A new analysis of data from older Americans indicates that chronic sleep disturbances are associated with a shorter lifespan and fewer years spent with a healthy brain. The research suggests that ...

Lauren Manaker is an award-winning registered dietitian, book author, speaker, and entrepreneur. She has been practicing dietetics since 2004, and has worked in a wide variety of settings. She earned ...

A calorie deficit occurs when you burn more calories than you consume. Research suggests that a 500-calorie deficit may help with weight loss, but this depends on many factors and is different for ...

A generally healthy 63-year-old man in the New England area went to the hospital with a fever, cough, and vision problems in his right eye. His doctors eventually determined that a dreaded ...

Acesulfame potassium is an artificial sweetener (also known as Ace-K). Artificial sweeteners have been controversial because of possible health risks. But some of these sugar substitutes offer you a ...

Based on the 1996 World Food Summit, food security is defined when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and ...

It’s not always easy to have certain conversations. For some people, processing complex thoughts is something they’re incapable of. They’d rather have surface-level, safe conversations than show their ...

As we’ve been reporting at the Prospect, ICE and CBP are running a campaign of terror and ethnic cleansing in Minneapolis. Convoys of criminal thugs—there is no other way to describe them—are driving ...

Concentration is the mental effort you put into a task. You might lose concentration due to distractions, lack of sleep, aging, or health conditions. Consider talking with a doctor or therapist if ...

After a change in the law last year, Missouri could once again see efforts to expand the number of gifted programs in the state.