The 60 to 100 bpm range covers most adults, yet large studies suggest a tighter window may serve your heart better.

Aging can cause mild forgetfulness, but Alzheimer’s disease can cause significant changes in memory, mood, and personality. Aging can affect memory in subtle ways. However, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) ...

Between female friends, almost no topic is off-limits: Sex, relationships, periods — you name it, we talk about it. But when was the last time you talked about your vagina to a girlfriend? Once in a ...

As an editor and writer who has contributed to many national and local publications, Nicole Gregory enjoys communicating clearly on critical health topics so that readers can make informed choices for ...

The myth of normal tells us that that being within the range of what is considered "normal" is a core feature of successfully being a member of society—and that is simply not true. The myth of normal ...

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IN THIS AGE of fitness trackers, we now have easy access to our heart rate at any given moment. Considering your heart beats almost once a second, that's a lot of data to collect. But what do those ...

Toward the end of my psychiatric residency, a friend pulled me aside to ask a question: Was he normal? During sex, Jack's girlfriend, Ann, let her Irish setter share the bed. Since the dog took an ...