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Is Your Metabolism to Blame?
Is a slow metabolism keeping you from losing weight? Can you do anything to speed it up? A closer look at what we can realistically do to change our metabolism
The Disease-Proofing Myth
Healthy diet and lifestyle choices can reduce your risk of disease, but not to zero. Let's take a more realistic approach to risk reduction
Mediterranean Diet Works--for Upper Crust
Italians who stuck closely to the heart-healthy diet had fewer heart attacks and strokes—but only if they were well-off and/or college educated. Christopher Intagliata reports.
3 Myths (and 1 Truth) About Grain-Fed Beef
There's a lot to consider when deciding what kind of meat to buy--or even whether to eat meat at all. The least we can do is start with accurate information.
What Do We Know about the Brain Cancer Plaguing Sen. John McCain?
An oncology expert discusses treatment options for aggressive glioblastoma
Having This Gene May Make Some People Night Owls
Researchers have identified a mutation in some people who suffer from delayed sleep phase disorder, which interferes with their circadian clocks
Freeze-Dried Placenta Pills Linked to Newborn's Dangerous Bacterial Infection
Some celebrities take such therapies, claiming health benefits
Should You Switch to Corn Oil to Lower Cholesterol?
A newly published study shows that corn oil reduces cholesterol much more effectively than extra virgin olive oil. But before you make a switch, there are some other factors to consider
Opioids Still Needed by Some Pain Patients
The "other victims" of the opioid epidemic are pain patients who need the drugs but cannot now get them because of fears related to their use
Pros and Cons of the Whole30 Challenge
The Whole30 nutrition challenge is wildly popular. But can it really deliver on its promises? Nutrition Diva examines the pros, cons, and alternatives
Sleep Shrinks the Brain's Synapses to Make Room for New Learning
The process keeps the attic of your mind well organized
The Gestation Equation: Testing Babies' Genes
Journalist Bonnie Rochman talks about her new Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux book, The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids—and the Kids We Have.
Want to Lose Weight? What You Need to Know about Eating and Exercise
Two decades of research confirm that weight loss is about burning more calories than you consume—but what you eat is more important than how much you exercise
Drop in Cases of Zika Threatens Large-Scale Trials
Dwindling infection rate makes reliable data hard to gather
In "Drop Out Club" Doctors Counsel One Another on Quitting the Field
Online support groups aim to fill a void
Fitness Bands Fail on Calorie Counts
Activity trackers accurately reckon heart rate—but they're way off in estimates of energy expenditure. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Chocolate Linked to Decreased Risk of Irregular Heart Rhythm
People who ate cocoa one to three times a month less likely to be diagnosed with atrial fibrillation
A Radical Approach against Superbugs: Learn to Live with Them
One physiologist wants us to stop worrying so much about fighting infections and instead help the body tolerate them
Causes and Treatment of Lower Back Pain
What do you do when you have back pain? In part 2 of our low back pain series, learn the more common causes and treatment of low back pain.
