by Christian Goodman | Sep 17, 2025
A bad night’s sleep can leave you groggy in the morning. But new research in Brain suggests repeated restless nights could do far more — quietly damaging brain blood vessels and speeding up memory loss and dementia. Your brain’s blood vessels keep your mind sharp by...
by ShellyManning | Sep 16, 2025
In the U.S., more than 90% of community water supplies are treated with chlorine to kill harmful organisms. While this makes water safe from germs, it also produces chemical byproducts called trihalomethanes (THMs). And these chemicals cause chronic kidney disease...
by ShellyManning | Sep 14, 2025
Gout is often linked to eating purine-rich foods like red meat, shellfish, and alcohol. But new research in Arthritis Care & Research shows what you do eat may matter even more than what you avoid. Women tend to be protected from gout until menopause thanks to...
by Scott Davis | Sep 13, 2025
Everyone’s buzzing about the new weight-loss drugs like Ozempic that promise easy results without changing your lifestyle. But before you jump on the bandwagon, consider this: a major study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that people taking these...
by Scott Davis | Sep 12, 2025
For decades, eggs have been cast as the culprit behind raised cholesterol and clogged arteries. But new research published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has found it’s not the cholesterol in eggs that’s the problem; it’s something else entirely. Eggs...
by Jodi Knapp | Sep 11, 2025
Golf courses evoke images of manicured lawns and a quiet, leisurely lifestyle. But new research published in JAMA Network Open suggests that living near one could sharply increase your risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. The closer you live, the worse it gets. How...
by Jodi Knapp | Sep 10, 2025
For years, we’ve been told artificial sweeteners are the healthier choice to satisfy a sweet tooth. But new research in Diabetes & Metabolism delivers an alarming twist: drinking just one artificially sweetened beverage daily could raise your type 2 diabetes risk...
by ShellyManning | Sep 9, 2025
If you struggle with hip pain from osteoarthritis, there’s good news from a British study published in The Lancet Rheumatology. Researchers found that a weekly group program combining education and static cycling (spinning) helped people improve their daily function...
by Julissa Clay | Sep 7, 2025
Sugary gum feeds bacteria that attack your teeth. Artificially sweetened gum was supposed to be the fix… some actually make things worse. But a new study in BMC Oral reveals that one specific sugar substitute in gums can reduce your bad bacteria (causing gum disease)...
by Jodi Knapp | Sep 6, 2025
Getting enough of this vitamin is the most important thing you can do to protect yourself against neuropathy, according to a new study in Nutrition and Health. Because vitamin D calms inflammation, produces substances that keep nerve cells healthy, and repairs the...