• What to Know About 'Ozempic Face'
  
  Medications intended for Type 2 diabetes are being used - some say abused - as quick weight loss drugs. These trending medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro may be effective at helping you to drop some pounds, but they can also have an ugly side effect. Taking the drugs...
• 40-Year Study Finds Weight-Loss Surgery Boosts Longevity
  
  It's well known that obesity fuels an increase in a person's risk for other chronic health conditions. Now, a new study shows that weight-loss surgery could set that person's health, and longevity, on a different path. Utah researchers who followed patients for up to 40 years...
• This Two-Minute Morning Activity Will Boost Your Energy and Focus All Day
  
  While a cup of coffee can start your morning with a bang, there's an easy, two-minute activity that will jumpstart your metabolism and give you more energy throughout the day. Uber investor Sahil Bloom developed the 5-5-5-30 morning exercise routine that takes only two...
• 'Spare Tire' in Middle Age Doubles Risk for Frailty With Aging
  
  Any 'middle-age spread' of excess weight around your tummy could raise your risk of becoming frail decades later, a new study suggests. Obese folks who've packed on pounds around their waist are more likely to develop symptoms of frailty, including exhaustion, weak grip...
• Health Benefits of Vitamin D Diminished in Overweight Adults
  
  Vitamin D is widely promoted for better health, but if you're overweight, you might not reap the benefits. In a new study, researchers found a 30% to 40% reduction in cancer, cancer deaths and autoimmune diseases among people with a lower body mass index (BMI) who took...
• Lab-Grown Meat Could Be Available in Restaurants This Year
  
  Once the stuff of science fiction, lab-grown meat could become reality in some restaurants in the United States as early as this year. Executives at cultivated meat companies are optimistic that meat grown in massive steel vats could be on the menu within months after one...
• Insomnia Snacks: Try These Foods for a Better Night's Sleep
  
  While you've probably heard that it is best not to nosh before bedtime, experts say certain snacks can help you sleep more soundly. Eating the right foods or particular combination of foods in the evening hours could mean the difference between a fitful or restful sleep,...
• Study: Fewer and Smaller Meals, Not Timing, Key to Weight Loss
  
  When it comes to weight loss, what seems to matter most is how often and how much you eat, rather than when you eat. That's the conclusion of a new study that focused on the eating habits of about 550 adults. For six months, all were asked to use a phone app to report both...
• 80 Percent of Children Cured of Peanut Allergy in New Boiled Peanuts Trial
  
  New research from Australia found that 80% of children with a peanut allergy who were given boiled peanuts as part of a controlled study were cured of their allergy. The condition affects up to one in 50 children and one in 200 adults, says Study Finds. Any contact with...
• Study: Eating One Freshwater Fish Equal to a Month of Drinking Contaminated Water
  
  Eating one freshwater fish caught in a river or lake in the United States is the equivalent of drinking a month's worth of water contaminated with toxic "forever chemicals," new research said on Tuesday. The invisible chemicals called PFAS were first developed in the 1940s...
• The Truth Behind 6 Popular Health Claims
  
  The conflicting headlines about all things dietary and health-based can make your head spin. One day, experts tout the advantages of drinking wine or eating breakfast and the next we see just the opposite could be true. Still, as more studies emerge, we're getting close to...
• Retain Flexibility as You Age
  
  Flexibility is important in everyday life, especially as we get older. It's not about the ability to touch your toes or do a backbend, but about functional fitness. Bending down to put on your socks or tie your shoes. Looking over your shoulder to change lanes. Reaching up...
• Declining Sense of Smell Signals Frailty in Older Adults
  
  Doctors already test seniors' hearing and vision. Sense of smell could be added to screenings one day, according to researchers who found links between its loss and risk of frailty in older adults. "We use our sense of smell to identify the threat of a fire or to enjoy the...
• Study Determines How to Counteract the Negative Effects of Prolonged Sitting
  
  Millions of adults spend too much time at a desk or in front of a screen, and experts have long advised them to sit less, move more. But if lower blood pressure, lower blood sugar and a mood boost are the goals, what's the bare minimum of movement that will get the job...
• Just 6 Minutes of High-Intensity Exercise Could Delay Alzheimer's
  
  Six minutes of high-intensity exercise might prolong the lifespan of a healthy brain, perhaps delaying the start of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, a new, small study suggests. Researchers found that short but intense cycling increased the production of a protein...
• Eating Fast Food Linked to Liver Disease
  
  Do your liver a favor and steer clear of fast food, new research urges. People with obesity or diabetes who consumed 20% or more of their daily calories from fast food had severely elevated levels of fat in their liver compared to those who ate less fast food or none. Even...
• New Research Finds Gardening Boosts Fiber Intake, Exercise and Decreases Anxiety
  
  Anyone who has ever gardened knows what a labor of love it can be as you dig deep in the dirt to plant seeds and then take pride in your first crop, but new research shows it also translates into better health. It turns out that community gardens in urban areas can have...
• New Flavor-Enhancing Cutlery Could Help Users Reduce Sugar, Salt
  
  A team of research students has designed a spoon that stimulates taste buds to produce a sensation of sweetness. This could be helpful for anyone with a sweet tooth, and particularly for those with diabetes, which affects 11.3 % of the population, who need to limit sugar...
• Avoid These 5 Foods for a Healthier 2023
  
  If you want to lose weight this coming year, avoid low-quality "junk" foods. The 2022 State of Obesity Report found that 19 states now have obesity rates topping 35% and that 4 out of 10 U.S. adults are obese, says Eat This, Not That! The report notes that our obesity...
• How to Cope With Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms
  
  Giving up nicotine can be a brutal experience that can include everything from physical symptoms, such as headache and nausea, to mood issues, including irritability, anxiety and depression. Yet, it is still possible to get through nicotine withdrawal symptoms with a good...
• Study: Sports and Other Exercise a Natural Antidepressant for Teens
  
  An antidote to teenage depression might be found in school gymnasiums and on sports fields, a major new review argues. Supervised exercise programs are associated with significant reductions in symptoms of depression among children and teenagers, according to the analysis of...
• New Guidelines Call for Drugs, Surgery Earlier for Kids With Obesity
  
  Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new guidelines released Monday. The longstanding practice of "watchful waiting," or...
• Tips to Stay Healthy While Traveling
  
  Travel can be fun, but taxing. As the pandemic ebbs and people venture back out into the world, an expert from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston offers tips for ensuring a healthier, more peaceful vacation or work trip. "Though frequent travel can boost your mood and...
• Why Green Juice Isn't as Healthy as You Think
  
  If eating more greens is one of your New Year's resolutions, make sure they are whole veggies not green juices. While many people are dusting off their juicers to prepare for the post-holiday "detox," nutritionists warn that drinking green juices instead of other foods may...
• Cardiac Events a Frightening, Familiar Sight in Hockey
  
  The horror that swept across the NFL when Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin collapsed and went into cardiac arrest during a game this week in Cincinnati was all too familiar to members of the hockey community. Five players in the NHL over the past 25 years who...

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