Awareness of your thyroid hormone levels can be key to unlocking a deeper understanding of your health, especially when you consider more than 60% of people with thyroid disease are completely unaware of their condition. Luckily at-home testing has made it easier than ever to test your thyroid levels. (Of course, it’s also a blood test you should ask for at your annual visit.) Often cheaper and more accessible than an office visit, at-home thyroid tests check the same hormone levels as the tests offered by your healthcare practitioner—we’ll get more into that later—and are offered by a variety of brands....

While tons of brands label their products as nontoxic, it’s a pretty vague statement without the proper certifications. Luckily, there’s a few hacks for finding the best nontoxic crib mattresses. Tasha Stoiber, Ph.D., a senior scientist at EWG, suggests looking for a company that values transparency to start your shopping process, calling it one of the “most important things” a parent can do. She explains that if a company is transparent about the materials it uses and how they’re sourced, “Then you know exactly what you are getting and can avoid harmful materials....

For a workout that emphasizes those lower abs, we reached out to Pilates instructor and creator of B The Method Lia Bartha. Bartha’s method is Pilates-based, and she shared a number of lower abs moves from her signature style. The best part: You can do every one of her exercise recommendations from home. (P.S.: mindbodygreen’s co-founder and co-CEO Colleen Wachob swears by Bartha’s low-impact routines that are equal parts toning and strength-building....

What sets the brand apart from competitors is its unique memory foam, which was originally created by NASA to provide out-of-this-world cushioning on spacecrafts. When the material became available to the average consumer, Tempur-Pedic’s founders jumped on the opportunity to perfect it, releasing TEMPUR® Material. We spoke with holistic chiropractor Sarah Sponaugle to get the lowdown on the best Tempur-Pedic pillows for every sleep style—and what factors you should consider before making your choice....

Gottman named these four communication habits as a play on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the Christian Bible’s New Testament. Those four horsemen—conquest, war, hunger, and death—signaled the end of times. Similarly, when there is a chronic use of Gottman’s Four Horsemen, research has shown the relationship is likely to become unstable and unhappy and, in likelihood, will end. Since the 1970s, Gottman has studied thousands of couples in what is called the Love Lab, where he and his team watched couples interact and tracked their relational satisfaction....

In fact, for the fifth year in a row, the U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking revealed that the Mediterranean diet continues to be named the best overall diet, concluding that it may offer a host of health benefits, including weight loss, heart and brain health, cancer prevention, and diabetes prevention and control. Here, learn the basics of this tried-and-true diet, the numerous health benefits associated with it, and how to get started today....

“While the third house, which lies across from the ninth on the zodiacal wheel, is all about knowledge and information, this one is about wisdom, intuition, and the big picture,” the twins explain, adding this house also reveals how we “take risks and venture to various parts of the world, our minds, and our beings.” According to astrologer Molly Pennington, Ph.D., the ninth house is also sometimes called the “House of God” in traditional, Hellenistic astrology, because of its relation to beliefs, faith, and philosophy....