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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...
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...
Exercise
You don’t need to walk 10,000 steps to benefit from your walk
New research shows that several factors may play a role in determining how walking benefits your health.
Mind
Reading for an hour may cut your Alzheimer’s risk by a third
An hour with a novel or comic may quietly protect your brain for decades.
Vitamins and Supplements
New study: Dietary supplement may help maintain weight loss
Many people find that they regain weight after dieting. Now, a new study points to something that may make it easier to maintain weight loss.
Diseases
Outbreak is now the worst in US history – over 18,000 infected
A summer of contaminated iceberg lettuce drove US cyclospora cases to an all-time high.
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Nutrition
Dietitian recommends: These carbs can help with weight loss
Carbohydrates do not need to be eliminated from the diet if the goal is to reduce body fat.According...
Diseases
A single blood test could catch 50 cancers before symptoms show
The test screens for cancers that have no routine screening today.
Diseases
Your waist measurement may reveal how vulnerable you are to everyday air pollution
A new trial suggests belly fat, not BMI, decides who suffers most from air pollution.
Nutrition
How your weekly egg habit may quietly shape your Alzheimer’s risk after 65
One large US study followed 39,498 adults aged 65 and older, and egg lovers came out ahead.
Diseases
Whether you are the oldest or youngest sibling may shape which diseases you develop
A dataset of 10 million US siblings ties birth order to 150 different diagnoses.
Diseases
These celebrities kept their cancer diagnoses out of the public eye
Some celebrities choose to speak openly about cancer, while...
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A new blood test for colorectal cancer just got FDA approval – who should get it?
Adults 45 and older at average risk can now get screened for colorectal cancer with a simple blood test.
Are calcium supplements safe for your heart? Here’s what the evidence says
A new study links calcium supplements to higher cardiovascular event recurrence in people with existing heart disease.
NIH finds rare antibodies that could block the red meat allergy triggered by tick bites
NIH scientists have found antibodies that blocked the immune response behind the red meat allergy in the lab.
Should you eat kiwi with the skin on? Here’s the recommendation
Should you actually eat kiwi with the skin on, or is it better to remove it? Here is what you should consider first.
Latest Articles
A robot can now draw your blood, and clinical data shows it may be better than a human
The FDA has cleared the first blood draw robot for adult clinic patients.
What chronic loneliness does to your heart, immune system and brain
WHO now links loneliness to about 871,000 deaths a year worldwide.
7 in 10 cancer patients now survive – a historic high, and the gains are real
US five-year cancer survival has reached 70% for the first time on record.
Only 1 in 7 online blood pressure images shows the right technique – are you measuring correctly?
Most home monitors work fine. The technique behind them, often learned from stock photos, does not.
The morning hour linked to the lowest heart disease risk in 14,000 adults
New data on nearly 14,500 US adults points to a narrow morning window that stood out for heart health.
How much spinach is too much? What it can do to your kidneys
A single big smoothie can push you past the daily oxalate load researchers link to kidney stones.
Taking too much vitamin C can raise your kidney stone risk – here is how much is too much
Federal health authorities put a hard ceiling on daily vitamin C from food and supplements.
What your body goes through when you stop eating ultra-processed food
A tightly controlled NIH trial shows what starts to shift when packaged food leaves the plate.
What happens to your body in the days after you stop drinking coffee
The clinical timeline for quitting coffee is well-documented, and it isn't gentle.