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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...
Vitamins and Supplements
7 supplements that may interact with your blood pressure medication
Some popular herbs on pharmacy shelves can quietly blunt the pills meant to lower your blood pressure, and a few may push it up on their own.
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.
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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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.
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.
Body
Exercise
Mind
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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.
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.
Latest Articles
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.
Explained: Ebola
An Ebola outbreak has become the second-largest ever recorded, with thousands of deaths and infections spreading beyond the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The virus responsible has no approved vaccine or targeted treatment, raising urgent questions about who is at risk, how the disease spreads and why survival depends so heavily on early medical care.
Explained: Mosquito-borne disease that turns deadly as fever disappears
Dengue fever has infected millions of people worldwide, and cases are now being acquired locally in parts of Europe. Although most patients recover, the disease has a dangerous characteristic: serious complications can develop just when the fever begins to disappear.
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.
How many hours of sleep do you really need? Your target, sorted by age
Your right number shifts across the decades, and drifting outside the band costs more than just a groggy morning.
The word that is quietly costing women’s health brands their reach online
Brands, charities and creators say they are being punished for posting basic, factual information about women's bodies on social media.
What should you eat first on your plate? New study reveals the answer
The real trick may not lie in what's on your plate, but in the order you reach for each bite.
5 things yoga may do for your body and mind, backed by multiple trials
Most yoga claims thin out when researchers pool the trials, but five effects kept showing up when they did.
Scientists find a hidden immune pathway that could open new treatments for the deadliest lung cancer
The deadliest lung cancer has slipped past the body's defenses for decades, and researchers now think they have found a way in.