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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...
Exercise
How Many Push Ups should you be able to do? Amount sorted by age
Have you ever heard that completing 40 push-ups a day can significantly lower the risk of cardiovascular disease? Push-ups are an effective and simple way to measure upper body...
Diseases
8 warning signs of appendicitis most people write off as a stomach ache
The signs often start so quietly that people blame gas or indigestion, right up until the pain has nowhere left to hide.
Diseases
Taking Ozempic or Wegovy? A Rutgers study found a small but real risk to your vision
The risk is rare, but researchers say one group of patients should pay closer attention before their next refill.
Nutrition
How to make fun and spooky Halloween food with fish
Halloween is the perfect opportunity to get a little creative in the kitchen. With fish, vegetables and imaginative decorations, you can prepare fun and spooky dishes that children can...
Cardio Training
How Long Can You Hang? The Ultimate Guide to Dead Hang Times
Hanging from a bar might seem simple, but it’s a serious test of grip strength, endurance, and upper-body stability.Whether you’re training for pull-ups or just want to...
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Nutrition
New study: One tea bag can release nearly 2,500 plastic particles into your cup
The bag you drop into your mug every morning may be releasing more than flavor into the water.
Sleep
Just 10 minutes of daily exercise is linked to deeper sleep
Sleep scientists say the pattern of your workouts may matter as much as how long they last.
Nutrition
6 everyday foods that may be quietly raising your LDL cholesterol
If your last blood test came back a little too high, the usual suspects may already be sitting in your fridge.
Mental Well-being
Depression may not be one illness: Scientists discover five different brain patterns
Scientists peering under the hood of major depression keep finding patients with the same diagnosis whose brains behave in opposite ways.
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.
Body
Exercise
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News
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.
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.
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.
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.
Latest Articles
New diabetes pill shows 57% lower death risk than insulin in major trial, but there is a catch
A major clinical trial involving nearly 2,750 people with type 2 diabetes has revealed surprising results for a new daily pill. Patients taking the medication lost weight, achieved better blood sugar control and had fewer deaths than those receiving insulin injections. However, scientists warn that the most dramatic finding needs further confirmation.
Struggling to sleep? Major study links insomnia to a 26% higher stroke risk
A major scientific review involving millions of people has uncovered a concerning connection between insomnia and serious health problems. Researchers found a 26% higher relative risk of stroke and 28% higher odds of hospitalization among people with insomnia, raising new questions about the long-term consequences of poor sleep.
New AI tool can predict migraine risk a day early, and the biggest clue surprised researchers
An AI-powered tool has achieved 91.2% precision in predicting next-day migraine risk, according to a study involving more than 53,000 people. But the most reliable warning sign was not nausea, fatigue or sensitivity to light. It was something much simpler.
Running for the bus may protect your heart and brain more than a long slow walk
Scientists tracked nearly 100,000 adults with wrist sensors to see what a few breathless minutes a week really do.
Your gut may now be missing hundreds of bacteria, scientists warn
Modern diets may have stripped bacteria from your gut that humans have carried for thousands of years.
Taking Ozempic or Wegovy? These are some of the common sideeffects
The weight-loss drugs that reshaped the diet conversation may be leaving another mark, and it has nothing to do with the scale.
Your coffee ends up in your breast milk
A new look inside the milk itself may finally give nursing mothers a straight answer about what their diet does to it.
Butter and cheese may not be as unhealthy as we thought, new research suggests
For decades, trans fat has been nutrition's clearest villain, and a new review now draws a sharp line between two very different kinds.
12 Routine Daily Habits That Add Up to Serious Heart Disease Risk
From the cigarette after dinner to the eight hours in a desk chair, these are the twelve everyday behaviors that the American Heart Association and the NHLBI link to the biggest preventable share of US heart disease.