Workouts With Fewer Reps Could Yield Better Results People who do fewer repetitions during high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts may get better fitness benefits than those who complete more.
Electroconvulsive Therapy: A History of Controversy, but Also of Help Critics have portrayed ECT as a form of medical abuse. Yet many psychiatrists, and more importantly, patients, consider it to be safe and effective. Few medical treatments have such disparate images.
Wearable Sensors can Tell When you are Getting Sick, Study Shows Wearable sensors that monitor heart rate, activity, skin temperature and other variables can reveal a lot about what is going on inside a person.
High Dietary Red Meat Intake Linked to Common Bowel Condition Replacing one daily portion with poultry or fish may lower risk, findings suggest.
It Turns Out the Appendix May Serve an Important Biological Function After All New research “confidently rejects” the notion that the appendix has no adaptive value or function — it may help the immune system.
Transfusions of 'Old' Blood May Harm Some Patients, Study Finds The investigators recommend reducing the maximum blood storage limit from six to five weeks.
Health Check: Is it Safe to Microwave Your Food? There is no evidence supporting claims that cooking or heating food in the microwave can give you cancer or food poisoning.
What Happens to Your Gut if You Eat the $2,000 New York Pizza Topped With Gold? A restaurant in New York is offering a pizza topped with caviar, stilton cheese and gold leaf, with each bite costing around US$50.