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There's beauty in an aging face -- time's passage can etch in all the complex joys and sorrows that you experience and give you a vivid, appealing appearance. But when your face is showing wear and tear from too much sun exposure, smoking (anything), years of dehydration or lack of good internal health (what goes on in your gut impacts your skin...Read more

Fructose shows up in table sugar (it's about 50% fructose). And high fructose corn syrup, containing from 42% to 55% fructose, is in everything from soda, agave syrup (90% fructose) and baked goods to cereal. If you eat processed foods and drink fruit juices, power drinks and sodas, it's hard to avoid taking in far more than is good for you.

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Let me introduce you to queuine, a little-known vitamin-like micronutrient that your body cannot produce. (You can acquire it from certain foods, and it is produced by specific bacteria in your gut.) You can think of it as an essential nutrient that fine-tunes how your body reads your genes, switching them on or off to create needed proteins ...Read more

Around 20% of kids ages 12-19 have unhealthy LDL cholesterol levels and far too many children ages 6-12 are also contending with the damage that does to their future. A sedentary lifestyle and epidemic of overweight and obesity (that's 32% of American kids), along with genetic predispositions, are the reasons for youngsters' elevated lousy ...Read more

A new study in Communications Biology looked at the impact on your basic biology of practicing mind-body meditation techniques. The researchers found that doing various practices for a week actually activated specific brain pathways involved in pain relief and other pathways that play a role in boosting immune signaling.

New neurons were ...Read more

More than 1.5 billion folks on Planet Earth are living with obesity, but that doesn't mean they're all experiencing the same health risks or need the same care to become healthier. A study being presented at the European Congress on Obesity reveals that obesity causes distinctly different heart, metabolic, and inflammatory health risks for males...Read more

Did you wake up this morning with tight shoulders and a grumpy outlook? Welcome to the world of chronic stress and inflammation.

If that's you, chances are you're cranking out too much of the stress hormone cortisol and opening yourself up to the wide range of health problems that it causes. They range from disruption in the metabolism of carbs...Read more

The intensity of your daily activities and exercise routines, even in short bursts like climbing stairs or pedaling a stationary cycle at 90-100 rpms for a minute, has a huge impact on your protection from eight life-altering conditions: major cardiovascular disease, irregular heartbeat, Type 2 diabetes, dementia, immune-mediated inflammatory ...Read more

In 2025, a KFF Tracking Poll found that one in eight Americans was taking an injection of a GLP-1 medication such as semaglutide or tirzepatide for weight loss. Today, that's changing dramatically as folks opt for one of the two newly approved oral GLP-1s that make sticking to the routine (without sticking yourself) a lot easier.

Novo Nordisk's...Read more

We're a nation of late-night snackers. The Sleep Foundation says that 93% of adults have a late-night snack at least once a week, and most folks snack around four nights out of seven. Other survey data on more than 1.2 million folks shows that 25% of snackers prefer to eat late at night.

If that's you, you're at risk for elevated blood pressure...Read more

Around 50% of you who go on a diet to lose weight regain whatever pounds you shed within two years. That may be from adopting an overly restrictive diet that you run from emotionally and physically when you stop following it. It may also happen because of metabolic changes that the diet or medication caused (like appetite suppression) that ...Read more

It makes sense that getting kids vaccinated against rubella (German measles) does more than protect each individual child. After all, if a sick child infects a pregnant woman, she may miscarry or her baby may be born deaf, blind or with developmental delays.

But we're finding out more every day about how vaccines have benefits that were never ...Read more

Nothing should stop you from eating more fresh, unprocessed fruits and vegetables. They are nutritional powerhouses that make your insides (immune, gastrointestinal and neurological systems) and outsides (skin and hair) well-balanced and healthy, so they can protect you from disease and keep you looking good.

But when the Environmental Working ...Read more