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For decades, coronary plaque was framed as a progressive accumulation, with treatment aimed at slowing rather than reversing the process. That framing has shifted with[…]

Across the Southeast, late April and early May deliver some of the highest pollen counts of the year. Tree pollen from oak, birch, pine, and[…]

Acute pain is a faithful messenger; the ankle that twists sends a nociceptive signal that protects the joint while it heals. Chronic pain, defined as[…]

Hunter-gatherer dietary reconstructions place the ratio of dietary omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids somewhere between one to one and four to one. Contemporary American intake[…]

Philosophers have debated the difference between hedonic happiness, the pleasure of a good meal or a sunny afternoon, and eudaimonic well-being, the deeper satisfaction of[…]

Most emergency room visits are not true emergencies. They are failures of access. When a patient cannot reach their primary care physician within a reasonable[…]

The sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors, including empagliflozin, dapagliflozin, and canagliflozin, were originally developed as modest glucose-lowering medications for type 2 diabetes. Their mechanism is elegant[…]

Walk into any commercial gym and you will see people chasing heavier and heavier loads, convinced that iron is the only path to muscle. The[…]

April is Stress Awareness Month, a useful prompt to think about the biology beneath the feeling. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is the body’s central stress-response[…]

The modern evening environment is saturated with artificial light, but when it comes to disrupting your biological clock, the spectrum of that light is far[…]