Jesper Bengtson
What happens to your body in the first month of lifting weights after 50
The first weeks after you pick up a dumbbell past 50 bring real changes, and the earliest hides where nobody looks.
Scientists tracked 427 lives for 47 years and pinpointed when your fitness starts to slip
The age may feel younger than you expected, and the finding on exercise is honest rather than reassuring.
Lung cancer deaths fell 52% in men, and experts say you can keep lowering your risk
A twenty-year shift has quietly rewritten the outlook on the deadliest cancer in the country.
Going plant-based may lower your risk of five cancers, one by nearly a third
Researchers pooled studies from across three continents, and one cancer type showed the biggest gap between vegetarians and meat eaters.
What you eat matters more than how it was processed, a major new analysis finds
A new look at decades of American eating habits is nudging nutrition experts to rethink one of today's loudest food rules.
A new epilepsy diagnosis in midlife may carry a six-fold higher risk of early dementia
A new comparison of French and Swedish health records points to a sharper link than many doctors had previously tracked.