In many ways, we have never been less healthy. Nearly 100 million adults in the United States are obese.
Ultra-processed foods, a label coined in research by a Brazilian pediatrician, have been targeted as a menace to society for quite some time, mostly by environmental advocates and health professionals.
Many of us, aware of the benefits of exercise, try to stick to a routine, only to find our sneakers at the back of the closet when the weather doesn’t co-operate, our routine is disrupted or we are short of time.
Gestational diabetes is a specific type of diabetes that occurs in pregnancy.
Wandering through the grocery store, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the numerous brands and health claims on the dozens of sugar substitutes.
Girls and women experiencing period pain often avoid physical activity, but our latest study suggests that doing exercise might actually provide pain relief.
The legalization of marijuana has been a topic of contention and confusion for both sides of the debate.
- By Libby Sander
These long hours are bad for our health. A new study from France has found that regularly working long days of ten hours or more increases our risk of having a stroke.
- By Sara Twogood
Premenstrual food cravings are the punchline of endless jokes. Like most good jokes, they’re funny because they’re true.
Everything is a toxin, or has the potential to be, in the field of toxicology.
There is a certain cosmic joke to the fact that we begin our spiritual journey often wishing to uncover a “true” self—some sort of finally decided, static being. The deep irony is that when we move past our individual wounding, we discover that we are not just one thing: we are a multitude of selves.
- By Tim Spector
Humans are complicated, and there are many things that influence our health.
If you want to reduce your risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease, there is no end of advice on the internettelling you how to do it: keep your blood pressure and blood sugar in check, lose weight, exercise more, avoid getting type 2 diabetes.
- By Daniel Smith
Bipolar disorder is a serious condition of mood and behaviour that affects one in 50 people globally.
From the UK to Canada, China to India, around the world, yoga is big business. In 2016, Americans alone spent US$16 billion on yoga classes and products.
- By Allen Cheng
For most infections, the long-standing advice is to take a full course of antibiotics.
Belly fat affects the odds of women surviving kidney cancer but not men, a new study shows.
From fairly obscure beginnings in the mid-20th century, the practice of yoga in Britain has become a massively popular pastime.