Standing, Desk Or Not, Is A Big Part Of Many Jobs
Two-thirds of employed adults stand at work. Many also do physical labor. Among the most demanding occupations: construction, food service and farming.
Fitness & Nutrition
How To Tumble With Care When It Gets Slippery Outside
Sometimes you realize you're about to slip and fall, and there is nothing you can do to prevent it. But there is a right way to fall if you want to avoid really serious injury.
Gut Check: Gas-Sniffing Capsule Charts The Digestive Tract
The electronic pill looks like the biggest multivitamin a human could possibly swallow. Tests have show that the experimental device can measure gases tied to microbes and digestion.
From Vegan To 'Keto' And Mediterranean: Experts Rank 2018's Best Diets
A panel of experts convened by U.S. News ranked the best diets. The Mediterranean Diet comes out on top. Two new diets are ranked: the physician-created Nutritarian Diet and the popular Keto diet.
Study Finds No Link Between Baby Formula Made From Cow's Milk And Diabetes Risk
Researchers found children fed formula with whole-milk proteins had no greater risk for developing Type 1 diabetes than those fed formula containing broken-down proteins.
Clean Meat, Via Lab, Is On The Way
Would you eat beef, chicken, even foie gras grown from animal cells in the lab? Anthropologist Barbara J. King takes a look at new food technologies.
Resolved To Lose Weight? We Gave Food-Tracking Apps A Try
How much you eat matters more than how much you work out. Several apps are designed to make watching your diet easier. We gave one a shot.
At Age 101, She's A World Champ Runner
Man Kaur of India has won 17 gold medals in her age category. And now she's trying her hand at javelin.
Will Gathering Vast Troves of Information Really Lead To Better Health?
Hundreds of millions of dollars are pouring into research labs in an effort to collect genetic information on a million people. But some skeptics say the focus should be on humans themselves, not DNA.
Home For The Holidays? Get Off The Couch!
If you sit too much during middle age — at work and at home — your ability to exercise or even walk in late decades is at risk, research hints. And, of course, your risk of heart disease climbs, too.