Science

“Drink more water.” It’s the universal health mantra, a cornerstone of wellness culture. But in medicine, any good thing taken to an extreme can become...

“Drink more water.” It’s a health mantra repeated by everyone from fitness gurus to wellness bloggers. It’s an axiom, a dogma, an almost religious creed....

You’ve just received your annual lab report. You scan the page, and with a sigh of relief, you see that nearly every value falls within...

It’s one of the most frustrating paradoxes of modern life: you spend a full eight hours in bed, yet you wake up feeling unrestored, foggy,...

There’s a critical gray zone in cardiovascular health that millions of people inhabit, often without realizing the danger. It’s the moment your blood pressure monitor...

Our brain is a masterpiece of evolution, a finely tuned instrument designed over millions of years for survival on the savannah. It’s wired to detect...

For most of human history, medicine has been practiced like a game of whack-a-mole. We wait for a disease to appear—heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s—and then...

For decades, the story of cholesterol has been a simple tale of “good” (HDL) versus “bad” (LDL). But the science of lipidology has undergone a...

The term “biohacking” conjures images of Silicon Valley executives injecting themselves with unproven substances or tech billionaires boasting about their extreme anti-aging protocols. But if...

Salt. No single substance in our diet is so essential and yet so vilified. It’s a source of endless debate, a staple of every kitchen,...

For generations, the conversation around preparing for pregnancy has focused almost exclusively on the woman. But a revolution in our understanding of genetics and reproductive...