Category: 4. Health

Ever worried that skipping breakfast might leave you foggy at work? Or that intermittent fasting would make you irritable, distracted, and less productive?

Snack food ads warn us that “you’re not you when you’re hungry”, reinforcing a common…

If you’ve ever wondered whether changing your cooking oil could affect cancer growth, you’re not alone. New research shows that the types of fats we eat might influence the rate at which cancer cells multiply. However, it is not as simple as…

The same chemicals found in pipes, pesticides and floor tiles are also present in some wigs, braiding hair and hair extensions, a new study published Wednesday in the journal Environment & Health found.

Researchers at the Silent Spring Institute,…

Summary: A landmark study revealed that cumulative lifetime exposure to lead is a major, yet overlooked, driver of dementia in older Americans. By analyzing bone lead levels—which act as a long-term “biological record” of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorectal cancer is a threat not just to older adults but increasingly to young men and women, too. It’s now the top cancer killer of Americans younger than 50.

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Health officials in Minnesota say the state is seeing an outbreak of a new, sexually transmitted fungal skin infection.

The infection is caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII (TMVII), a fungus that causes ringworm—round, coin-like…