The "forever chemicals" known as PFAS appear to be aging men faster in their 50s and early 60s, a new study found.

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Human metabolism is regulated by internal clocks, the so-called circadian rhythms. Many processes, such as sugar uptake, fat ...

Fasting during Ramadan is physiologically similar to time-restricted eating, as both shift the body from glucose to fat use after 12–16 hours. The key difference is that Ramadan prohibits fluids ...

Scientists have developed a new way to help understand what happens in the body when people consume a plant product and the many chemicals it contains. The Journal of Natural Products published the ...

FARE's indicator report tracks the growing public health challenge of food allergy in the United States—a top-tier public ...

If you eat a diet high in refined starches, chilling can technically mitigate some of their negative impacts. But Dr. Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their population is ...

A study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology has revealed the toxic "forever chemical," PFOS, can accumulate in exposed honeybee colonies and transfer to their honey, ...

News headlines often compress complex science into a simple storyline: If two things are happening at the same time, one must ...

Thirty years after its discovery, scientists are eyeing leptin with renewed interest, for everything from weight loss drug ...

Soil salinization and alkalization pose significant global challenges, severely limiting the effective use of arable land and the improvement of agricultural productivity, which is critical for ...