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Summer ultraviolet exposure peaks between roughly ten in the morning and four in the afternoon, and the damage it does to skin is not cosmetic[…]

As temperatures climb across the Sunbelt, an under-recognized cardiovascular intervention becomes available for free: deliberate heat acclimation. The body’s response to repeated heat exposure is[…]

Plant sterols and stanols are structural cousins of cholesterol. Their carbon skeletons are nearly identical, differing only by a small side group, which means they[…]

Growth hormone secretion is not a steady drip. It is pulsatile, with the largest physiologic release of the day clustered in the first half of[…]

As pollen counts peak in late May, patient inboxes fill with the familiar complaints of allergic rhinitis: nasal congestion, post-nasal drip, itchy eyes, fatigue, and[…]

Cognitive reserve is the brain’s ability to maintain function in the face of pathology. The concept emerged from a series of autopsy studies in the[…]

The pancreas, like nearly every organ in the body, runs on a circadian schedule. Its beta cells contain the same molecular clock genes—BMAL1, CLOCK, PER1/2,[…]

Nitric oxide is a remarkable signaling molecule. It is a gas, generated within the endothelial layer of every blood vessel by the enzyme endothelial nitric[…]

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[…]

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[…]