Health & Spirituality

The 'tongue patch' diet sews a mesh patch onto the tongue to make eating painful. Doctors called it dangerous — and it was never FDA approved.

June 6, 2013 · 1 min read

Researchers began a 660-child study of a blood test that may flag autism risk earlier — though experts caution it cannot diagnose the condition alone.

April 29, 2013 · 2 min read

Researchers are studying ultraviolet light systems to disinfect hospital rooms against bedbugs and drug-resistant bacteria like MRSA.

April 23, 2013 · 1 min read

Ajay Rochester says she has regained 105 pounds since winning The Biggest Loser, opening up about the pressure of being the show's public face.

April 19, 2013 · 1 min read

McMaster's Stuart Phillips explains why lighter weights, more reps to fatigue, build muscle as well as heavy lifting — with less injury risk.

April 8, 2013 · 1 min read

Slow metabolism or just slow habits? The honest, natural ways to nudge your metabolic rate — strength training, protein, sleep — without gimmicks.

March 14, 2013 · 2 min read

Short sleep is strongly linked to weight gain — and lab studies show why: less sleep means more eating, especially late-night snacking. The honest evidence.

March 11, 2013 · 2 min read

The short version: Your memory of a meal counts toward feeling full. Recalling lunch in detail reduces later snacking; eating distracted increases it.

March 7, 2013 · 2 min read

The short version: The 5:2 diet — five normal days, two ~500-calorie days — produces weight loss, but no more than ordinary dieting.

March 1, 2013 · 2 min read

Jennifer Love Hewitt graced Shape's March 2013 cover in a bikini, crediting Buti — a yoga-dance-plyometrics fusion — and 60 minutes of daily exercise for

February 16, 2013 · 1 min read

Why periods trigger stubborn breakouts — and the dermatologist-backed ways to prevent them, from salicylic acid to prescription options.

February 4, 2013 · 1 min read

British headlines in the early 2010s announced that fat transfer, injecting a patient's own fat into the face, hands, or buttocks, had become more popular than…

January 29, 2013 · 3 min read

The nightcap is sleep's most successful con: alcohol helps you fall asleep, then fragments the night, suppresses REM, and worsens snoring.

January 28, 2013 · 2 min read

Children who eat fast food three or more times a week appear more likely to suffer severe asthma, hay fever, and eczema.

January 15, 2013 · 2 min read

A rodent study reported by the New York Times found that exercise blunted the memory-impairing effects of a high-fat diet. Here is what it did and did not show.

November 8, 2012 · 2 min read

The original version of this story presented an extraordinary anecdote as fact: a woman crippled by arthritis, healed in days after a television appearance and…

September 13, 2012 · 2 min read

A 2012 European Heart Journal study of 43,265 people found a subset of obese people at normal risk of heart disease and cancer — if they were fit.

September 5, 2012 · 1 min read

McDonald's announced its first all-vegetarian outlets near Amritsar's Golden Temple and the Vaishno Devi shrine — a milestone for the Big Mac empire.

September 5, 2012 · 1 min read

Cosmetic procedures promise confidence, but the brochures skip the risks. An honest look at what surgery can and cannot change, and the questions to ask first.

September 3, 2012 · 3 min read

Women were told to fear the weight room. The men had it right all along: lift heavy, eat enough, rest — and stop doing endless cardio.

August 27, 2012 · 2 min read