The Only Three Skin Care Ingredients You Need

Photo: Henry Leutwyler Snail slime. Plant stem cells. Bee venom. These are just a few of the many, many confusing things touted on the ingredient labels of serums, moisturizers, and eye creams. If you’ve spent any time in Sephora lately, you know it can be completely overwhelming trying to shop for effective skin care. To cut through the noise, I talked to two top NYC dermatologists, Dr. Elizabeth Hale and Dr. Amy...

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Fish Oil Boosts Brain Power

Photo by Getty Images Fish oil is touted as a magical potion that boosts fertility, heart health, and weight loss and promotes a clear complexion, while lessening the effects of depression, ulcers, diabetes and many more conditions. But there’s another benefit to these glossy little capsules: They may prevent Alzheimer’s disease.  A new study of 819 people published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia found that...

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5 Ways to Lower Your Risk for Alzheimer's Disease

New research suggests aluminum exposure contributes to dementia, but there is plenty you can do to lower your risk.  Photo: Getty Images Aluminum is one of the most widely used metals in the world. Consider your morning commute: You hop into your car, where you’re protected from the elements by aluminum body panels. You sip your morning coffee from an aluminum travel mug. You arrive at your desk and pry open your laptop’s...

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How Healthy Is Your Brain? Take This Test to Find Out

How long can you stand on one foot? This isn’t just a test of balance — it’s a test of brain health. (Tom and Steve/Photographer’s Choice RF/Getty Images) Internet brain games aren’t the only way to gauge what’s going on between your ears. A simple physical test may be able to tell you how healthy your brain is, according to a new study from Japan, published in the journal Stroke. In the study, researchers...

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Say Hello to the Latest Mosquito-Borne Virus: Chikungunya

Photo by Getty Images Scientists knew it was coming, and now it's here: The first U.S. cases of chikungunya, a virus carried by mosquitoes that can cause fever and joint pain, have surfaced in a Florida man and woman who have not traveled to any of the foreign countries where the disease is common, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The two cases indicate that the virus may begin to pop up more...

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The New Health Threats You'll Be Seeing In 2015

Don’t let these new health enemies threaten you in 2015. (James Brey/Getty Images)  There are the health woes we worry about year after year — think obesity, diabetes, and opioid addiction — and then there are the ones that threaten to catch us off guard. We’re talking about the public health enemies that emerge with sudden, unexpected force — and then leave us all wondering why we didn’t see them coming. This ...

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