TIME Health By Alice Park July 18, 2012 When it comes to being couch potatoes, Americans aren’t alone. Physical inactivity has become a global pandemic, say researchers in a series of related papers published in the journal Lancet. According to one of the reports, [...]
TIME Health By Jamie Ducharme October 19, 2018 Rishab Jain at the 3M Young Scientist Challenge Andy King for Discovery Education An Oregon teenager’s innovation could change [...]
TIME Health By Alice Park October 18, 2018 April Doyle, a single mom from Visalia, Cal., only lets herself look three months into her future. Since she was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, she’s tried a new treatment every [...]
TIME Health By Alice Park October 20, 2018 In many cases, breast cancer is considered a treatable disease — as long as it’s diagnosed early and treated with the proper combination of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or targeted drugs. But triple-negative breast [...]
TIME Health By Cassie Shortsleeve October 19, 2018 Just getting to work can be a bacteria-ridden experience. The subway is full of it, as are stair railings and revolving doors. But once you finally sit down at your desk for the day, [...]
Study revealed that the benefits of exercise extend beyond muscle as the cyclists had an immune system that had not aged Researchers at the University of Birmingham and King’s College London have found that staying active keeps the [...]
MEDPAGE'STODAY > Kevin.com Andrew C. Bland, MD | Policy | June 23, 2018 When we think of bullying, we’re usually worrying about our school-age kids or remembering bad experiences from high school. We learn quickly in the health care field that [...]
TIME Health Your nose is dripping like a leaky faucet, your throat is sore and you can’t stop sneezing. You don’t have a fever, but you feel wiped out—like you could curl up on the floor and fall asleep. Do you [...]
A pilot study led by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine suggests Jewish men who practice wearing tefillin, which involves the tight wrapping of an arm with leather [...]
TIME Health By Markham Heid October 9, 2018 Tens of millions of Americans struggle to sleep at night, and many of them turn to sleeping pills for relief. Prescription and over-the-counter sleep aids are especially popular among older adults. A recent [...]