscles keep your joints healthy). We mean eating gr
How to Get What You Really Want
What's on your healthy to-do list? If it's the same thing that was there last week, and the week before, and the week before that . . . well, you might not need a personal chef, personal shopper, or personal trainer. And you might not need to delve i
The 6 Paths to Happiness
Positive emotions not only feel good; they play a crucial role in your health, too. Negative emotions change your brain function in ways that increase stress, which raises the risk of problems such as cancer and heart disease. And because positive em
A New Type of Weight Loss Surgery
In your book YOU: On a Diet, you mentioned how surgeons realized cutting the vagus nerve curbed a person's appetite. Why isn't vagotomy surgery an option for weight loss?
Get All-Day Energy with These Secrets
Sure, everyone feels tired now and then. But are your energy stores secretly zapped? To run on sustainable energy, ask yourself this:
Look Better in the Morning
Sleep can make you look better -- it stimulates growth hormone, which eventually allows for the production of collagen and elastin to keep your skin taut. But don't let ZZZs do all the work when it comes to helping you look great. Stack the deck with
Nature's Best Painkiller
If back pain or creaky knees isn't bad enough, the pain pills designed to blunt the hurt can carry nasty side effects and require monthly trips to the pharmacy. So try this no-cost way to decrease the pain: Take a deep breath and say "om."
Make Your Body 10 Years Younger
There's no doubt that the right jeans, the latest hairstyle, and the newest digital accessories can make you look 10 years younger (and that's without the plastic surgeon). But there's something else that can make you a decade younger on the inside:
Eat the Whole Thing and Watch Cancer Risk Drop
Juicier than the latest celeb gossip and more crisp than HDTV, apples may do a lot more than be the perfect fruit. The type of fiber in apples, called pectin, lowers your colon cancer risk by bumping up colon-protective compounds and clamping down on
Is It Okay to Bypass Your Doctor?
Wish you could get your sore throat looked at as fast as you can get served a double macchiato? Retail health clinics feel your pain, which is why about 1,000 of them have sprung up in drugstores, shopping malls, and big discount stores. The idea is
Lowering Cholesterol Without a Prescription
Nobody eats red yeast rice to lower cholesterol. They take red yeast rice supplements, which have a lot in common with the popular cholesterol-lowering statin drug Mevacor. Both are monacolins that prevent your liver from making LDL cholesterol. And
The Most Fattening Days of the Week
Can't wait for the weekend? You know, those long brunches with friends, the dinners out, the extra glass of wine. Yep, put it that way and it's no wonder you can't find anything comfortable to wear on Monday morning.
Will Your Marriage Last? Check Your Facebook Photos
Your Facebook photos (and your spouse's!) may say more about your future than you think. Recent research suggests that the more intensely you're smiling in photos (and there is a scientific way to measure smile intensity), the less likely you are to
Being Fickle About Your Workouts Pays Off
Bone loss, back pain, high cholesterol . . . very different problems. But there's a single solution. Abandon the same old workout routine.
Three Keys to Hurt-Free Knees
If your knees bother you when you bend 'em, try these pill-free pain beaters.
Does Yoga Make You Slim?
Want to be less tempted by the Twinkies and naturally prefer the carrots? Try yoga. Sounds simple, but recent research revealed that people who practice yoga often eat more mindfully -- and tend to be thinner.
Top Myths About Sugar
Even if you're not raiding the Halloween candy stash, you might be seriously overdosing on sugar. Most of us are: Americans consume a staggering 22 teaspoons of added sugars a day (that's 17% of the average American's daily calories); Canadians get a
Headaches: What Precipitates the Pounding
I've always suffered frequent headaches, and I think that when the air pressure changes, they are more intense. Are weather-related headaches possible?
The Surprising Way to Stop Sneezing
The reason your allergies are making you crazy all the time might have nothing to do with your significant other's cat (or dog, or carpet). It might be due to what you're drinking before, after, or with dinner.
Gaining Weight? Who’s Really to Blame
It's not what they serve you at dinner. The very friends who support every step you walk and every pound you lose may be subconsciously making you eat more than you want to, simply by sharing meals with you.
What Keeps Your Brain Young May Surprise You
Know the truth about your anatomical fuse box and you can keep your mind functioning at its peak.
A Good Reason to Skip the Gym
Struggling to feel at home in the gym? You don’t have to go. Seriously, working out at home can be just as effective when it comes to losing weight and lowering your risk of type 2 diabetes.
How Healthy Is Your Coffee Habit?
There's nothing like that first sip of coffee in the morning. Especially when you know that java can reduce your risk of diabetes, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's, as well as your risk of not paying attention to what your spouse is saying at the breakfa
Should You Get Tested for the "It" Vitamin?
How important is a vitamin D test? I requested it from my doctor and didn't get it. Should I push for it?
How Hungry Are You, Really?
Do you really know when you need to eat -- and when to stop? The cues you've been depending on may be as reliable as a $2 umbrella in a hurricane. Discover the truth about them so they won't fool you again in the future.
How Good Is Your Dinner?
Just how good can healthy food taste? A new contest for chefs recently set them to that task. But here's the twist: The chefs were hospital chefs, and they had to create tasty, healthy hospital food.
Need a Tissue? A Few Tears Are Good for You
Whether it’s over a tearjerker movie, a sweet note from your spouse, or a lethal parking ticket, go ahead and cry. Tears are good for you: Just as sweat removes salt, urine removes waste, and mucus traps bacteria, tears have a purpose, too.
3 Steps to an Energizing Lunch
To get on a roll this afternoon -- and stay there -- power up your lunch with these easy steps:
Smooth the School Year Start
There’s more to the start of school than the must-have psychedelic book covers and the whining about the math teacher. It’s not too late to give your kids a healthy start with these strategies:
7 Myths About the Flu
The flu -- whether it’s the usual, seasonal flu or the new H1N1 “swine” flu -- is nothing to sneeze at. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 200,000 people are hospitalized annually because of flu-related
When Heart Attacks Happen to (Seemingly) Healthy People
I know someone who had a heart attack (she survived), but she had no history of high cholesterol. How can that be?
Eating to Win
Want to win the account, or the golf or tennis match? Buy your opponent lunch, and make it a nice, big burger and fries.
Top Tips for Weight Loss
When it comes to losing your spare tire, your “bonus,” or whatever you call that extra jiggle, you need more than rice cakes and celery. You need strategies so you can diet smart, not diet hard. Use these to healthfully get you to your idea
Buying Healthy? What to Look For
You don’t have to spend your life savings or all your free time in the grocery store just to come home with foods that make you younger, healthier, and thinner. Use these tricks to navigate store aisles faster and smarter:
Get Healthy Faster
Visiting a hospital and watching all the activity (even if you are just there to visit someone else) can feel as calming as double-coupon Fridays at the grocery store. All the noise, light, smells, and hustle and bustle can stress you and, if you
No-Pill Ways to Reduce Blood Pressure
You thought you were ready to roll . . . until you’re standing in front of the room and realize that the thing you felt rolling around by your feet on the plane was the thumb drive with your presentation on it.
Beyond Calcium: What Your Bones Really Need
Are you careful about getting enough calcium and vitamin D to keep your bones young and strong? “Enough,” by the way, means 1,500 mg of calcium and 1,000 IU of D (1,200 IU if you’re a woman over 65) every day. Do you get that much? Fab
Can the Right Food Ward Off the Flu?
Is there a vitamin, mineral, herb, spice, food, or drink that can help ward off swine flu or lessen its severity?
Avoid Holiday Disasters
Ever heard that “it’s not your driving we’re worried about; it’s others on the road”? Well, this holiday weekend, it IS you. Because some things you’re doing dramatically increase your risk (and we didn’t even look
Why Nice Girls Finish Last -- and That’s Good
Nice women really do finish last. And that’s a good thing if you’re talking about the ultimate finish line of life, which we are. Enjoying life longer than all your classmates is great as long as you have nurtured younger friends.
The Care and Feeding of Nature's Best Detoxifier
Your liver isn't just a place to filter tequila. Although it never gets the attention that your heart, eyes, and other body parts do (know of any odes to your liver?), it performs biological miracles daily. All blood that has visited your small int
A New Way to Nix Pain
The Rolling Stones changed lives. So do kidney stones. Both can make you keel over (for different reasons) like a rugby player who’s been kneed in the groin.
The Indulgence That Lowers Cholesterol
Next time you’re yearning for something rich and creamy, choose peanut butter. What satisfies fat cravings and brings back childhood memories may also keep your heart healthy.
What Tobacco Companies Don’t Want You to Know Now
The number one way to boost your health quickly and to make your RealAge younger -- that’s the age of your body based on the way you’ve been treating it -- is to quit smoking. Or, as we term it, start breathing free. So why isn’t every
Is It Too Late to Prevent a Heart Attack or Cancer?
I am a 54-year-old car mechanic at a large dealership in Cleveland. I am fully employed and not stressed by a potential layoff, since people need their cars repaired and our dealership seems solid. I recently saw my doctor, who told me to exercise an
Three Myths That Sap Your Energy
Want to avoid that afternoon “please, caffeine and chocolate, rescue me” tiredness? Stay naturally energized by tossing these myths:
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