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You've often heard that the calories you take in (or don't take in) determine weight loss, not the calories you expend (through exercise), since the body adjusts in ways that keep your so-called "calories-out" pretty constant. But a couple of interesting new studies shine a light on how getting a good dose of moderate to vigorous aerobics (150 ...Read more

The human foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles, and tendons. That means there's a lot that can go wrong! No wonder 81% of Americans report foot problems at some point.

When you have chronic or acute foot pain, the repercussions range from loss of balance and increased risk of falling to inability to walk or do aerobics ...Read more

Resiliency, the ability to cope with and overcome challenging life circumstances, may be an important key to living to be 100 or older. That's the conclusion of researchers in a new study in the Journal of Internal Medicine. They discovered that while African Americans have higher death rates than whites before age 80, after 80, that flips. Once...Read more

As you start the new year (and recover from holiday celebrations), it's smart to tai one on. By doing tai chi, that is. If you're still mentally sharp, tai chi can improve your ability to multitask, manage your time, and make decisions. And if you have mild cognitive impairment, tai chi can slow your cognitive decline more than other types of ...Read more

Everyone's blood pressure fluctuates -- depending on activities, stress, what and when you eat, medications (ibuprofen, for example), and the position of your body. That's normal -- as long as the fluctuations aren't too great and don't cause symptoms like shortness of breath, loss of balance or brain fog. If the variations are significant and ...Read more

The average American, whether young or old, consumes about 17 teaspoons of added sugar a day, or around 270 extra, empty calories. About 50% of those calories come from downing sugary drinks.

We've said over and over that added sugars and syrups are a risky indulgence -- fueling inflammation, obesity, diabetes, some cancers and heart disease. ...Read more

Around 21 million adults in the U.S. are diagnosed with major depression. That means they experienced fatigue, sadness, trouble sleeping and difficulty concentrating for most of the day, nearly every day, for more than two weeks. And that number doesn't include the many folks who have transient depression because of difficult life events or ...Read more

More than a third of U.S. adults have a heightened risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. But they may be able to eat their way out of the danger by indulging in two of our favorite foods -- dark chocolate and fatty fish such as salmon. No joke!

Two recent studies reveal the potential power of these tasty treats. Canadian researchers enlisted ...Read more

Around 38% of U.S. adults live alone (it was only 8% in the 1940s) and for 20% of folks, family members live far away from one another. So, it isn't surprising that a research letter in JAMA reveals that around a third of folks say they are usually lonely and almost as many are feeling isolated.

This can have profound mental and physical health...Read more

U.S. adults average four to six colds a year, so the chances are pretty good that at some point this winter, you're going to be contending with sniffles, coughing and sinus pain (or have already).

Our favorite remedy? Chicken soup. Although there aren't double-blind placebo-controlled studies looking at the effect of chicken soup on curing a ...Read more

Whether you say "si" or "oui" or "nai," saying "yes" to a Mediterranean diet can protect your heart and extend your life. A new study in Nutrients looked at data on almost 680,000 folks and found that sticking to a Mediterranean diet decreases the risk of a heart attack or stroke by 23% and your chance of dying from a cardiovascular complication...Read more

Bird flu, also called H5N1, has been detected in nearly 700 herds of cattle from coast to coast, and while there have been a few cases of it then spreading to folks who work with those cattle or have come in contact with infected wild birds, it has, thankfully, not spread widely to humans. To make sure that it doesn't, the U.S. Department of ...Read more

During last year's flu season, around 40 million people came down with the virus, 18 million of them went to see their doctor or to the emergency room because of their symptoms, almost half a million were hospitalized and 28,000 folks died from influenza-related issues such as pneumonia and inflammation of the heart and brain, and sepsis. ...Read more

Millions of people have taken or are using one of nine approved weight-loss medications. But there's still a lot of confusion about their safety and potential side effects. So, Mayo Clinic researchers decided to take a look at data on the benefits and risks of three of them: liraglutide (Saxenda), semaglutide (Wegovy), and tirzepatide (Zepbound)...Read more