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Check your fridge: Popular butter brand recalled over e. coli contamination fears
One specific batch of a popular butter has been pulled from Sprouts, Wegmans and Raley's over contamination fears.
Dietary Habits
Top 10 foods rich in lithium – and why this overlooked mineral matters for your brain
Lithium is best known as a psychiatric treatment, but in tiny amounts it’s naturally present in what we eat and drink. New research suggests this trace element could support...
Sleep
Breathing through your mouth while you sleep may be quietly harming your health
Most people never notice they do it, and the clue often comes as a dry mouth or a nudge from a partner.
Diseases
A deadly ebola outbreak has now infected more than 10,000 people
Nearly 5,000 people have died since May, and the only vaccine trial targeting this strain just began last week.
Mental Well-being
8 warning signs of adult ADHD that are often mistaken for stress or burnout
The adult version looks nothing like the child in the back of the class, which is why so many people miss it.
Body
The Body Can Sense Death – And It All Starts With The Nose
Death remains one of life’s biggest mysteries, but new research reveals that our bodies might detect it before our minds do.Through scent and instinct, our subconscious reacts to...
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Nutrition
7 everyday foods that may help ease anxiety, backed by clinical research
Scientists don't call it a cure, but the same staples keep showing up in trials that ask what food can really do.
Body
Scientists find little evidence that ergonomic office gear actually relieves pain
An expensive office chair or ergonomic keyboard might seem like the answer to workplace pain. But a major review of 20 studies suggests these popular fixes may offer far less relief than expected.
Diseases
New blood test detected lung cancer recurrence nearly 17 months before scans
Scientists are testing a simple blood draw that may spot cancer cells rebuilding long before any scanner picks them up.
Diseases
New study reveals why sugar could be more dangerous for some men
A new mouse study points to a hidden chain of events in the gut that may leave some men's livers more exposed to everyday sugar.
Tips for a Long Life
Scientists discover a village where women are three times more likely to reach 100
In the village outside the blue zone, women aged 70 have a roughly 1 in 7 chance of reaching 100.
Diseases
AI detects deadly cancer 475 days before doctors diagnose it
Researchers took hundreds of scans that experienced radiologists had read as unremarkable and asked a new model what the human eye had missed.
Body
Exercise
Mind
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You don’t have to lose weight to improve your heart health, research suggests
If you carry extra weight, what you do each day may matter more for your heart than the number on the scale.
These 8 symptoms could mean your thyroid is overactive
The symptoms look just like life catching up with you, but something quieter in the neck may be setting the pace.
Sleeping more than 9 hours? Studies link it to a higher risk of early death
The usual advice is to sleep more, but researchers describe a ceiling few people realize is there.
Daily fiber supplement eased knee arthritis pain in six-week trial
The link runs through your gut bacteria and the same hormone pathway that weight-loss drugs like Ozempic rely on.
Latest Articles
Hepatitis A and B: One causes more than 1 million deaths a year
Two viruses can attack the same organ, yet the way they spread and the damage they cause are remarkably different. While hepatitis A is usually a temporary infection, hepatitis B can remain undetected for decades before developing into cirrhosis or liver cancer. The latest global figures reveal why both diseases remain serious health concerns.
Explained: COVID-19
More than three years after the global COVID-19 health emergency ended, the virus continues to cause hospitalisations and deaths worldwide. New figures reveal which age groups remain most vulnerable, while researchers are still investigating why some people develop serious health problems long after their initial infection.
Walk fewer than 5,000 steps a day? Your risk of dementia and stroke may nearly double
A year of fitness-tracker data from thousands of US adults suggests the number on your watch may matter more for your brain than you think.
7 foods research links to better lung function and lower disease risk
The pattern turns up across large nutrition reviews, and it looks nothing like a cleanse or a special supplement.
Your next prescription may be a group walk in the park, Lancet trial suggests
A Barcelona trial put a simple idea to the test, and the people who gained the most were the ones who felt the worst going in.
After decades of research, this is what creatine actually does to your body
Some claims about it hold up across hundreds of studies, but three widely repeated ones do not survive a closer look.
Could a handful of pistachios help you sleep? Here is what the research actually shows
The nuts carry real sleep chemistry inside them, but one piece of the puzzle has yet to be put to the test.
Girls who took this supplement for a year built measurably more bone than those who didn’t
The powder is cheap, mixes into a drink and feeds the gut bacteria, but it may do something else that matters for life.
Study of 147,000 people reveals the ideal amount of strength training for a longer life
Harvard researchers followed health workers for three decades, and the sweet spot they found may be smaller than your current routine.