We’ve all heard the warnings: “Sitting is the new smoking.” Research has repeatedly shown that prolonged sitting can contribute to a range of health problems, including obesity, heart disease, and ...

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Switching clocks twice a year disrupts circadian rhythms in ways that harm health. Stanford scientists found permanent standard time would reduce obesity and stroke rates nationwide, making it the ...

The Center for Scientific Integrity — the non-profit organization that runs Retraction Watch — has launched a project aimed at rounding up flawed and fake medical-research papers and neutralizing ...

Senior scientists at the National Institutes of Health fear that research on conditions like obesity, heart disease and cancer will be undermined by President Trump’s policies. By Gina Kolata Gina ...