Planets & Transits
New Moon in Leo August 12, 2026
The New Moon arrives in Leo August 12 at 8:36 PM UTC, and with it comes a singular...
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- Written by: Deanna Minich
The most scientific approach to healing doesn’t ever focus on just one small part of the human body, let alone ignore the role of thoughts, beliefs, and emotions in our health. You get the best results by addressing the whole person.
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- Written by: Marc David
Vitamin P—pleasure—is a vital element that makes our meals nutritionally complete and makes life worth living. Like all organisms on the planet, we humans are genetically programmed to seek pleasure and avoid pain. A cat chasing a mouse is seeking pleasure; the unfortunate rodent is doing its best to avoid pain.
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- Written by: Jared Wadley, University of Michigan
Young children who recognize food name brands, like Lucky Charms, M&M’s, and Cheetos are more likely to make unhealthy choices and be at higher risk of obesity later, say researchers.
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- Written by: Jennifer Langston, University of Washington
People post millions of food photos on Instagram every day. New research suggests this could be a way to track food intake for weight loss or fitness.
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- Written by: Lyndsey Collins-Praino, University of Adelaide
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after dementia, affecting more than ten million people worldwide. In Australia alone, more than 70,000 people have the disease – that’s one in every 340 Australians.
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- Written by: Jeff Mulhollem, Penn State
Eating a diet that includes foods containing soy protein may work to alleviate some symptoms of inflammatory bowl diseases, a new study with mice suggests.
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- Written by: David Hill, University at Buffalo
Postmenopausal women at the highest genetic risk for fractures benefit the most from hormone therapy, research shows.
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- Written by: Mike Williams, Rice University
A set of snap-together glasses will help doctors demonstrate the effects of diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease that can result from uncontrolled diabetes and lead to blindness.
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- Written by: Kara Gavin, University of Michigan
Gut bacteria could influence whether or not babies survive infections of the digestive system, new research with mice suggests.
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- Written by: Julia Evangelou Strait, Washington University in St. Louis
As people with hearing loss work to improve their speech recognition, a familiar voice may work better than a generic one, research shows.
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- Written by: William R. Yoder
A health "crisis" whether a physical, mental, emotional, relationship, or financial crisis in our lives — forces us to reflect on, re-evaluate, and change our current routines and thought patterns. Any form of disease is ultimately an opportunity to...
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- Written by: University of Michigan
Every year, millions of Americans get short-term prescriptions for steroids, such as prednisone, often for back pain, allergies, or other relatively minor ailments.
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- Written by: Layne Cameron, Michigan State University
Sunflower seeds and products made from them are often contaminated with a toxin produced by molds, report researchers. This poses an increased health risk in many low-income countries worldwide.
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- Written by: Barbara Moran, Boston University
New research suggests that excess sugar—especially the fructose in sugary drinks—might damage your brain.
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- Written by: Julie Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara
Healthier people mean not only less disease but also reduced greenhouse gas emissions from health care. Changing your diet, therefore, could be a way to fight climate change.
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- Written by: Christina Sumners, Texas A&M University
Spermidine—a compound in foods like aged cheese, mushrooms, soy products, legumes, corn, and whole grains—may prevent liver fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer.
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- Written by: Patrick Ercolano, Johns Hopkins University
A “congestion tax” that discourages downtown driving not only cuts traffic and pollution, but also sharply reduces children’s asthma attacks.
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- Written by: University of Michigan
A small number of people—about 6 percent—who had not been taking opioids before an operation, but got them to ease post-surgery pain, are still taking painkillers three to six months later. That’s long after what is considered normal for surgical recovery.
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- Written by: Andrea Kunicky, University of Pittsburgh
The common but otherwise harmless reovirus can trigger the immune system response to gluten that may lead to celiac disease, new research shows.
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- Written by: Marc David
This is the greatest favor I can do for you as a nutritionist: A diet program that doesn’t tell you exactly which foods to eat and in what amounts. Empowering you to be in deeper relationship with food and with the genius in your body is the surest road to your most powerful metabolism.
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- Written by: Morgan Sherburne, University of Michigan
Previously, researchers knew that depriving mice of sleep after the mice performed a task resulted in the mice forgetting aspects of that task. But researchers weren’t sure what function of the hippocampus
