The healthy guidelines you live by might actually be ridiculous myths. Last week, the rule that you need to get in 10,000 steps per day made news when it was reported that the number was actually a Japanese marketing ploy with little scientific basis. It’s hardly the only health fact that’s actually a fiction, said … Read more
Although cases remain low, monkeypox has already affected children in many communities from New York City to Seattle and in between. There are currently only 17,000 cases of monkeypox in the US, mostly in adults. Although no deaths have yet been recorded, there is some evidence that an early strain of the virus is more … Read more
Science is finally overtaking baldness. There is an age-old remedy for hair loss that is back in style – and its effects have been spectacular for many men and women alike. Minoxidil, a key ingredient in foams such as the brand Rogaine, is being popularized in oral pill form—like it was before scalp-rubbing treatments in … Read more