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There many types of exercise that can help people manage ankylosing spondylitis. Try switching things up with walking, swimming, yoga, tai chi, and more.

For people who've tried a low-calorie diet in the past, the thought of cutting calories each day probably brings back bad memories. Most diets involve reducing calories in some way or another: Some introduce foods that fill you up faster but contain fewer calories, such as fruits and vegetables in…

Lower back pain is the most common symptom of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and it can be much more intense - and debilitating - than the back aches that affect about one quarter of all adults. In many cases, it takes a variety of strategies to manage AS back pain.

It's said that happiness is 40 percent intentional action, so no matter your set point or what circumstances befall you, there are exercises you can do that will make a difference in your mood. You can raise levels of your happiness hormones, like dopamine and serotonin, by taking physical action.

Rachna Chhachhi is a certified nutritional therapist and WHO certified in nutrition. She is the writer of Restore, a book on how to fight diseases for working professionals.

Whether you're trying to lose weight or just eat healthfully, pasta tends to be seen as off-limits. But you don't have to ban pasta entirely or even relegate it to "cheat meal" status; in fact, an Italian study published in July 2016 in Nutrition & Diabetes has found that eating…

Last year, I wrote a column arguing that evidence shows that diet, not exercise, is the key to weight loss. Since then, I have been troubled at how some readers have taken this to mean that exercise therefore has no value. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Baked, low-fat, multi-grain, gluten-free, vegan. Sometimes our efforts to make healthy choices can end up backfiring in unexpected ways. Low-fat or fat-free can come at the price of sacrificing nutrients, and gluten-free goods can pack just as many calories, sugars and fats as their full-gluten counterparts - if not more!

It may have taken 20 years, but there's a new label (eventually) coming to a package near you! Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the Nutrition Facts panel on the back of our food packages will be getting a major makeover.

As I get older, I find myself being more interested in news stories and research findings related to predicting how long I might live. After all, this is the key piece of information that would help me plan the most strategic and successful retirement, even though I think that…