Jesper Bengtson

If you take thyroid medication, these common foods could be blocking it

Coffee, calcium, soy and a few pantry staples can quietly cut how much of your pill reaches your bloodstream.

What your skin can quietly reveal about your heart, liver and blood sugar

Dermatologists read the skin as a diagnostic window into internal disease.

8 warning signs of gallstones that are easy to mistake for indigestion

Gallstones affect roughly 25 million Americans, yet the tell-tale signals are routinely mistaken for something harmless.

Eating tomatoes every day may reduce liver fat, even without losing weight

A six-week clinical trial found a measurable drop in liver fat, with no change on the scale.

What your body goes through in the weeks after you cut out added sugar

Cravings hit first. The measurable metabolic wins come later, and researchers can time them.

Flesh-eating bacteria are showing up more often in US waters: here is who is most at risk

Louisiana has already recorded five deaths this year as warming Gulf and Atlantic waters push the bacteria north.