What is a drought? A drought is a prolonged dry period without rain. In the last few decades, droughts are...
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Harvard Health Ad Watch: New drug, old song, clever tagline
It's not often that a new drug comes along that could help nearly a quarter of the adult population. But when it...
What color is your tongue? What’s healthy, what’s not?
If the eyes are the windows to the soul, then consider the tongue a sort of check-engine light for the body. The...
How do trees and green spaces enhance our health?
Trees enhance life in a multitude of ways. They combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere....
How — and why — to fit more fiber and fermented food into your meals
An F may mean failure in school, but the letter earns high marks in your diet. The two biggest dietary Fs — fiber...
A muscle-building obsession in boys: What to know and do
By the time boys are 8 or 10, they're steeped in Marvel action heroes with bulging, oversized muscles and rock-hard...
Dog bites: How to prevent or treat them
Each year, more than 4.5 million dog bites occur in the United States. Despite what you might assume, most of these incidents don't happen when an...
Can AI answer medical questions better than your doctor?
Last year, headlines describing a study about artificial intelligence (AI) were eye-catching, to say the...
Concussion in children: What to know and do
Concussion is one of the most common injuries to the brain, affecting about two million children and teens every year....
Moving from couch to 5K
Need a little motivation and structure to ramp up your walking routine? Want to wake up your workouts but not quite...