Public Health
Sleep Apnea Is Different for Women
The risky disorder often follows a different pattern in women that may get overlooked
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Fitness
Separating HIIT Fact from Fiction
It’s easy to get lost in the hype around new workout devices or protocols that promise maximal results in minimal time
Fitness
Soylent vs. Huel—Can Powdered Meals Replace Food?
Meal replacement products like Soylent and Huel have gained a loyal following. But are these all-in-one powders and shakes really a more optimal way to get your nutrition?
Fitness
Can Exercising Before Breakfast Dramatically Improve Your Health?
Hot on the heels of National Diabetes Month, a new study has shown that exercising before eating breakfast can improve how your body responds to insulin
Mental Health
COVID-19: Dealing with Social Distancing
Judy Moskowitz, a professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University, talks about ways to cope during this time of missing out on our usual diet of social interactions.
Fitness
If You Don’t Sleep, You Will Go Insane
Originally published in March 1880
Public Health
Coronavirus Hot Zone: Research and Responses in the U.S. Epicenter
Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs reports from the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak: Kirkland, Wash. In this installment of our ongoing series, he talks with researchers about the efforts to create vaccines and treatments and the challenges the outbreak poses to cancer patients and others who are immunocompromised...
Fitness
Does Seed Cycling Help Balance Hormones?
A newly trendy nutrition practice called seed cycling is said to help balance female hormones and curb hormonal symptoms. Does science support the claims?
Public Health
Coronavirus Hot Zone: The View from the U.S. Epicenter
Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs reports from the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak: Kirkland, Wash. In this first installment of an ongoing series, he looks at why children seem to weather this disease better than adults and the complicated issue of shuttering schools...
Fitness
Do Essential Oils Work? Here’s What Science Says
Every time you turn around someone is suggesting aromatherapy. Essential oils are a $1 billion industry, but are they effective?
Fitness
What Type of Exercise Is Best during Menopause?
How can menopausal and perimenopausal women exercise to avoid “middle-age spread”? We talked with physician and triathlete Tamsin Lewis to find out
Fitness
Astrology, Tarot Cards and Psychotherapy
With psychotherapists’ encouragement, troubled people are seeking solace in pseudoscientific practices such as astrology and tarot cards...
Fitness
Advancing Efforts in Disease Interception
Ben Wiegand, global head of the World without Disease Accelerator at Janssen, the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, talks about efforts to prevent a disease or to identify it in its earliest stages for more effective treatments...
Fitness
How to Maximize Your Workout with Push-Pull Strength Training
Do you want a flexible, balanced, easy-to-remember workout that doesn't require spending all day at the gym? Push-pull strength training is for you!
Fitness
3 Strategies for Eating Healthier—Which One Works Best?
There’s new research on the most effective strategies for changing behavior. Which one is best at helping you eat healthier?
Medicine
The Case for Fewer Heart Procedures
For some of the most common cardiac conditions, medication is a solid alternative
Evolution
Kirk, Spock and Darwin
Duke University evolutionary biologist Mohamed A. F. Noor talks about his book Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds ...
Fitness
Can Avoiding Caffeine Boost Your Athletic Performance?
The ergogenic effects of caffeine on muscle strength and aerobic endurance are significant. But do you have to forego your morning cup of joe for a while to really feel them?
Fitness
What to Eat to Prevent Kidney Stones
Passing a kidney stone is excruciating! Here are some tips to reduce the chances that you’ll ever have to endure that pain or relive past misery
Fitness
Can You Use Yoga to Improve Your Athletic Performance?
Get-Fit Guy picks the brain of yoga practitioner, Abi Carver of Yoga15.com, to find out how she works with athletes to do just that
