Health

Dropping weight while maintaining lean muscle is the ultimate goal for many, but it takes more than hitting the gym and having a consistent workout routine. What you eat every day plays a major role in how your body burns fat and maintains strength. To help improve your overall health and preserve muscle while lowering your body fat percentage, there …

When you order a coffee, do you ask for it to be “extra hot”? Whether you enjoy tea, coffee or something else, hot drinks are a comforting and often highly personal ritual. The exact temperature to brew tea or serve coffee for the best flavour is hotly debated. But there may be something else you’re not considering: your health. Related: …

New Jersey officials are investigating a reported case of malaria in Morris County, and the possibility that the resident was infected locally. State health and environmental officials say the resident, whose condition was not disclosed, has no history of international travel. If confirmed, it would be the first locally acquired case of the mosquito-borne disease in the Garden State since …

Image by Valeria Blanc / Getty Images Researchers have come up with a potentially groundbreaking — and entirely laser-free — alternative to LASIK, a popular surgical procedure that uses high-power lasers to reshape the cornea to correct vision problems. During a meeting of the American Chemical Society, a team of scientists led by Occidental College chemistry professor Michael Hill showed …

This study links the MIND diet to less neuron loss in the hippocampus, which is key to memory and learning. Participants who followed the MIND diet closely had a 22% lower chance of hippocampal sclerosis. These findings build on evidence that food choices may influence brain aging and dementia risk. Everyone wants to protect their memories. The idea of forgetting …

People living with diabetes have applauded public figures such as Este Haim for speaking out about living with the condition and visibly wearing continuous glucose monitors (CGM) in public. But another more concerning trend has emerged that has seen celebrities, elite athletes and influencers who don’t live with diabetes sporting the wearable device, which offers near real-time measurements of an …

Tired of feeling drowsy? Scientists crack what causes ‘sleep attacks’  The Times Blood molecules linked to daytime sleepiness point to diet and hormone roles  Medical Xpress Extra Tired During the Day? Certain Fats May Help  the-scientist.com Are you sleepy all the time? The 10 surprising foods that could be making it worse – and it’s bad news for cheese lovers  The Sun Excessive Daytime …

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) coincidentally issued its own vaccine recommendations Tuesday. The organization recommended children aged 6 months to 23 months should receive COVID-19 vaccines unless they have allergies to the ingredients. Older children should also receive the vaccines if they’re at elevated risk of transmitting the virus to others at high risk of COVID-related complications. That breaks …

Aging is the strongest risk factor for most chronic diseases; however, medicine has historically treated each condition individually. Geroscience is a new discipline that aims to define and modify aging-related biological pathways, slow age-related disability, prevent age-related diseases, and increase disability-free survival. A review in JAMA outlines the aims, methods, recent advances, and ongoing challenges of geroscience. The review was …

A woman who said she got ‘Ozempic vulva’ explained what getting the side effect of rapid weight loss was really like. The number of people taking drugs for weight loss has absolutely boomed in recent years, and while Ozempic is the one everyone knows, it’s not actually what you could be prescribed to lose weight. Ozempic has the name recognition …