Empower Your Wellness Journey

Fitness trackers like the popular Fitbit aren’t always as accurate, and for some people, that’s enough to file a lawsuit. Like most fitness tracking devices, the Fitbit has a tendency to underestimate the amount of steps taken while doing tasks around the home and office, according to a recent Ball…

The summer months are finally here, which means more people will be working out for “beach season.” But Dr. Jeffery Banker, director of the Syncope Clinic, tells The Baltimore Sun that working out in the heat is dangerous for many people. “Work out too hard and become overheated… and you…

For the third straight year in a row, Washington, D.C., has been named “America’s Fittest City.” The annual ranking from the American College of Sports Medicine and the Anthem Foundation measures and compares the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the country based on aspects like physical activity levels, rates of…

The Hepatitis B virus, or HBV, is known as a particularly unattractive disease. Not only does it cause nausea and jaundice, a yellowing of the skin, but it can also lead to serious health issues like liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. It’s estimated that some 850,000 Americans have HBV, and…

Having a child is a priority in and of itself. That’s why many working women understand the feeling of wanting a child — just not right now — and wanting to be able to better plan for one in the future. And when it comes to fertility, it can be…

San Francisco recently became the first city in the nation to mandate public safety warnings about the health effects of sugar. Beginning July 25, publicly-displayed advertisements around the city for sugar-sweetened beverages must include a warning label that takes up 20% of the display space. San Francisco U.S. District Judge…