A simple number has shaped how people think about health and weight for decades. That number is body mass index, or BMI.

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A new study from researchers at the University of Edinburgh shows that cats may develop dementia in a similar way to humans — ...

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Twelve new students, along with three returning recipients, signed commitment letters for the $7,000 reward. It’s a special ...

A new study suggests an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more competitive water seekers than our closest ...

Erin McCanlies was listening to the radio one morning in April when she heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promising to find the ...

GLP-1 drugs for diabetes and weight loss may influence patients’ cancer risk, usually lowering it but sometimes possibly ...

If you’re with a partner who resents you being a high earner, they will often make it known by making cutting “jokes” about ...

Excessive amounts of visceral fat — the hidden fat surrounding organs — is linked with faster ageing of the heart, a new study has found. The study also found differences between men and women, and ...

A key study claiming to provide evidence of Majorana quasiparticles has received an extensive correction five years after it was published in the journal Science. Two researchers who flagged the paper ...