Kids shouldn’t eat added sugar before they turn 2
A nutritional epidemiologist explains why kids shouldn’t eat added sugar before they turn 2.
Lisa Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
I remember a decade ago...
How does a piece of bread cause a migraine?
Lauren Green, University of Southern California
Migraine is the third most prevalent illness in the world and causes suffering for tens of millions of people....
UN report projects increased malnutrition
To reduce world hunger, governments need to think beyond making food cheap
Michael Fakhri, University of Oregon and Ntina Tzouvala, Australian National University
According to a...
A pediatrician explains a spike in ear infections after Covid restrictions...
Abigail Kumral, University of Virginia
As a pediatrician, I see children in my clinic daily for ear infections. Because these are associated with viral upper...
Insulin Resistance & Prediabetes
US National Institutes of Health
On this page:
What is insulin?
What is insulin resistance?
What is prediabetes?
How common is prediabetes?
Who is more...
World Sickle Cell Day – June 19th
World Sickle Cell Day
This World Sickle Cell Day (observed every year on June 19), find new stories and resources about sickle cell disease!
Sickle cell...
Tracking your heart rate?
Anne R. Crecelius, University of Dayton
The rise of wearable fitness trackers has increased the number of people monitoring their heart rate, both throughout the...
The many problems that come with palm oil
How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source
Jonathan E. Robins, Michigan Technological University
Palm oil is everywhere today: in food, soap, lipstick,...
50 years ago, the first CT scan let doctors see inside...
50 years ago, the first CT scan let doctors see inside a living skull – thanks to an eccentric engineer at the Beatles’ record company
Edmund...
Quarantine screen time could be harmful to kids’ eyesight
Increasing screen time during COVID-19 could be harmful to kids' eyesight
Shu-Fang Shih, University of Michigan and Olivia Killeen, University of Michigan
The coronavirus pandemic is...
