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Editors Save Lives
Health advocates are praising the social network Pinterest for taking an ethical stand on vaccine misinformation — and backing it up with editorial practices.
Cool It With The Ice
A post-workout ice bath is a good way to show you’re serious about fitness, but it may not be a good way to grow muscle. A paper in the Journal of Applied Physiology compared muscle biopsies…
Sleep Therapies
Genetic studies of “short sleepers” may lead to sleep therapies for the sleep-deprived, The New York Times reported. Short sleepers are those who…
Battling Colds
A cure for the common cold may finally be in sight. There are so many strains of virus that lead to colds that researchers have long despaired of finding a way to attack them all.
So Do Plants
Speaking of longevity, another way to achieve it could be to boost the proportion of your protein intake that comes from plants…
Optimism Prolongs Life
Optimism isn’t just good, it’s good for you, scientists have found. Researchers in Boston were able to identify how optimistic patients were
Late Breaking Egg News
Remember when eggs were good for you, then they were bad, then they were good again, or at least not homicidal? Well, they’re bad again…
Ultra-Processed Foods
A new study from the National Institutes of Health shows that the rise of ultra-processed foods and the rise in obesity over the last several decades isn’t a coincidence.
Burnout Syndrome?
It’s official: Burnout is a syndrome. The World Health Organization recently upgraded it (or is that a downgrade?) in the International…
