Why the Age You Reach Menopause Could Affect Your Heart Health
For many women, menopause marks a normal part of aging, but the timing of menopause can vary greatly.
While most women stop having periods around...
How Kimchi and Sauerkraut Can Improve Your Gut Health
For centuries, families have preserved vegetables by fermentation, long before refrigerators existed.
This simple process allows natural microbes to change fresh foods into products with...
Wastewater Can Reveal What Your Communities Are Eating
What goes down household drains may seem like waste, but scientists have discovered it can reveal valuable information about the foods people eat.
A new...
Why Keeping the Same Daily Schedule May Help You Age Better
Many people believe good health depends mainly on healthy food, exercise, and enough sleep.
While these habits are certainly important, researchers are learning that another...
Popular Weight Loss Drugs May Increase Hair Loss Risk
Medicines known as GLP-1 receptor agonists have become some of the most popular treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Drugs such as semaglutide and...
Weight Loss Drug Users Don’t Need to Worry About Vision Loss Risk
GLP-1 receptor agonists are changing the treatment of type 2 diabetes. These medicines copy the action of a natural hormone that helps control blood...
New Pill Could Treat Both Heart Failure and Sleep Apnea
Your heart works every second of every day to pump blood around your body. When it becomes too weak to do this properly, the...
How Forest Bathing Can Greatly Benefit Your Health
Many people feel calmer after walking through a park or sitting beneath a tree. Scientists are increasingly finding that this feeling is supported by...
Higher-Dose Diabetes Drug Shows Stronger Blood Sugar and Weight Loss Benefits
Diabetes is a long-term condition in which the body cannot properly control the amount of sugar, also called glucose, in the blood.
When blood sugar...
Growing Daytime Sleepiness Could Be an Early Warning Sign of Dementia
Feeling sleepier during the day as we get older may be more important than many people realize.
A new study suggests that older women who...