Sharp, electrical jolt-like pain running down the back of your leg could be sciatica. This is when the sciatic nerve becomes affected by a variety of causes resulting in

You don’t have to succumb to the ravages of aging when it comes to healthy hearing. There are some things you could be doing right now that can enable you to decipher sounds well into senior years.

Menopause — it’s a time in a woman’s life that she may fear, worry, or wonder about — but one that remains incredibly personal and, at times, precarious.

Menopause symptoms can vary greatly and run the gamut from being hardly noticeable, except for the absence of menses, to the daily inconvenience of everything from night sweats to irritability and painful joints, not to mention vaginal dryness and painful intercourse.

Other women may also complain of urinary incontinence, exhaustion, and negative changes in mood, not unlike typical PMS symptoms.

Overall, not a pretty scenario at any age.

You may have heard of acupuncture but might not know much about it. In fact, not many do. It is one of the most mysterious alternative therapies that seems to have been gaining traction ever since being touted by President Nixon on a trip to China. At the same time, it was written about by New York Times reporter James Reston who was traveling with the president after he personally experienced the healing power of acupuncture for sudden back pain.