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What to Know About the Obesity Treatment Guidelines Debate
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Shin Splints: What Causes Them, How Doctors Diagnose, and When Rest Isn't Enough
The lower-leg pain that sidelines new runners usually settles with rest — but the line between soreness and a stress fracture matters, and it changes what a person should do next.
Workouts
What to Know About Magnesium and Sleep
Small trials suggest magnesium may modestly help some adults fall asleep faster, but federal reviewers say the evidence is still too limited to call it a proven sleep aid.
Workouts
Core Exercises for Lower Back Pain: What Clinical Trials Support
Trials suggest trunk-stabilization and movement-based exercise reduce chronic lower back pain, with a 2016 trial finding yoga comparable to physical therapy.
Workouts
How Many Rest Days Do Muscles Need? The Recovery Timeline, Explained
Research suggests a muscle group needs roughly 48 hours between demanding sessions, with most trials favoring two to three weekly sessions per muscle.
Nutrition
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What to Know About Muscle Health in Clinical Nutrition
A new expert review argues muscle should be a primary target of nutrition care, not an afterthought.
What to Know About Iron Deficiency
Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency worldwide, per the World Health Organization's estimates, and its early symptoms — fatigue, pale skin, breathlessness — are easy to misattribute.
What to Know About Dietary Fiber
What fiber is, what the intake figures from the Institute of Medicine, the FDA, and the WHO actually say, and what the largest evidence synthesis to date can and cannot show.
Prevention
Blood Pressure Categories Explained: When Numbers Mean You Need Action
Blood pressure categories turn two numbers into context. Here are the standard thresholds, why readings shift by setting and time of day, and what the ranges track.
What to Know About Improving Disability Wellness Through Nutrition Research and Adaptive Design
A Cornell internship program pairs students with a disability-care nonprofit. The work is promising, but most of it is early-stage.
Prevention Is Better Than Cure: Where the Idea Came From
The oldest slogan in medicine has a long history, and modern screening shows both what it delivers and where it falls short.
Beauty
Global Nutrition Progress Has Stalled: What the New Report Says and What Can Be Done
A new Global Nutrition Report argues that integration across food, health, and social protection systems — plus real accountability — is the way forward.
What to Know About Ranking Beauty Routines by Evidence
Some skincare steps earn their place through decades of research. Others earn it through marketing. Here is how the steps compare, and where the honest uncertainty sits.
Sunscreen Science: How to Pick One You'll Reapply
Texture, filters, and honest habits matter more than the number on the bottle.
Health News
What to Know About Health News in the Age of Viral Misinformation
How false health claims spread, why they travel faster than corrections, and the habits that keep readers grounded.
What to Know About the Obesity Treatment Guidelines Debate
Medical guidance on weight has shifted from willpower to chronic disease. The evidence is stronger in some places than others, and experts still disagree on key points.
CDC Updates Respiratory Illness Guidance: What Changed and What Stayed
The CDC's March 2024 guidance replaced the five-day COVID isolation period with symptom-based advice for all respiratory viruses — a change built on population immunity, not on milder viruses.
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What to Know About Sleep Debt and Cumulative Sleep Loss
Missed sleep adds up over days and weeks. Here is what the evidence says about how it builds, what recovery can and cannot fix, and when to see a clinician.
What to Know About Muscle Health in Clinical Nutrition
A new expert review argues muscle should be a primary target of nutrition care, not an afterthought.
Blood Pressure Categories Explained: When Numbers Mean You Need Action
Blood pressure categories turn two numbers into context. Here are the standard thresholds, why readings shift by setting and time of day, and what the ranges track.
Shin Splints: What Causes Them, How Doctors Diagnose, and When Rest Isn't Enough
The lower-leg pain that sidelines new runners usually settles with rest — but the line between soreness and a stress fracture matters, and it changes what a person should do next.