Why your magnesium isn’t working (and what actually helps)
You know magnesium matters. You probably know you’re low on it. Maybe you started taking a pill hoping for deeper sleep or less stress.
It...
Decaf Coffee Shatters Liver Disease Odds
You think coffee is just for wakefulness.
Think again.
A massive new study suggests that daily caffeine—or the lack thereof—is actively protecting your liver from serious...
Sleep Like You Mean It (With Lettuce)
There’s this lazy notion that sleeping is wasted time. Wrong. Bad sleep kills. Not today. Not tomorrow. But eventually. The links between short sleep...
Sleep Isn’t a Switch You Flip
You did it. You hit the bed at a sane hour. The lights are out. You’re dead on your feet.
So why is your brain...
One Bacterium, Two Problems?
My brother deals with anxiety and IBS. He has dealt with them for years. Our family dinners used to revolve around a single, exhausting...
The Beta-Blocker Boom And Bust
Your heart is a muscle. It wants to beat fast. Sometimes it beats too fast, or irregularly, or with too much force for the...
The Double-Strike Strategy Against Lethal Viruses
Nipah kills. So does Hendra. The stats are ugly. Depending on which virus you catch, 40 to 75 percent of infected people die. No...
Your brain is older than you think (unless you speak Spanish)
Learning a second language is miserable. You fumble. You forget simple words. Your tongue feels like a foreign object. You want to quit.
It's mentally...
Fruits Beat Veggies? Metabolic Syndrome Data Says Yes
We get the lecture. Eat your greens. Load up on produce. Simple enough advice. But new research complicates that simple binary. Fruits and veggies...
What Labor Actually Looks Like: A Realist’s Guide
The baby is coming. You’re going to do a thing. A big, loud, messy, biological thing.
Before you start naming hospitals and buying swaddles, there’s...
