Animals sometimes seek new foods because illness has affected their tastes—leading them to medicate with foods they normally avoid.

Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD If you are living with pain, adding herbs to your regimen may help ease your discomfort, especially when combined with regular exercise, diet, and relaxation ...

Another compound, salicin, derived from willow bark, is best known as the active compound in aspirin when transformed to salicylic acid in the liver. But when activated by Bacteroides in the ...

Another compound, salicin, derived from willow bark, is best known as the active compound in aspirin when transformed to salicylic acid in the liver. But when activated by Bacteroides in the ...

willow bark. Why? The bark contains salicin, a compound related to aspirin, and it reduces the aches and inflammation resulting from a half year of inactivity. The bears are taking medicine.