health

Feeling “wired but tired” is not evidence that your body has failed to rest properly. Often it is evidence that the brain has become too good at staying alert in a digital world that never really stops.

There is a widespread belief that if an excess of sugar is toxic, absolute zero must be perfect. But trying to “clean” your body by eliminating an entire nutrient class might end up starving the very system you want to heal.

A study found that medical professionals changed their practice in response to fear of litigation, inquiries, complaints or professional regulation. Researchers call this “defensive practice".

Secondary injuries happen for a simple reason. After an injury, the body often changes the way it moves. This is a normal protective response. If one area hurts, feels weak or isn’t working properly, the body shifts the workload elsewhere.

During pregnancy, the placenta is treated as vital. It is monitored because it helps sustain the baby. But after birth, it can quickly be treated as a disposal issue rather than something a woman may have feelings, beliefs or plans about.

When you run outside, you push into the ground to propel yourself forward. But when you are running on a treadmill, the belt moves under your feet, helping with this propulsion. Basically, the machine does a small amount of the work for you.

The study developed a 13-food-group scoring system, in which commonly consumed foods were classified into 13 context-specific food groups based on their micronutrient content.

Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra reported between 30,000 and 40,000 students seeking counselling services.

Most miscarriages have nothing to do with what a woman did or didn’t do. The most common cause is a random genetic mutation in the foetus, which the body then recognises and lets go of.

People with atopia don’t develop the ‘cognitive map’ that normally helps people navigate.

Children in the poorest neighbourhoods are more than twice as likely to be obese compared with those in the wealthiest neighbourhoods. For severe obesity, the gap is more than fourfold and is still widening.

The key reason why the simple act of eating becomes so unappealing to us in the heat largely has to do with the body working to keep running, and avoid overheating.