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By Alice Callahan We’re in a protein craze, and it’s hard to ignore. Walk into any grocery store and you’ll find rows of protein-fortified energy bars, breakfast cereals, baked goods, snacks, even sports drinks. And on social media, influencers — many with medical or...
By Tobi Amidor Although bread gets shunned by many, choosing the right type of bread can have positive effects on your gut. Of course, the opposite can possibly be true as well. Here is a rundown of five surprising side effects bread has on your gut. It can improve...
By Lauran Neergaard A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. A new study found shingles vaccination cut older adults’ risk of developing dementia over the next seven...
By Shi En Kim Salt — that beloved, ubiquitous, indispensable condiment. An essential nutrient, and yet the source of serious disease when consumed in excess. What counts as excess, however, is a bitter debate among some scientists. Regularly consuming too much salt...
By Karen Landman In January, a study published in the journal Nature Medicine suggested that by 2060, the number of Americans with dementia will double to a total of one million. Also doubling: The estimated lifetime risk of developing the condition, compared to...
By Dani Blum, Nina Agrawal and Alice Callahan Five years — and hundreds of millions of cases — after the World Health Organization declared the Covid-19 pandemic, scientists are getting a clearer picture of how the virus can affect the body long after an infection...
By Amudalat Ajasa Microplastics are everywhere. They’re in your liver, blood and even in your brain, and they’re almost impossible to avoid. Fortunately, there are some steps you can take to minimize your exposure. “This really is a public health crisis that people...
By Kenny Torrella For years, Jeff Simmons — the president and CEO of the large US pharmaceutical company Elanco — ridiculed a seemingly unlikely target on social media: the plant-based meat industry. As startups like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods rose to...
By Christopher W.T. Miller, MD Why can’t anything ever just stay still? A patient posed this question during a therapy session, reflecting on how, as we age, many things can get thrown into disarray — home life, social relations, job security and health. It can be...
By Rachel Fairbank Experts had long believed that exercise could help protect against developing dementia. However, though they had observed a general pattern of reduced risk, studies on the subject had been small — and often conflicting — with little consensus on the...
By Alice Callahan You’ve probably heard these two bits of nutrition advice: Eat more plants, and cut back on ultraprocessed foods. So where does that leave fake-meat burgers, sausages, nuggets and other products sold by companies like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods?...
By Christina Heiser Gluten-free eating has skyrocketed in popularity over the past decade, fueled by claims that cutting gluten leads to better health. This trend shows no signs of slowing down, with the global market for gluten-free foods projected to be valued at...
By Ali Pattillo In the last 30 years, our collective relationship with supplements has morphed into a full-blown obsession: More than half of adults in the United States today take supplements to “treat” nearly every health issue or psychological woe under the sun....
By Caitlin Gilbert and Gretchen Reynolds Have you ever mixed up the names of your children? Struggled to remember key dates or the year a loved one died? Recent news of mental lapses by President Biden and Donald Trump have sparked a national conversation and social...
By Erin Blakemore If you’ve ever visited a new friend at home, you may have encountered the dilemma of whether to keep your shoes on — or offer to remove them at the entrance. It’s an awkward social ceremony steeped in cultural traditions and personal preferences, not...
By Jancee Dunn What if you knew that you were at the end of your life? Would you have done anything differently? A friend of mine volunteers at a hospice, and she hears one regret over and over from patients: letting relationships wither. They wish that they had made...
By David Nield Obesity is often considered one of the most important factors in the likelihood of early death, but a new review reveals that cardiorespiratory fitness actually has more of an influence on mortality risk and our long-term health. In other words, while...
By Saul Newman The allure of extreme longevity has beckoned for centuries. Research careers and marketing campaigns have been built on the idea that we can live longer, healthier lives by emulating long-lived people. It is a comforting thought, frequently used for...
By Jennifer Kahn Here’s a strange story: One day two summers ago, I woke up because my arms — both of them — hurt. Not the way they do when you’ve slept in a funny position, but as if the tendons in my forearms and hands were moving through mud. What felt like sharp...
By George Ellison Recent autopsies revealed that there may be a sneaky way that microplastics are entering our brains — via our sense of smell, through our noses A team of researchers from Germany and Brazil analyzed autopsies from 25 adults and found that 21 of them...
