Public Health & Epidemiology
Don’t feel compelled to start a napping routine just yet.
Retatrutide, Eli Lilly’s innovative “triple g” drug, is setting new standards in the fight against obesity.
For better and worse, the Columbian Exchange plugged the Americas into the global system — and there was no going back.
To advance the gender-affirming healthcare of all those who transition, we must also understand the nature and causes of those who detransition.
And it seems to work alongside popular weight-loss medications, like Ozempic.
A new online religion is spreading misinformation and phony products.
A secret to a long, healthy life may lie in the diversity of gut viruses, which can supercharge bacterial metabolism and resist disease.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline relaunched last year with a new number, yet few Americans are aware of the helpline and its purpose.
A study found that older adults who cannot balance on one foot for ten seconds have an 84% higher risk of death than those who can.
Tardigrades can completely dehydrate and later rehydrate themselves, a survival trick that scientists are harnessing to preserve medicines in hot temperatures.
Energy balance is the greatest arbiter of weight gain. Embrace the “oinker diet.”
Bram Stoker’s mother survived a terrible cholera outbreak and recounted the ghastly scenes to her son years later.
Walking is rarer in the U.S. compared to similar nations. It is also deadlier: Nearly 7,500 pedestrians were killed in 2021.
Germans are masters of building cars, cooking brats — and sitting while peeing.
Some scientists think we should allow our bodies to more harmlessly live with pathogens until they’re cleared from our systems.
The Shirky Principle states that “institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.”
Claims of a “loneliness epidemic” aren’t based on robust data. Loneliness might be a problem, but it’s not worse than it was in the past.
Let us share this miracle with mothers in poor countries.
The chances that a newborn survives childhood have increased from 50% to 96% globally.
As a physician, John Pringle helped reinvent hygiene; as a husband, he destroyed a woman’s life with his abuse.
Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle.
Long-term research efforts have revealed alarming mental health trends.
Scientists are finding tumor signals in spit that could be key to developing diagnostic tests for various types of cancer.
The study was small and didn’t include a placebo group, but there is reason to believe that the drugs really do work.
Be skeptical of a new study questioning the sweetener’s safety.
Marburg virus, like its cousin Ebola, causes severe disease, with fatality rates ranging from 22% to 90%.
A deadly myth has been manufactured from poor methods and wishful thinking.
The Apple Watch could soon take the pain out of monitoring blood sugar levels.