Jesper Bengtson

A waist wider than half your height signals heart risk BMI misses, new study finds

A simple tape measure test outperformed BMI in a Lancet study of more than 2,700 adults.

How much you should squat and deadlift at every age, from a study of 809,986 lifts

Researchers mined nearly a million competition lifts to chart strength norms across every adult age.

The heart attack warning signs women too often mistake for stress or indigestion

A woman's heart attack can look nothing like the classic chest-clutching scene.

One weekly 75-minute interval walk cuts belly fat as well as three shorter sessions

A Hong Kong trial in 315 adults with central obesity backs the once-a-week approach.

Screens before bed are delaying your sleep by hours: Here is the Harvard research behind it

Screens after dark suppress melatonin, shifting your body clock and delaying the sleep you need.

Ebola has killed more than 1,700 in eastern Congo in fastest-growing outbreak ever

The Bundibugyo virus outbreak has produced 3,802 cases in less than three months.