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CATEGORY: IMMUNE HEALTH Healthier sleep is linked to a lower chance of ending up in the hospital with an infection. In a study of nearly 400,000 adults followed for more than 13 years, each step toward a healthier sleep pattern… Read More →
CATEGORY: HEART & CIRCULATION Spending long stretches of the day sitting is linked to a higher risk of heart and circulation problems, and that risk begins to climb once sitting passes roughly 10 hours a day. In a study of… Read More →
CATEGORY: BRAIN & MENTAL HEALTH Your sense of smell is wired directly into brain regions that Alzheimer's disease attacks early — which is why losing it can be an early warning sign. A 2024 study found that a quick, inexpensive… Read More →
CATEGORY: HEALTHY AGING & LONGEVITY Tyrosine is an amino acid — one of the building blocks of protein — that your body uses to make dopamine and other brain chemicals tied to focus and motivation. Because of that, it is… Read More →
CATEGORY: MEN'S HEALTH Testosterone is usually talked about in terms of energy, muscle, and sex drive — but your level may also be a window into your overall health. A large 2024 analysis pooling data from 24,109 men found that… Read More →
CATEGORY: WOMEN'S HEALTH Women who carry a faulty BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene face high lifetime risks of both breast and ovarian cancer. A large 2025 study of about 3,400 such women who had already had breast cancer found that those… Read More →
CATEGORY: WOMEN'S HEALTH If you are going through menopause and feeling foggy, forgetful, or slower to concentrate, you are not imagining it — and there is something concrete you can do about it. A recent controlled study of 59 women… Read More →
CATEGORY: MEN'S HEALTH For generations, the "finger exam" has been the image many men associate with checking the prostate. But a large pooled analysis of eight studies covering more than 85,000 men found that a PSA blood test detected roughly… Read More →
CATEGORY: HEALTHY AGING & LONGEVITY Across a large study spanning midlife all the way to people past age 100, better cardiovascular health — the overall condition of your heart and blood vessels — was linked to a lower risk of… Read More →
