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By studying the millennia-old arms race between soil-dwelling microbes, scientists can pre-empt antibiotic resistance before it emerges in people.

When it comes to rice and pasta, dieticians recommend eating brown or whole grain because they're more nutritious. But you can create a super nutrient in white rice and white pasta. Here's the trick.

Imagine feeling 30 years younger even when you’re 100. Sounds impossible, right? Dr. Hinohara proved otherwise. Meet Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara who was one of Japan’s most respected doctors and a global…

A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a subject of debate.

The legacy of Solferino is in more danger than ever

A demonstration of how reentry tachyarrhythmias can develop in a system of excitable cells.

More than a century after the invention of vaccines, a veterinarian stumbled across a technique to boost their efficacy in an unlikely way — by observing wounded horses.

Seizures are often described as both terrifying and enthralling. Mine gave me a wondrous new take on consciousness and agency

How genetics and IVF empowered a family to leave cancer behind.

In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?

What snakes, ferrets, and elephants are revealing about cancer resistance

One of the most valuable substances in the world has never been replicated. Are we close?

A pioneering new treatment promises to tackle a wider range of cancers, with fewer side-effects than conventional radiotherapy. It also takes less than a second.

The latest effort, from the Mayo Clinic, holds some clues.

They’re surprising, and surprisingly effective. And they’ll help you feel better every single day.

Whether you want to lift weights in the gym or just get yourself on and off a chair, a good solid squat makes life so much easier. What can you do if yours needs work?

What if there was one piece of fitness equipment that was affordable, didn’t take up much space, could get you both strong and flexible, and was fun to use? While that might sound too good to be true, my guest, Pat Flynn, would say you can find all those benefits in the old-school kettlebell. Pat, […]

Horses bled for antivenom, crabs drained for endotoxin tests, and silkworms boiled for silk. Science can now replace these practices with synthetic alternatives — but we need to find ways to scale them up.

Vaccines are the first step toward health equity in many parts of the world.

Humans have suffered from tuberculosis for thousands of years and, even today, the disease kills more than 1 million people each year. Yet diagnosing cases remains a challenge. Why?

Throwing your back out is often caused by stiffness in the upper spine. Here’s how to prevent future pain.

A fixture in bull riding events around the country, Dallas surgeon Tandy Freeman tends to much more than just concussions and broken bones.

Despite recent progress, artificial wombs still face technical challenges. De-extinction efforts, of all things, are driving it forward. Just how much is anyone’s guess.

80% of sleep apnea cases are undiagnosed, and undiagnosed sleep apnea causes $150B of wasted medical spend every year.

Most new diseases have their origins in animals. So why aren’t we paying more attention to their health?

Nature - The World Health Organization has updated its list of most dangerous viruses and bacteria.

Pilot fatigue is in the spotlight this week, with the news that one Indonesian flight had two sleeping pilots at its helm. But the military have a surprising solution.

Early in life, the protein Reelin helps assemble the brain. Later on, it appears to protect the organ from Alzheimer’s and other threats to memory and thinking.

The robot adds flexibility, visibility, and post-surgical comfort to what is otherwise considered a major procedure.

Looking for a new squat variation? Learn about the Hatfield squat and how it can help you build lower-body strength and overcome pain or discomfort.

Spice up your workout routine.

Even if you never work out.

Once you’ve signed up for Part A and Part B, you can choose between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage.

A cellular chat after your workout may explain in part why weight training burns fat.

When my Crohn's disease took away food, it took what it means to be human.

Dr. Aaron Horschig, DPT, of Squat University explains the intricacies of this widely-renowned mobility move.

The average American celebrates just one healthy birthday after the age of sixty-five. Peter Attia argues that it doesn’t have to be this way.

"Someone left a human liver at the wrong hospital’s cargo bay in 90 degree heat, and no one noticed for an hour and a half."

The deadly virus was practically eliminated in the U.S., but now it’s infecting more people.

A Houston hospital is investigating whether a doctor altered a transplant list to make his patients ineligible for care. A disproportionate number of them have died while waiting for new organs.

The former undertaker collects human brains, talks to them, and hopes they won’t haunt her.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from InterestingEngineering: A Pittsburgh-based biotech company has started a one-of-a-kind trial in a patient with a failing liver. Their goal is to grow a functional second liver within the patient's body -- something never achieved before. If effective, it migh...

Ten states have uninsured rates below 5 percent. What are they doing right?

Columbia biomedical engineers are collaborating with orthopedic surgeons to build a living replacement knee to be tested in clinical trials within five years.

Ballad Health was granted the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in 2018. Since then, its emergency rooms have become more than three times as slow.

A new, high-tech approach called ECPR can restart more hearts and save more lives. Why aren’t more hospitals embracing it?

CTV W5 puts the spotlight on 18-year-old Emily Nash, who appears to be the first Canadian, and among the youngest people in the world, to have a rare but extraordinary super memory.

When wastewater surveillance turns into a hunt for a single infected individual, the ethics get tricky.

A case study digs into the medical records of a lost diver’s incredible survival story.

The disease once guaranteed an early death—but a new treatment has given many patients a chance to live decades longer than expected. What do they do now?

New research from University of Utah psychology researchers is helping prove what American authors John Muir and Henry David Thoreau tried to teach more than 150 years ago: Time spent in nature is good ...

You’re likelier than ever to get care from a physician assistant or nurse practitioner. Here’s what you need to know.

For 40 years, Dr. Jane Burns has been working to find the cause of Kawasaki disease, an illness that can lead to aneurysms and heart attacks. Her work has brought together a most unlikely team.

We start to lose muscle in our 30s, and the loss accelerates with age, putting us at risk of frailty later in life. But what you eat — specifically how much protein — is a big part of the solution.

A spillover of the neurological disease to humans from deer, elk, and other animals could be devastating

It's a potent example of how employers could cut workers' health costs, but also underscores just how hard that can be.

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Get on track to achieve your fitness goals by understanding the difference between exercise and training and why it matters.

MYC is the shapeless protein responsible for making the majority of human cancer cases worse. UC Riverside researchers have found a way to rein it in, offering hope for a new era of treatments.

“I was all of the things people are when they’re 14 or 15” — except a decade younger.

Hint: It's Not Just Balance

The DNA of bacteria and viruses that infected humans thousands of years ago is still trapped in their skeletal remains. Scientists are finding out what we can learn from them.

Could a theory from the science of perception help crack the mysteries of psychosis?

Wandercraft's pioneering exoskeleton, the Atlante X, has entered a rehabilitation trial in Germany.

Scientists are racing to find out what causes this progressive disease. And they're starting to make some headway.

Neuroscientists can now explore the “wild west” in our heads in incredible detail—a boon to medicine and understanding what makes us tick.

Sixty years later, will anybody have heard of COVID-19?

A new study on the costs of private equity buyouts makes a case for ownership transparency across health care

In a series of emotional interviews, the unconventional senator opens up about his battle with depression.

Mind-altering drugs could open the brain to a state of childlike learning, aiding recovery from psychological trauma, brain injury, or paralysis.

A new surgical patch can seal wounds in the abdomen and send warning of potential leaks.

Diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's spread through the brain like a forest fire. A new study suggests how the fire starts.

New research suggests that a subset of patients with psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia may actually have autoimmune disease that attacks the brain.

Ribonucleic acids (RNAs) are single-stranded molecules that play an essential role in the cells of all living organisms. As "transcripts" of our genes, mRNAs, for example, are involved in the translation ...

A study returns to the case of a soldier injured during the Spanish Civil War who inspired doctor Justo Gonzalo’s theory of the human brain

Mental stillness creates tension, proving it's essential that we include movement in our lives.

Chronic pain is not just a result of car accidents and workplace injuries but is also linked to troubled childhoods, loneliness, job insecurity and a hundred other pressures on working families.

Sleep paralysis has inspired paintings and horror stories. Now scientists are starting to understand why people wake from dreams unable to move.

Amyloid plaque can build up in body organs other than the brain. The resulting diseases — AL amyloidosis, ATTR amyloidosis and more — cause much suffering.

When you stick ink-filled needles into your skin, your body’s defenders respond accordingly. Scientists aren’t sure if that’s good or bad for you.

Upper body strength is almost as important as powerful legs when it comes to cycling.

Try these easy ways to sneak exercise into your daily routine and improve your everyday health.

Scientists are finding tumor signals in spit that could be key to developing diagnostic tests for various types of cancer

A surprising number of people experience symptoms of this curious condition, which is named after Lewis Carroll's heroine, who changed size after eating and drinking.

The long read: What do you say to someone whose wife prefers photographs of deceased authors to him?

Explore the intricate anatomy of the human brain with detailed illustrations and comprehensive references.

No human genome has ever been read in its entirety before. This year, scientists expect to pass that milestone for the first time.

The long read: For the ultra-wealthy and the super-famous, regular therapy won’t do

Humanity's engineering achievements have been extraordinary, so why has building an artificial heart has proved to be more challenging than expected.

Despite never having been to Ireland, the North Carolina man spoke with a "brogue" until his death, say researchers.

Until people started breaking out into hideous rashes.

Here are three issues you may want to address with a professional.

In the time it takes to make a cup of tea, you can build your core muscles, increase hip flexibility and stave off the effects of sitting at your desk all day

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A new tool uses "vortex ultrasound"—a sort of ultrasonic tornado—to break down blood clots in the brain more quickly than existing methods.

Our memories and bodies give us clues about who we are, but what happens when this guidance shifts? In this mind-bending talk, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy shares how the experiences of "altered selves" -- resulting from schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, foreign limb syndrome or other conditions -- shed light on the constructed nature of identity. He breaks down where our sense of self comes from and invites us to challenge our assumptions about who we are, with the aim of building a better you and a better world.

A standing abs routine that anyone can do.

Covid-19 showed us what the ICU was made to do—but we must grapple with the reality that it has a dark side too.

The secret to ultimate fitness isn't all that complicated—just spend a month outside, hiking eight hours per day. Kyle Boelte breaks down how his body evolved into an efficient, fat-burning, testosterone-fueled machine over 29 days on the Colorado Trail.

Strength training is the key to flexibility, mobility, improved performance and lower injury risk.

As one-minute planks gave way to three-minute planks, and three-minute planks evolved into ten-minute planks, marathon plank-holding has become a calling card of sorts. " Being able to hold a traditional plank for 10 minutes isn't very functional for anything except just that," says Tier 4 trainer Josh Stolz. "Even Stuart McGill (a top authority and researcher of low back pain and function) recommends holding a plank for 10 seconds, tops, followed by a brief, 1-to-2 seconds-long relaxation of the muscles.

Strength Stack 52 Bodyweight Exercises Games make exercising fun. Play dozens of different fitness games with your friends.

A resistance workout is not just about adding muscle: it can bring a host of other proven benefits as well. So what is stopping you?

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New way of altering DNA is used to engineer an "exciting", experimental therapy for a 13-year-old girl.

It began as a visionary notion—that patients could die with dignity at home. Now it’s a twenty-two-billion-dollar industry plagued by exploitation.

Tel Aviv University researchers find that exercise defeats cancer by increasing glucose consumption

"We bring the full hospital to the patient.”

The Wuhan lab at the center of suspicions about the pandemic’s onset was far more troubled than known, documents unearthed by a Senate team reveal. Tracing the evidence, Vanity Fair and ProPublica give the clearest view yet of a biocomplex in crisis.

In its latest catalogue of health conditions, the World Health Organization almost equated old age with disease. Then it backed off.

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For millennia, scientists and technologists have been scouring the natural world for clues on how to live longer. But is anyone any closer to finally defeating aging?

Scientists are grasping for any example that could help anticipate the future of Covid, even a mysterious respiratory pandemic that spread in the late 19th century.

The algorithm scans electronic records and may reduce sepsis deaths, but widespread adoption could be a challenge.

A medicine that disrupts the DNA replication of cancer cells may be within reach.

The ‘Er’ grouping could help doctors identify and treat some rare cases of blood incompatibility, including between pregnant mothers and fetuses.

They can fall from potentially infinite heights and survive. They can pivot off of nothing to land on their feet. Scientists still can’t fully explain why.

Its anti-inflammatory properties are no joke.

Here’s how to know when you truly need to hydrate.

It can be difficult for people with prosopagnosia to get a diagnosis.

The central idea is simple: replicate the hippocampus’ signals with a digital replacement. It’s no easy task.

It got too cozy with its host.

Physicians suffer one of the highest burnout rates among professionals. Dr. Kimberly Becher, one of two family practitioners in Clay County, West Virginia, learned the hard way.

If the U.S. had had a single-payer universal health care system in 2020, nearly 212,000 American lives would have been saved that year, according to a new study

Biden’s Cancer Moonshot aims to cut annual deaths in half. Scientists have the goal in their sights.

Two scientists inadvertently open the Pandora’s Box of WMDs. What now?

Born without my left temporal lobe, a brain region thought to be critical for language, I’ve been a research subject for much of my life.

Kettlebell exercises for beginners that will work your entire body and help with your regular strength training.

It’s time to ditch the biological clock, run to the nearest fair and jump back on that metaphoric roller-coaster known as your life

It’s often left out of polite ‘cocktail conversation,’ however this painful inflammation affects many people. Here are some ways to prevent and treat it.

MIT engineers designed an adhesive patch that produces ultrasound images of the body. The stamp-sized device sticks to skin and can provide continuous ultrasound imaging of internal organs for 48 hours.

To better understand our brains and design safer anesthesia, scientists are turning to EEG.

Smash a full-body workout from the comfort of your home

Level up your strength, muscle mass, endurance, and functional fitness

What do infectious diseases, T-cells, tomatoes, heart failure, sickle cell anemia and sorghum harvests have in common?

Millions of people have lost their sense of smell to COVID-19. Anthropologists are investigating the significance of this underrated sense.

A survey of trepanation, or trephination, the oldest surgical procedure known to humanity.

Researchers at MIT are investigating the brain of a woman, known by her initials EG, with a missing temporal lobe.

Beginner’s Guide to Handstands! Get your first handstand with this step-by-step handstand progression and handstand exercises.

“I know how lucky I am, and secretly tap wood, greet the day, and grab a sneaky pleasure from my survival at long odds.”

Clinical trials show that curcumin, present in the spice, may help fight osteoarthritis and other diseases, but there’s a catch – bioavailability, or how to get it into the blood

Humanoid robots can encourage human tendon cells to grow by stretching them in the same way people do when moving.

The holograms designed by the team of researchers from UPV and CSIC allow the opening of the blood brain barrier selectively, efficiently and in a highly focused manner, facilitating the administration of therapeutic drugs to treat pathologies that affect the central nervous system.

Working out regularly can be hard.

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They seem to exist entirely to funnel patients to more expensive specialists—but it may be the consumer, not the healthcare industry, who’s really to blame for this, and we’re suffering as a result.

Painless ways to drop extra pounds.

The search for why my emergency flight cost $86,184 led me to a hidden culprit: private equity.

Lower back pain from sitting at your desk for too long? Try these simple mobility moves.

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Dr. Mike Wasilisin of MoveU shows you the best way to decompress your back and relieve lower back pain with this quadratus lumborum stretch.

The first successful transplantation may solve a donor shortage, but this major scientific advancement is not without challenges.

I analyzed thousands of searches by people who were diagnosed with cancer. Their queries offer valuable lessons that could improve the way doctors treat patients.

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Yoga stretches are great for everything from pain relief to stress relief, and they’re really easy to work into your day. Yoga instructor Donna Noble explains how.

Your glutes are your primary source of power on the run. Show them a little love with these moves.

It is deadly, invisible and shapes much of the food we eat. A teaspoon of it could kill millions of people, and it is probably the most expensive material on earth. Yet you probably have some stuck to the bottom of you shoe.

After a chunk of his brain was removed, guitarist Pat Martino got his groove back.

Does your internal monologue play out on a television, in an attic, as a bickering Italian couple – or is it entirely, blissfully silent?

The company has already used its protein-folding AI, AlphaFold, to generate structures for the human proteome, as well as yeast, fruit flies, mice, and more.

Sometimes known as the “world’s greatest stretch,” this move gives tight hips relief

Each cardio machine offers a little something different when it comes to toning and strengthening.

These exercises will bring you the relief you’ve been craving.

Spice up your workout routine.

On this ward at Morton Plant Hospital, nurses are overwhelmed by the number of new, desperate cases.

Research suggests utilizing a newer—and less intimidating—method to hitting the weights at the gym.

Discovered more than a decade ago, a remarkable compound shows promise in treating everything from Alzheimer’s to brain injuries—and it just might improve your cognitive abilities.

Your pectoral muscles will thank you for this reset that brings relief from the 21st century lifestyle

All you need is an exercise mat to get started.

One patient in a pioneering trial describes his “life-changing” experience with the psychoactive drug.

Taking a look at the effects of compression, knees over toes, and deep squatting

Scientists discovered a previously unidentified genetic mutation in a Scottish woman. They hope it could lead to the development of new pain treatment.

Get off the mat to give your abs a whole different type of challenge.

Open source code for AlphaFold.

And why it has nothing to do with your arms

Fitness experts break down eight of the absolute best exercises to do if you're over 60 to maintain your independence and strength.

What deep brain stimulation surgery feels like.

No one could deny that Timothy was sick. But when doctors can’t agree on the cause of an illness, what happens to the patients trapped in limbo?

My maintenance habits keep me fit WITHOUT dieting, cardio, or ab exercises

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Suzanne O’Sullivan’s excellent book reveals that medicine remains as much an art as a science

In 1721, London was in the grips of a deadly smallpox epidemic. One woman learned how to stop it, but her solution sowed political division.

When a private-equity firm bought a Philadelphia institution, the most vulnerable patients bore the cost.

All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences.

Just before Alex Godfrey’s grandmother died from dementia, she snapped back to lucidity and regaled him with stories of her youth. Could moments like this teach us more about the human brain?

Sewage epidemiology has been embraced in other countries for decades, but not in the U.S. Will Covid change that?

Hollywood PT Jason Walsh reveals the back-to-basics workout that healed Jason Bourne's battered body

Medical device companies have used a range of tactics that have made independent repairs harder, with devastating consequences.

Scholar Monica Green combined the science of genetics with the study of old texts to reach a new hypothesis about the plague

High-intensity interval training is a simple way to get fit with short workouts and minimal equipment. Here are 3 workouts to try.

In her quest to master a quintessential cool-kid trick, Outside contributor Kim Cross found the sweet spot at the crossroads of work and play

Millions of hearts fail each year. Why can’t we replace them?

Tested and proven exercise routines you can use to build your own strength

New messenger RNA vaccines to fight the coronavirus are based on a technology that could transform medicine. Next up: sickle cell and HIV.

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Dr. Donald Johnson has spent his career making crime scene blood stains spill their secrets. His next mission: bringing forensic science into the iPad age.

A Kavli Prize–winning scientist details the magic of transforming vibrations into sound in the inner ear.

When good ideas make bad business

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In this spookily prescient booklet, people are advised to keep six feet apart, avoid shaking hands and only send one person per household out to do the shopping.

Plano surgeon Christopher Duntsch left a trail of bodies. The shocking story of a madman with a scalpel.

I’ve been reluctant to write this blog post because historically I don’t like talking about weight. But I’ve been promising to publish how…

The mistakes and the struggles behind America’s coronavirus tragedy.

Cancer surgery for $700, a heart bypass for $2,000. Pretty good, but under India’s new health-care system, it’s not good enough.

The boutique fitness phenomenon sold exclusivity with a smile, until a toxic atmosphere and a push for growth brought the whole thing down.

The secret to ultimate fitness isn't all that complicated—just spend a month outside, hiking eight hours per day. Kyle Boelte breaks down how his body evolved into an efficient, fat-burning, testosterone-fueled machine over 29 days on the Colorado Trail.

As one-minute planks gave way to three-minute planks, and three-minute planks evolved into ten-minute planks, marathon plank-holding has become a calling card of sorts. " Being able to hold a traditional plank for 10 minutes isn't very functional for anything except just that," says Tier 4 trainer Josh Stolz. "Even Stuart McGill (a top authority and researcher of low back pain and function) recommends holding a plank for 10 seconds, tops, followed by a brief, 1-to-2 seconds-long relaxation of the muscles.

Five exercises that will guarantee you have the strength to adventure all weekend, well into your eighties.

Hey guys, after working for 3 months on this I can finally release it! I tried to make this tutorial as detailed as possible and keep it entertaining at the same time! I hope I've succeeded at doing this and wish everyone a lot of luck with their journey. Please thumbs up, subscribe and share it if you thought it was useful! Special thanks to: Joshua Naterman - https://www.youtube.com/user/slizzardman Antranik - https://www.youtube.com/user/AntranikDotOrg jokester (mmmr) And all the people who reviewed it! Check out https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/ Wrist warm-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZWSQSSEjE **STAGES** Stage 1: Declined pike push-ups (strength work) 06:30 Frogstand (prior to strength work) 08:10 Yaad lean (skill work) 08:50 Ready for stage 2 when you can do: Frogstand 30s Tucked Yaad hold 2s Stage 2: Declined pike push-ups (strength work) 06:30 Tucked Yaad hold (skill work) 09:39 Ready for stage 3 when you can do: Tucked Yaad hold 10s Full Yaad hold 2s Stage 3: Declined pike push-ups (strength work) 06:30 Full Yaad hold (skill work) 10:16 Ready for stage 4 when you can do: Full Yaad hold 10s Stage 4: Declined pike push-ups (strength work) 06:30 Full Yaad hold (skill work) 10:16 HeSPU negatives (skill work) 10:45 Ready for stage 5 when you can do: Stable HeSPU negatives Stage 5: Declined pike push-ups (strength work) 06:30 Full Yaad hold (skill work) 10:16 HeSPU negatives (skill work) 10:45 Frogstand to HS (prior to strength work) 11:00 Ready for stage 6 when you can do: Stable frogstand to HS Stage 6: Declined pike push-ups (strength work) 06:30 Full Yaad hold (skill work) 10:16 HeSPU negatives (skill work) 10:45 Full Yaad hold to HS (prior to strength work) 11:34 Ready for stage 7 when you can do: Stable full Yaad hold to HS Stage 7: Freestanding handstand push-up

If you want shredded abs, you can't overlook your hips and glutes

You don't need a gym membership to be ready for race season

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Learn about the different surgical options for knee replacement, approaches, and recovery periods to help you make an informed decision.

Scientists say such tests could be available in a few years, speeding research for treatments and providing a diagnosis for dementia patients who want to know if they have Alzheimer’s disease.

Use tempo and isometrics to improve your bodyweight routine

Pathogens that switch to a new host species have some adapting to do. How does that affect the course of a pandemic like Covid-19?

Adam Kucharski wrote The Rules of Contagion before Covid-19. He talks about misinformation, bank failures, and coming up with hypotheses during a crisis.

From an enigmatic rage disorder to a sickness of overthinking, there are some mental illnesses you only get in certain cultures. Why? And what can they teach us?

Yes, the physiology and biomechanics of treadmill running are a little different. But how you feel about it is probably more important.

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The barrier between mind and body appears to be crumbling. Clinical practice and public perception need to catch up.

I. Amish people spend only a fifth as much as you do on health care, and their health is fine. What can we learn from them? A reminder: the Amish are a German religious sect who immigrated to colon…

At most gyms, there’s a cylindrical pad on the floor somewhere near the squat rack. (If it’s not there, check the Smith machine.) When I first started squatting, I needed that pad on the bar—or thought I did. How else would I protect my bony neck? But the truth is, you don’t need that pad. And if you’re planning to lift more and more over the years (which you will, you beast, you), you’ll have to ditch it.

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The deadlift is the most satisfying of barbell lifts. Here's your complete, easy to understand guide to how to deadlift perfectly. Everytime.

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to help our newer readers discover some of the best, evergreen gems from the past. This article was originally published in January 2019.  When you think about boxers’ workouts — when you mentally run through all the real life […]

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“N of 1” studies aim to answer medical questions one person at a time

When you first start doing deadlifts, you’re probably thinking about how hard they are for your back, your butt, your legs. But once the motion is sec

You won't be able to use much weight at all, but you'll still feel like Superman.

Blend three kinds of Bulgarian split squats into one monstrous set for glute, quad, and hamstring gains.

Martine Rothblatt wants to end transplant shortages with 3-D-printed lungs.

Hi! My name is Gerald Diaz. I’m a physician and co-founder of GrepMed.com. GrepMed is an image-based medical reference platform that leverages images as an alternative to traditional text-based medical resources. We’re trying to make it easier for doctors and other clinicians to fi...

In 1988 there were 350,000 cases of polio worldwide. Polio is a virus that attacks the nervous system and can cause paralysis. Effective vaccines had already significantly reduced polio cases in developed nations, but it was still a scourge in poor countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) and others formed the Global Polio Eradication Initiative

This man is learning to move two prosthetic arms directly, by thought alone

You don't need to bang out a whole morning workout, but morning exercises can increase blood flow and give you the boost you need to start the day.

One man's unlikely journey from servant and prisoner of war to bodybuilding champion—with an epic, trans-continental love story along the way.

In the typical emergency room, demand far outpaces the care that workers can provide. Can the E.R. be fixed?

A new method that provides accurate, real-time, computer-aided diagnosis of colorectal cancer identified tumors with 100% accuracy in a new pilot study.

A phage that resists all forms of the antiviral defense known as CRISPR has an unusual means of survival.

Chop wood, carry water and other lessons that apply far beyond the gym.

If anything defines the growing health gap between rural and urban America, it’s the rise of emergency telemedicine in the poorest, sickest, and most remote parts of the country, where the choice is increasingly to have a doctor on screen or no doctor at all. These physicians, often hundreds of miles away, work out of cubicles instead of exam rooms and never directly see or touch their patients.

A controversial disease revives the debate about the immune system and mental illness.

Not all surgeons are equally skilled with a scalpel. Doctors are developing new ways to test — and improve — operating room performance.

Forensic scientists, the police and crime scene investigators master horror with a steady hand. This article gives a rare insight into the post-mortem examination of a homicide.

‘Each box was like the distillation of all that we have learned as a species about our bodies and their infirmities, a time capsule of medicine.’

Three decades ago, a young man murdered his girlfriend and killed himself. What happened next to his heart was extraordinary.

A survey of trepanation, or trephination, the oldest surgical procedure known to humanity.

When a promising student left a neighborhood full of heroin for the University of Pennsylvania, it should have been a moving story. But what does an at-risk student actually need to thrive — or even just to survive?

Omar Salgado defied the odds in Room 20. But his is not a story about a miracle — it’s a story about medicine’s inability to accurately diagnose consciousness.

A massive collection of dog tumor samples is revealing the secrets of a contagious, parasite-like cancer that could help explain human cancers too.

Finding out his name turned out to be the easy part. The tough part was navigating the blurred lines that separate consciousness from unconsciousness — and figuring out whether his smile was really a smile.

There is an ongoing debate about whether or not obesity is a disease. The debate raises other questions, such as, who gets to decide what is a disease and what isn't.

With a new gene therapy center almost completed, the medical center is providing hope for families who previously had little.

Humans and other mammals and birds would have been killed many times over by Chernobyl's radiation that plants in the most contaminated areas received. So why is plant life so resilient to radiation and nuclear disaster?

CMU and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have received funding from the U.S. Department of Defense to create an autonomous trauma care system that fits in a backpack — or, as shown here, a folded stretcher.

Mathematical insights into how RNA helps viruses pull together their protein shells could guide future studies of viral behavior and function.

Jim Allison is an iconoclastic scientist who toiled in obscurity for years. Then he helped crack a mystery that may save millions of lives: Why doesn’t the immune system attack cancer?

The Oman Desert Marathon was my first ultra marathon. It was just over 100 miles (165km) across the baking sand. I didn’t really want to do it. It only came up as an idea when an editor from The Fi…

The secret to ultimate fitness isn't all that complicated—just spend a month outside, hiking eight hours per day.

After multiple rare cancers have been diagnosed in Waycross, Georgia, the city grapples with a profound question: What if the industries that gave us life are killing us?

People who are able to take vaccines but refuse to do so are the moral equivalent of drunk drivers

A once abandoned drug compound shows an ability to rebuild organs damaged by illness and injury

Doctors removed one-sixth of this boy’s brain — and what was left did something incredible

Discover a more intelligent approach for getting bigger, stronger, and leaner.

Joshua Mezrich has performed hundreds of kidney, liver and pancreas transplants. He shares stories from the operating room in his book, When Death Becomes Life.

It has to do with the powerful vagus nerve.

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A $5,571 bill to sit in a waiting room, $238 eyedrops, and a $60 ibuprofen tell the story of how emergency room visits are squeezing patients.

Prior to 1976, the FDA did not regulate medical implants, and so shoddy and even deadly devices proliferated, inserted into Americans' body. When the FDA finally decided to regulate implants,…

Clinical and nonclinical staff at the Rotterdam Eye Hospital have improved patient care and raised staff morale at a very modest cost: 10 minutes a day and a special deck of cards. At the start of every shift, the team members get together for a brief “team-start.” Each team member rates his or her own mood as green (I’m good), orange (I’m okay but I have a few things I’m concerned about) or red (I’m under stress). The rest of the team doesn’t need to know that you’re under stress because you’re having a dispute with your landlord or you are worried about your ill toddler. How you feel, however, is important because it affects how you should be treated. Next, the team leader asks if there is anything in particular the team needs to know to work more effectively together that shift: For example, “Is there a delay in public transport so we can expect patients to be late for their appointments?,” or “Is there a patient with some kind of special need coming in?” Sharing the answers or results generated by the card questions and activities with the group ensures that the insights stick.

From trauma to arrhythmia, and back again.

Scientists are developing AI systems called deep neural nets that can read medical images and detect disease — with astonishing efficiency

From the thermometer’s invention onward, physicians have feared—incorrectly—that new technology would make their jobs obsolete

The thalamus has traditionally been viewed just as the brain’s sensory relay station. But it may also play an important role in higher-level cognition, MIT’s Michael Halassa explains in a Q&A.

The NJCAA does not have an age limit, so Daytona State College recruited three "non-traditional" students to its cross-country team.

After suffering a stroke, a woman was left blinded, only able to see movement.

In this exclusive excerpt from 'Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart,' world-renowned Houston surgeon Bud Frazier races to help an ailing patient by implanting a revolutionary device that may one day save millions of lives.

At 18, Katie Stubblefield lost her face. At 21, she became the youngest person in the U.S. to undergo the still experimental surgery. Follow her incredible story.

Are we our faces? This poignant story explores that question.

The world record stands at 24 minutes 3 seconds. How much can it improve?

If you've ever broken a bone, chances are you remember just how inconvenient it was to have a heavy, itchy, not-so-hygienic cast. It's almost as bad as the broken bone itself! Tung-Jun Yang's proposal, called Cocoon, is an all-new type of cast that aims to be lighter, more breathable, more durable, and quicker-to-set than the

The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective is a network of tech-fueled anarchists taking on Big Pharma with DIY medicines.

An unusual transplant may revive tissues thought to be hopelessly damaged, including the heart and brain.

Martine Rothblatt wants to end transplant shortages with 3-D-printed lungs.

Cardiac arrest kills off parts of the heart. Once dead, the cells don’t recover. But scientists may have come up with a way to reverse this – and potentially save thousands of people.

An Oscar-nominated documentary short explores the country's opioid crisis through the heroism of women in Huntington, W.Va. — women like fire chief Jan Rader and drug court judge Patricia Keller.

Analgesic balm in a hexagonal jar, launched in Rangoon by the Aw brothers in 1924, was a staple of Chinese families’ medicine cabinets for a generation. Today, Tiger Balm products have fans around the world, including Lady Gaga

When Jahi McMath was declared brain-dead by the hospital, her family disagreed. Her case challenges the very nature of existence.

In Dallas, Parkland Hospital created an information-sharing network that gets the city’s most vulnerable citizens the care they need—before they show up in the emergency room.

The pandemic had some influence on the lives of everyone alive today. Donald Trump’s grandfather Friedrich died from...

Brain injury does not always result in an undesirable personality change, finds Christian Jarrett.

There’s an illusion that if you want something enough, even something as fantastical as avoiding death, you might just get it.