In the rush to lose weight, more people are turning to extreme strategies that get amplified on social media. Fasting, once ...

In aging research, so-called hallmarks of aging have been established. They describe fundamental biological changes that ...

Hormones are responsible for governing many crucial systems and processes. One of the most important is cortisol, which may cause a host of problems if it rises out of its normal range. Some symptoms ...

As a small child, I loved the story about the emperor, who, falling for a con, ends up marching naked through town in an imperious royal procession. Everyone pretends he’s fully clothed – it just ...

While a person’s inauthenticity and fakeness can often be unsuspecting and insidious in everyday interactions and relationships, there are a few obvious signs of a genuinely fake person, according to ...

Manipulation. Belittling. Gaslighting. Vacillating between affection and cruelty. Do these sound familiar? Unhealthy marriages can take many forms, and understanding the core behaviors of emotional ...

With dexterous childlike hands and cheeky “masks,” raccoons are North America’s ubiquitous backyard bandits. The critters are so comfortable in human environments, in fact, that a new study finds that ...

But here’s the truth: heart disease is the number one killer of women in the U.S., responsible for about 1 in 5 female deaths — and Black women face even greater risk, according to the CDC. To break ...

An estimated 10 million Americans aged 50 and older have osteoporosis, a condition that causes bone loss and a higher risk of fractures. Your risk of getting the disease increases as you get older, ...