Health & Fitness

Get ready for cold/flu season by boosting your immune system - the natural way - before you get sick.

Dr. Nabila El-Bassel, a professor at Columbia, was principal investigator on a recent prevention approach to lowering HIV in Af/Am communities.

Always been curious about yoga? Well, it is not hard to get started. It's been practiced for thousands of years and has many health benefits.

Practiced in the East for thousands of years, yoga has swept across the West like a cleansing downpour. It’s everywhere- for good reason. A regular yoga session provides numerous benefits to the mind and body including lowering blood pressure, regulating blood sugar, and improving mental acuity. One of the primary benefits of practice is stress reduction, which is why juvenile justice centers across America are instituting yoga programs as a form of rehabilitation.

If you're bored with your workout routine, experts say now is the time to jumpstart your exercise regimen.

Celiac disease affects over 3 million individuals. Recent studies have shown that not only do African-Americans suffer from it, but they are often under-diagnosed.

Don’t let perceived high costs keep you from providing your family with foods free of pesticides, growth hormones, and antibiotics.

For a time, soy could do no wrong and was heralded for combating cancer. But the medical community has some new developments.

Zapping salad fixings with just a bit of radiation can kill dangerous E. coli and other bacteria — and food safety experts say Europe's massive outbreak shows wary consumers should give the long-approved step a chance.

Restaurants and hotels are carrying more gluten-free food products to meet guests' needs.