For assistant professor of sociology James Doucet-Battle, diabetes research is personal. His grandmother was diabetic, and that’s part of what inspired him to delve into the issue through the lens...

University of Birmingham researchers have invented a COVID-19 test that reduces testing time from 30 minutes to under five, and delivers accurate results. The method is described in a preprint paper (yet...

For most of her life, Mary Woodka-Ullery was “nutritionally naïve.” Born in 1950 after World War II, her family believed that “a chubby kid was a healthy kid,” and a sign...

A Washington law student ended up getting more than just groceries during a recent supermarket trip, after randomly receiving a COVID-19 vaccination. David MacMillan and his friend were at a Giant Food...

How to eat well without dieting in 2021, because nutritious food doesn’t have to mean restriction.  Much like the rest of the 2020, December was a bizarre time. For many of us, finessing our health...

For many people, returning to work after the Christmas break can be a rather stressful and anxiety-inducing prospect. Here’s how to make the transition a little easier. If logging on to Zoom was the...

A health care venture conceived by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan to attack soaring costs is dissolving. Haven, which was formed in 2018 by the three U.S. corporate giants, will cease operations...

When I finally get on the phone with Sanjay Gupta, M.D., in March, after he has rescheduled three times because he’s prepping for CNN’s first COVID-19 town hall, he’s relieved to be talking...

When Bria Hutson was growing up in East Oakland, California, she had a routine. Every day after school, she and her friends would stop at a corner store and load up on chips, sodas and other junk food....

Ashley Tisdale doesn't envision herself marathoning the High School Musical movies with her daughter. The 35-year-old singer/actress, who's currently expecting her first child with husband Christopher...