Diet
Decoding Your Hunger During the Holidays
Deciding when and what to eat is a complex calculus incorporating input from your eyes, your gut and your vagus nerve
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Diet
How to Avoid Holiday Hangovers
The holidays are a time for indulgence, but there are ways to drink alcohol without suffering the painful effects.
Public Health
Masking Even Some of the Time This Winter Could Help Prevent Respiratory Infections
Experts weigh in on how you can navigate social gatherings and travel as respiratory illnesses rise this winter
Epidemiology
Online COVID Wastewater Sites Can Help You Stay Safe during the Holidays
Here’s how to plan COVID-safer holiday get-togethers, using websites that show viral levels in wastewater
Pharmaceuticals
How Two Pharmacists Figured Out That Decongestants Don’t Work
A loophole in FDA processes means older drugs like the ones in oral decongestants weren’t properly tested. Here’s how we learned the most popular one doesn’t work
Diet
Cutting Salt May Lower Blood Pressure as Much as Medication
A new study confirms the blood pressure-lowering power of a low-sodium diet
Public Health
New At-Home STI Test Could Help Stop the Spread of Infection
Experts hope a recent FDA approval for the first commercial at-home test for sexually transmitted diseases may help increase access to testing and curb rising rates
Artificial Intelligence
New Class of Antibiotics Discovered Using AI
A deep-learning algorithm helped identify new compounds that are effective against antibiotic-resistant infections in mice, opening the door to AI-guided drug discovery
Mental Health
How Winter Affects Our Mood and Behavior
From experiencing seasonal depression to feeling friskier, here are some ways winter affects people's mental health and attitude
Health Care
Breath Of Life: Bridging the Oxygen Gap in Kenya
After COVID devastated Kenya, oxygen prices began to skyrocket, causing people to lose their life. Ruth Wambui, a nurse-entrepreneur, set out to bridge the oxygen gap in the country.
