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Nutrition
How eating spinach every day may affect your blood pressure and muscle strength
The green on your plate carries a quiet chemistry your blood vessels seem to notice within hours.
Body
When Is Blood Pressure Too High? The Key Numbers Explained
For many, it's just a number that comes up during the annual check-up, but few know when that number actually means it's time to take action.
Nutrition
Scientists reveal how much whole grain you should eat for a healthier heart
Whole grains are endlessly recommended, but a new analysis is unusually specific about how much a day to aim for.
Vitamins and Supplements
Common sweeteners may interact with certain medications, new study suggests
A common sweetener and a widely prescribed antidepressant may be doing something in your gut that no label warns about.
Diseases
Long COVID could be raising your blood pressure, study finds
The pattern turned up even in people whose first COVID infection felt fairly mild, and it hit some groups harder than others.
Body
Osteoarthritis? Scientists reveal an unexpected treatment that can significantly reduce pain
A new study suggests that just one short round of low-dose radiation might help ease the pain and stiffness of knee osteoarthritis. Researchers believe this underused therapy could become...
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Nutrition
Research reveals what happens when you eat too much protein
The gym-floor rule you have heard since your first workout turns out to crumble when the lab actually tests it.
Nutrition
This is what happens to your body if you drink chai tea every day
Chai is a popular drink that combines black tea with spices such as ginger, cinnamon and cardamom.But what...
Diseases
Beer, wine or spirits? one drink was linked to a surprising health benefit
The type of drink you choose may matter more than how much you pour, a 13-year study of 340,000 adults suggests.
Diseases
One extra year in school could change your dementia risk
The twist is who seems to have gained the most, and it is not the group most people would expect.
Mental Well-being
Scientists find that one extra daily serving of fruit is linked to a 13% lower depression risk
Researchers tracked thousands of high schoolers through adolescence and spotted the same small daily difference showing up for two mood problems.
Diseases
Your Alzheimer’s blood test could be wrong: Here’s what scientists found
Current blood tests can light up for the wrong reasons, and researchers say one extra step may finally close that gap.
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These common vegetables contain surprisingly high amounts of potassium
Bananas are known for their high potassium content, but...
Taking blood pressure pills? This common mistake could cost you the benefits
The pills do their job, but a very ordinary habit slowly chips away at the protection they offer.
Your tap water may contain twice as many forever chemicals as reported
A fresh look at nearly two million water samples suggests the numbers on your utility report may not tell the whole story.
What the color of your stool can reveal about your liver and gut health
The color your body produces every day carries quiet clues about your liver, gallbladder and gut, but only some shifts are urgent.
Latest Articles
Short on steps? Picking up the pace for 30 minutes may lower death risk
Hitting a high daily step count is not the only way to walk your way to a longer life, a large new UK study suggests.
What sitting for hours every day quietly does to your spine and posture
The damage builds up quietly, with no single dramatic moment, and most desk workers never notice until the back pain arrives.
What sitting for hours every day quietly does to your spine and posture
The damage builds up quietly, with no single dramatic moment, and most desk workers never notice until the back pain arrives.
Ozempic-style drugs linked to 24% lower psychiatric hospitalization risk in major study
A major study involving more than 70,000 Americans has uncovered a surprising connection between popular diabetes drugs and mental health. Patients taking GLP-1 medications were less likely to require emergency psychiatric care, but researchers warn that the findings do not prove the drugs treat schizophrenia.
Menopause before 40 may carry a hidden heart risk
Women who experience menopause before the age of 40 may face a greater risk of heart disease, according to new research involving more than 4,700 women. Scientists have also identified a possible explanation involving insulin levels, even when blood sugar appears normal.
Scientists may have found why food still tastes different years after COVID
Years after their infection, some people still can't taste sweet or savory food, and the cells on their tongue were hiding a clue researchers finally spotted.
Some carry Alzheimer’s riskiest gene and never get it: a rare mutation may finally explain why
Columbia researchers believe they finally know how a single genetic variant can keep the brain safe, and it starts in the blood vessels.
Nearly eight years on daily opioids didn’t ease chronic back pain, and something else got worse
A head-to-head comparison with similar patients who never took the drugs lands in an unexpected place for people managing lasting pain.
An extra piece of fruit a day may quietly shape your teenager’s mental health
A three-year study followed thousands of teens, and two everyday things on the table kept turning up alongside their mood.