Heart health may not be your number one priority every day, but it should be. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and many people [...]
In a new randomized, crossover study, researchers demonstrate that the consumption of dietary nitrates improves athletic performance, and they explain why that may be. The [...]
Inflammation is a word that gets thrown around a lot—and for good reason. When inflammation is chronic (rather than acute), meaning it’s slow, cumulative, and lasting [...]
Diet trends come and go, but intermittent fasting, a form of dieting based around periods of non-eating followed by periods of concentrated eating, has somehow endured. In [...]
Midlife belly bulge and excessive weight may increase your chances of becoming frail in old age, according to a new study, published January 23 in BMJ Open. Scientists in [...]
Just like your natural melatonin levels fall and rise at certain times of the day, so does your blood sugar. After you eat, your blood sugar increases, and the [...]
The new year may already be here, but it can be hard to imagine reinventing yourself when you’re still coming out of a ham- and egg-nog-induced lethargy. After weeks of [...]
María Branyas Morera has lived through two world wars, the Spanish civil war, the 1918 flu pandemic and Covid. Now the California-born woman is the world’s oldest living [...]
Since heart disease is the leadingTrusted Source cause of death in the U.S., researchers are looking for ways to reduce this number. Having high cholesterol is a risk [...]
Artemis Bayandor, 40, has been trying to lose weight for the last 20 years. She didn’t find success until her doctor prescribed Wegovy, a weight loss drug, in August [...]