Health & Spirituality

Restarting exercise is harder than starting. On deconditioning, the step-down return, and why identity beats motivation for getting back on the bandwagon.

Even 100% fruit juice contributes to childhood obesity and tooth decay. On what juicing removes, what the pediatric guidelines say, and why water wins.

In 2007, makers withdrew infant cough and cold medicines over safety concerns. A CDC study found ER visits for these drugs in children under 2 fell by more

What does the body mean when the mind is intact but paralyzed? On disability literature, hedonic adaptation, and the gap between predicted and lived experience.

Laughter yoga went from a Mumbai park in 1995 to clubs worldwide. Does voluntary laughing deliver the same benefits as the real thing? What the research says.

People with more moles show fewer signs of skin ageing — and a 2007 King's College study found longer telomeres behind it.

Longer, harder workouts don't automatically mean more fat loss. What exercise science actually says about intensity, cortisol, and the fat-burning zone.

The ketogenic diet — a 1920s epilepsy therapy revived by one family's story — quiets seizures where drugs fail. On food as medicine, and its limits.

Energy drinks are a multi-billion-dollar business built on caffeine. Once you remove the caffeine, the taurine, vitamins and herbs do nothing — the research

A study suggests moderate drinkers fare better after bypass surgery. Observational, not a prescription — but the 'French paradox' debate continues.

Chronic jet lag halved new neuron growth in hamsters, a Society for Neuroscience study found — a possible mechanism for the mental fog of long-haul travel.

Your kid has a cold. Which remedies actually work? Honey, saline drops, fluids and rest — yes. OTC cold medicines for little kids — no.

Less than seven hours of sleep raises ghrelin, tanks insulin sensitivity, weakens vaccine response and colds resistance. Sleep is not lost productivity time.

Eating less is thermodynamically simple and biologically hard. Why the diet industry profits from the gap — and what works with your body, not against it.

See a yawn, catch a yawn — and you catch more yawns from people you're close to. The science of contagious yawning, and what it says about empathy.

Insulin, cortisol, thyroid, estrogen — the hormones that decide where fat goes and why losing it is hard. And why guessing isn't a strategy.

Water doesn't literally melt fat — but swapping drinks, hydrating before meals, and staying hydrated all measurably help with weight loss.

The low-fat era told you fat was the enemy. It wasn't — monounsaturated fats in olive oil, nuts, and avocados are among the healthiest foods.

Breastfeeding mothers actually get more sleep than formula-feeding ones — but all new mothers are profoundly sleep-deprived. What the research shows.

Rapid weight loss costs muscle, not just fat — and the rebound is physiology, not failure. Why half a pound a week beats the crash diet.