Category: 4. Health

For many people with diabetes, managing their blood sugar levels requires daily insulin shots — but now, scientists have invented a new polymer-based gel that can deliver insulin through the skin without needles.

The gel, described in a…

Most baby food sold in U.S. grocery stores is ultra-processed, a new study finds, raising fresh concerns about what many infants and toddlers are eating during a critical window of development.

The peer-reviewed study, published in the journal 

study published in General Psychiatry provides…

A new scientific commentary suggests that annual influenza vaccination could serve as a practical and accessible strategy to help delay or prevent the onset of dementia in older adults. By mitigating the risk of severe cardiovascular events and…

As a cardiologist, Dariush Mozaffarian saw firsthand the devastating role that poor nutrition played in his patients’ health. He saw that it had an impact on heart attacks, strokes and weight gain. He saw patients who were handed prescriptions…

Forget juice cleanses and 10-day detoxes — doctors say the smarter way to feel better fast starts in your gut, and it doesn’t require starving, suffering or giving up real food.

The gut isn’t just mission control for…

The patient: An 18-year-old in Louisiana

The symptoms: The teenager, who was training to be a welder, developed a cough and was hospitalized with pneumonia and respiratory failure a week later. He was intubated at the hospital, meaning a tube…