Why Is It Harder to Maintain Weight Loss Than to Achieve It?
There are many effective diets for losing weight, but the vast majority of dieters have a hard time…
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No Sodas at School? Mom to the Rescue
When schools ban bad beverages, teens just increase their at-home consumption. By Tom Jacobs (Illustration: Jason Solo) Teenagers’ consumption…
How the U.S. Government Is Cracking Down on Scientific Quackery
The Federal Trade Commission has a new policy for homeopathic medications: Marketers must tell consumers that they don’t…
The New Study That Could Finally Pressure the VA to Expand Agent Orange Benefits
More than four decades after the end of the Vietnam War, research is still showing the effects of…
Could Living Longer Mean Greater Equality in Lifespans?
As the average human life grows longer, fewer people die at very young or very old ages. By…
Your Brain Has Fingerprints
Each person has a unique pattern of white matter connecting different brain regions, a new study suggests. By…
How the Recession Left Low-Income Children Out of Shape and Out of Options
Blame school budget cuts and inadequate facilities for America’s childhood obesity epidemic. By Sam Sutton (Photo: John Moore/Getty…
Ebola May Not Always Have Symptoms
A new study finds about 25 percent of cases in one Sierra Leone village went undetected. By Nathan…
Since We Last Spoke: Killer Mosquitoes
New twists on past stories. By Madeleine Thomas A biologist releases genetically modified mosquitoes in Piracicaba, Brazil. (Photos:…
How Our Environment Affects Our Genes
Genes versus culture is not an either-or proposition. By Michael White (Photo: mujitra/Flickr) When we say “it’s genetic,”…