Your immune system is your body’s built-in defense network, working nonstop to protect you from bacteria, viruses, and other harmful invaders. Your immune system includes two main parts: the innate ...

Medically reviewed by Farah Khan, MD Key Takeaways Taking vitamin C supplements can boost your immune system.Exercise regularly to help your immune system stay strong.Eating citrus fruits can reduce ...

Vitamins and supplements like zinc and cod liver oil are often touted for their ability to boost your immune system, but Jeffrey Bland, the "father of functional medicine," says that's not actually ...

We often think about our immune system when a breakdown happens—AKA the sniffles start. Sick happens, and nothing can prevent anyone from never, ever coming down with an illness. However, it is ...

As much as Philly loves the start of football season, fall also signals the return of something far less exciting: cold and flu season. It usually begins in October and can last through May. The best ...

Although winter is coming to a close, cold and flu season is still threatening our immune systems. Staying healthy is a marriage of several simple practices, according to Dr. Roger Seheult, a critical ...

We're officially in respiratory virus season, and it's expected to last through mid-May. There are ways to protect against viruses like Covid-19, influenza and RSV naturally. Mandy Gaither explains ...

It’s easy to feel helpless as we all face this invisible enemy. It’s an enemy that we can’t shoot and can’t mobilize our vast armies to overcome. But wait, we do have a major internal force—in fact, ...

Even though I’m always writing about the studies on the benefits of exercise, I honestly don’t need to see the science to know that it’s good news for our health. Stretching our bodies and moving our ...

I am lying under a blanket, feeling rough, staring at a bowl of oranges. Every fibre of my being is urging me to devour the lot. I can hear my mum – and medical friends at university – insisting that ...