Health & Spirituality

From turmeric to methi to cumin — twelve everyday Indian foods with real research (or long tradition) behind their weight-management reputation.

November 6, 2011 · 2 min read

Curcumin, turmeric's active compound, matched ibuprofen for knee osteoarthritis pain in some trials. What the research really says — plus the dose and

October 21, 2011 · 2 min read

A landmark 2011 NEJM study found that low-income women who moved to less-poor neighborhoods via a housing-voucher lottery had lower rates of extreme obesity

October 20, 2011 · 1 min read

On Dussehra, while Ravana's effigies burn across India, some communities in Madhya Pradesh worship the 10-headed king as a god — here's why.

October 6, 2011 · 1 min read

Hit a fitness plateau? Progressive overload, cross-training, and real recovery — not more of the same — are what restart progress and redefine exercise.

October 4, 2011 · 1 min read

In September 2011, Jensen Farms cantaloupes contaminated with Listeria sickened 72 people and killed 13 — the deadliest US foodborne outbreak in a decade.

September 28, 2011 · 1 min read

On September 28, 2011, Reebok agreed to pay $25 million to settle FTC charges that its EasyTone and RunTone toning shoes' fitness claims were deceptive.

September 28, 2011 · 1 min read

A vinegar-based screening test costing a few dollars could bring cervical cancer detection to millions — where most of 250,000 annual deaths occur.

September 26, 2011 · 1 min read

Most people lose measurable height with age — men about an inch, women up to two — as discs compress and posture changes. Why it happens, and what helps.

September 20, 2011 · 1 min read

A Danish study of 161,696 young men linked hospital-treated childhood infections with lower IQ — an association, not proof of cause, from later research.

September 11, 2011 · 3 min read

Attachment research shows the mother-son bond shapes boys' emotional intelligence and outcomes — and the 'separate to become a man' narrative is more

August 31, 2011 · 1 min read

Toning shoes, green tea extract, diet pills — the weight-loss industry sells shortcuts the evidence doesn't support. What actually works is unsellable.

August 27, 2011 · 1 min read

An Imperial College study found that a mother's pre-pregnancy BMI shapes her newborn's body fat — including liver fat. The obesity fight may start in the womb.

August 23, 2011 · 1 min read

After a quadruple bypass and a stent, Bill Clinton adopted a plant-based diet and lost 20+ pounds. The story of the most famous vegan convert in politics.

August 23, 2011 · 2 min read

Yoga is a way of life, an integrated system of education for the body,mind and inner spirit. The art of right living was perfected and practiced in India…

August 9, 2011 · 4 min read

Professor John Speakman's energy-expenditure research found we are not less active than in the 1980s — we just eat a third more. The fork beats the treadmill.

August 9, 2011 · 2 min read

A 2011 review in the Journal of Family Practice found no evidence that colon cleansing helps healthy adults — and documented real risks, from infection to

August 1, 2011 · 1 min read

Research links advanced paternal age to higher risks of autism, schizophrenia, and other conditions in children. The science of the male biological clock.

June 29, 2011 · 2 min read

A delayed study set off debate over whether meditation protects the heart. The honest picture: stress reduction is well supported; cardiac benefits aren't.

June 28, 2011 · 1 min read

The USDA retired the 19-year-old food pyramid for MyPlate: a simple four-section plate icon unveiled by Michelle Obama and Tom Vilsack.

June 18, 2011 · 1 min read