

Health Jan 01

These ideas can improve both your physical and emotional wellbeing in 2019.
By Julia Griffin
Science Nov 21

Scientists say bears are the “metabolic magicians of the mammalian world.” And someday, the secrets of these bears' cycles may help inform human health, too.
By Vicky Stein
Health Feb 25

Counting calories obsessively is not the key to trimming your waistline, according to a new study.
By Lesley McClurg, KQED Science
Science Jan 30

A recent study has raised concerns about the health risks of these raw meat based diet products as possible sources of some bacterial and parasitic diseases.
By Jacqueline Boyd, The Conversation
Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have uncovered documents demonstrating that members of the sugar industry called off a study in the 1960s because it linked sucrose -- a common sugar -- to heart disease and bladder cancer…
May 08

By Nsikan Akpan
If you’re a candy lover or denier, you may want to blame one of your liver hormones, according to a new study.
To better understand the historical motivations of cannibalism, a new study looks into the nutritional value of human body parts.
Jun 21

By Anna Vlasits, STAT
High-income Americans are eating better than ever, while food diets among the low-income group have improved much more modestly.
Jun 17

By Amanda Montañez, Scientific American
Three new infographics highlight changing diets around the world.
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