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Eating disorders are much more than bulimia and anorexia. Many people – including men, the elderly, and people with obesity – struggle with their relationship with food in harmful ways. Sometimes even treatments like a GLP-1 can exacerbate or uncover a hidden disorder. Read More.

Eating 40 grams of walnuts daily improved sleep quality in young adults. Walnuts have melatonin, which helps you fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer. Read More.

The largest review ever conducted on opioids for acute pain found that these widely prescribed drugs often deliver only small, short-lived benefits. Read More.

It’s 7:35 a.m. inside Austin’s Fairmont Hotel when the elevator doors open and a fit, tanned man sporting a red-light therapy cap and yellow-tinted glasses steps into a packed, half-asleep car. Read More.

A new oral drug, daraxonrasib, more than doubled median survival for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer in a phase‑3 trial, prompting an FDA‑approved early‑access program and raising hopes for later approval this year. Read More.

Adults accept it as conventional health wisdom that we require eight hours of sleep each night in order to be healthy. Yet an expert on human evolutionary biology recently argued that this might actually be misleading. Read More.

A Nantucket project is testing whether mice with protective antibodies can help slow the spread of Lyme disease Read More.

If you have type 1 diabetes, you probably rely on an insulin pump to regulate your symptoms. But if you use an Omnipod pump, you should double-check that you’re getting the insulin you need Read More.

Early-stage detection yields a five-year survival rate of more than 90% in the US, studies show Read More.

Weight-loss and diabetes drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound may do more than help patients manage blood sugar and obesity Read More.

Nutritionist Nmami Agarwal recommends drinking fennel tea after every meal to manage indigestion. Read More.

If you worry about your risk of dementia, Lauren Sprague knows your fear. Her father had a stroke when she was in high school. Read More.

Nestled in the core of the brain is the hippocampus, a little curve of tissue central to memory and learning. It serves as a processing center for our experiences, helping organize information as it comes in. The hippocampus does that when we’re awake—and, a new study suggests, even when we’re unconscious. Read More.

Patients — and their doctors — have been desperate for a more effective pancreatic cancer treatment for decades. Now one appears to be within reach. Read More.

The 2026 tick season appears to be the worst in a decade, with CDC data showing record‑high emergency‑room visits for tick bites and experts linking the surge to milder winters, earlier springs, insulating snow cover, and abundant acorn crops that boost wildlife hosts. Read More.