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According to a report organized by EAT, a Stockholm-based nonprofit seeking to improve the food system, people should only eat about a hamburger’s worth of red meat a week to do what’s best for their health and the planet [1]. Dairy foods should be limited to about one serving a day,...

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced that it will be retiring its PubMed Health website on October 31, 2018 [1]. The existing content or similar material will subsequently be made available through PubMed, MedlinePlus, and Bookshelf. Launched in 2010, PubMed Health provides...

According to new research, people with a higher sense of purpose tend to engage in healthier lifestyle choices and are more likely to feel better about their own health status.

According to new research, people with a higher sense of purpose tend to engage in healthier lifestyle choices and are more likely to feel better about their own health status.

In celebration of World Vegan Day, here are 5 science-based health benefits of a vegan diet.

Today is World Food Day. World Food Day is both a day of action against hunger for those who are starving from lack of food and a day to promote worldwide awareness of the need to provide enough, nutritious food for everyone. World Food Day is celebrated in 150 countries around the world, making...

Stanford bioengineers have created an ultra-low-cost, hand-spun centrifuge that separates blood into its individual components in only 1.5 minutes.

The goal of National Cervical Health Awareness Month is to raise awareness about how women can protect themselves from HPV and cervical cancer.

Rare Disease Day 2016 recognizes the crucial role that rare disease patients play in voicing their needs and instigating change.

Call it workaholism or “successaholism”, it’s a problematic cycle because it eventually leads to burnout and worse job performance.

Our daily rhythms are governed by a metabolite called polyamines that declines with age.

A new study has predicted key genetic mutations in colorectal tumours by analyzing the types of gut bacteria present around them.

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced earlier this week [1]. The prize was awarded to three scientists who developed therapies by looking at natural, local substances, against parasitic infections. The prize of 8-million-Swedish-krona ($1.2-million USD) was divided, with o...

A Harvard University study has found that long-term depression in people over 50 could more than double their risk of having a stroke.

During Dying Matters Awareness Week, everyone should talk openly with those closest to them about dying, death and bereavement

To the Edge of the Sky documents four families fight to save their children’s lives and end Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

23andMe recently announced the creation of a new therapeutics group with the intention of developing drugs.