Vacations are meant for relaxing, but sitting around all day can get boring pretty quickly. Whether it's a morning yoga practice on the beach, a spectacular hike, or biking through wine country, choosing a fitness-minded hotel or resort definitely has its perks. Planning your own vacation? Consider one of these fit destinations in your decision — all of which have been tried, tested, and Read more

Last week's Susan G. Komen/Planned Parenthood debacle was a high-profile example of how women's health can fall prey to politics. Considering this is an election year, we can expect reproductive rights rhetoric to heat up on both sides. President Obama recently hit a sensitive spot when his administration announced that all employers, including Catholic universities and institutions, will have to Read more

April may be the cruelest month, but February is certainly the coldest. We hope you're wrapped up, out of the wind, and ready to see the best of what the shortest month has to offer. In the next 29 days, we'll be using the hottest new products to nurse dry skin back to health, give ourselves the shiniest hair imaginable, and brighten things up a bit in anticipation of sunnier days to come. So Read more

One of the best ways to stay motivated and stick to your health goals is to make wellness as easy as possible for yourself. To shift your lifestyle and settle on better, healthier decisions, make a few quick modifications to your home. Here are 12 quick steps to turn your house into a health haven, room by room. Read more

The year is just about over, and now that we've made it through the holidays, we can look forward to yet another reason to celebrate — the countdown to 2012! Over the past few weeks, we asked you to take a look back at the year in review and vote for your favorite workout song, fitness gear, health magazine, and fittest male celeb, so keep reading to find out the results. Read more

Nothing says Halloween quite like candy corn, but, in lieu of loading up on the sugary treats, save your gastronomic health with this fun, impressive candy corn manicure. The best part about it is that there's no right or wrong way to achieve it. Experiment with color placement (I made mine gradiate from orange to yellow to white instead of the traditional yellow to orange to white) or thickness Read more

Jennifer Lopez and her sister Lynda teamed up today to support a good cause at a local Best Buy in LA. Lynda and Jen were on hand to accept a $500,000 check for their Maribel Foundation, which provides quality health care for women and children around the globe. Through Jen's partnership with Samsung and Best Buy, the organization will now be able to treat children in multiple countries with the Read more

Before Summer ends, make sure to celebrate the season with some of its best harvest. (We're already mourning the goodbye of figs, strawberries, and raspberries.) For inspiration in the kitchen, we looked to some of our favorite health food bloggers. From eggplant to zucchini, here are their recipes, which celebrate the best of Summer's last harvest. Read more

Sarah Michelle Gellar struck a smiley pose on the cover of Health's October issue. She's promoting her new series Ringer, which premiered last week. SMG chatted about staying in great shape, her family, and work in between scenes on the new drama. The actress also opened up about her pregnancy and her and husband Freddie Prinze, Jr's daughter Charlie, who just visited the LA Ringer set on Monday. Read more

Gwyneth Paltrow got some of her best Big Apple girlfriends together last night for Good Housekeeping's Shine On Awards, which honored the achievements of powerful women. The actress was there to salute the work and raise awareness around maternal health done by Christy Turlington Burns, and they shared the evening with other ladies like Meryl Streep, Rebecca Romijn, and new mom Ali Larter. Read more