There’s no shortage of spectacularly bad advice about dietary fat these days. None quite compares to the Soap Diet — a theory I involuntarily tested decades ago, courtesy of my mother. It's even worse ...

On this episode of Science Dispatch, we take a look at the radiation oncology experience from the perspective of a patient (and radiation expert) who endured 28 mornings of this common but ...

New York City’s nation-leading cigarette taxes have pushed pack prices into the $14 range—and pushed consumers into the black ...

Constipation is often treated as a simple plumbing problem, too little movement, too much delay. But emerging research ...

Obviously, there was no era in which Americans were healthier than now, except in a romanticized imagination. Is there really ...

Food has always carried meaning, but in contemporary nutrition culture, it is increasingly treated as a moral test. In the unqualified world of wellness and nutrition influencers, foods are no longer ...

What do Sichuanese chefs shrugging at The French Laundry, a meticulously dispatched bonito, a mountain of DoorDash detritus, and the psychic hum of “food noise” have in common? They all expose how ...

Metabolic Health is your body's internal systems: blood sugar levels, blood pressure, lipids, and inflammation. Poor metabolic health can drive up insulin resistance, a main culprit of heart disease, ...

A failed private lawsuit accusing major food companies of engineering addictive food has been resurrected by San Francisco’s city attorney, recasting contested nutrition science as a public nuisance.

Schizophrenia is a devastating psychiatric disorder, often robbing individuals of their grip on reality and ability to function. So when a US Cabinet secretary claims it can be cured by changing one’s ...