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Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Eating healthy food can add years to your life. It can lower your odds of ...

Journal Editorial Report: The year's worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady, Dan Henninger and Paul Gigot. Photo: Laura Brett/Zuma Press Brooklyn, N.Y. Last month I braved “Cake ...

Share on Pinterest Research suggests that higher takeout food consumption may increase a person’s risk of heart disease. Image credit: Luis Alvarez/Getty Images There appears to be an association ...

These “total monsters of fishes” are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest living relatives: the big-eyed ratfish of the deep sea Strange fossils ...

Food forecasters see a year of quieter tastes: little bursts of pleasure, less-jangling restaurants and healthy foods worthy of the ideal Grandma. Credit...Davide Bonazzi Supported by By Kim Severson ...

We have guidance on protein, full-fat dairy, breakfast and more. By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi and Alice Callahan Caroline Hopkins Legaspi and Alice Callahan are health reporters who focus on nutrition.

Meat can play a key role in a nutritious diet, but factors like age, personal beliefs, and health status can shape how much of it you should eat. For most healthy adults who consume animal protein, ...

Weight loss can change a person's life and boost health, especially after years of struggling with obesity. No wonder losing weight is among the top 2026 New Year’s resolutions for Americans, along ...

This piece is part of a special project on deep time examining what the Western U.S. was like thousands, millions and even billions of years ago, and how that history is still visible and ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...