Another week, another platform in trouble for allowing its talent to spread misinformation. Among other false and dubious health claims presented on his popular, Spotify-hosted podcast, Joe Rogan suggested that the mRNA Covid-19 vaccines are a form of “gene therapy” and that young people are more likely to contract the disease from vaccination than from … Read more

With the Eat Well Challenge, you’ll learn how to reshape your eating habits without dieting. Stop dieting and start savoring your food instead as your New Year’s resolution. Despite what may seem like surprising advice, there is mounting evidence that diets don’t work. Food restriction makes you want to eat more, according to research. Long-term, … Read more

The conventional wisdom about metabolism says people gain weight as they age because their metabolisms slow down. The metabolism of women is slower than that of men. That’s why they have a hard time controlling their weight. The menopause only worsens things, slowing women’s metabolisms even further. It’s all wrong, according to a paper published … Read more

In the city’s wastewater, these mysterious sequences, or cryptic lineages, have continued to appear. Humans are not at risk from these lineages, which have circulated for at least a year without overtaking Delta or Omicron. On Thursday, the researchers published their findings in Nature Communications, but they still don’t know where they came from. “We … Read more

Discover what it’s like to be an American man. 198 pounds and 5 feet 9 inches tall, he weighs 198 pounds. A 40-inch waist and a body mass index of 29 place him at the high end of the “overweight” range. What does the average woman look like? Her height is 5 feet 4 inches, … Read more

Certain types of scented candles (particularly those made of paraffin wax) have been labelled as “toxic” and can release harmful, cancer-causing chemicals. Although scented candles do emit vapors and particles that can be hazardous to inhale at high doses, research suggests that the dose you get with typical use is much less than what’s considered … Read more

According to documents published by the Food and Drug Administration before a meeting of its vaccine advisory group on Tuesday, the Coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech provides strong protection against Covid-19 within about 10 days of the first dose. Several significant new findings are included in the briefing materials, which include more than … Read more