The key to heart health isn't cutting down on pasta or potatoes, new evidence suggests; it's not even a low-fat diet. A study that tracked nearly 200,000 men and women in the US for around 30 years ...

A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine of second-year physicians who were “secret shopped” by undercover instructors posing as patients found the approach did little to reduce low-value tests, ...

For centuries, we've searched for the secret to a long life, looking to everything from exotic herbs to a "fountain of youth." But a recent scientific study on the gut microbiome of Jeanne Calment, ...

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Most people want to life a long and happy life, but only some are able to achieve it. And so, for decades, one question has often been thought of: What truly makes a happy life? Is it money, success, ...

The study highlights a big idea: intelligence comes from how brains, bodies and the environment work together. It demonstrates how even tiny insect brains can solve complex visual tasks using very few ...