Health and Fitness

Our product picks are editor-tested, expert-approved. We may earn a commission through links on our site. Why Trust Us? MEMORIAL DAY IS just around the corner, and if you’re anything like us, you’re probably itching to hit the trails. Enter Patagonia’s Web Specials section, a treasure trove of majorly discounted outdoor gear, spanning shorts, rain …

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I’m Zachary Zane, a sex writer, author, and ethical Boyslut (a fancy way of saying I sleep with a lot of people, and I’m very, very open about it). Over the years, I’ve had my fair share of sexual experiences, dating and sleeping with hundreds of people of all genders and orientations. In doing so, …

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The first sign something was wrong with Curtis Warfield came in 2005, when a lab test found protein in his urine during a routine checkup. In 2012, Warfield was diagnosed with stage 3 kidney disease. Two years later, he started dialysis. “When you get diagnosed, you’re sitting there kind of like a deer in headlights. …

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May 8, 2024 — Want to sleep better and longer? Ditch the meat. At least that’s what some experts are saying.  Vegans and vegetarians sleep around 30 more minutes per night than average, and up to 90% of them report good or excellent sleep quality, according to a recent survey published by the Sleep Foundation.  “Poor sleep …

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a Nf1OPG mice undergo optic nerve crush (ON-CR) at 6 weeks of age, while optic nerves are analyzed at 12 weeks of age. Nf1OPG mice following ON-CR have increased b optic nerve volumes and exhibit increased c proliferation , d %Olig2+ cells and e %Blbp+ cells f 12-week-old Nf1f/R1809C; hGFAP-Cre mice following optic nerve crush …

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Mouse liver cells from mouse-rat chimeras had mature function and could relieve chronic liver fibrosis after transplantation as well as normal mouse liver cells by the decreased number of apoptotic cells and the reduction of collagen deposition. Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Liver disease, due to viral infections, alcohol abuse, obesity, or cancer, accounts …

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have pinpointed a combination immunotherapy treatment that enhances the immune response for people with malignant gliomas, an aggressive type of brain tumor that is fast growing and difficult to treat. The study, published in Nature Communications, found that pairing a personalized dendritic …

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Welcome to our new monthly column, “Common Knowledge,” where rapper Common shares his wisdom on mental health, food and nutrition, pop culture, and more. Read this month’s installment below. LAST YEAR, I lost a friend of mine who was close to me. I was going to speak at his memorial, and I needed to get …

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EVERYBODY LOVES TO complain about getting a colonoscopy—how it’s a time suck and how emptying your colon is a pain in the, uh, neck—and then not get one. That’s scary when you consider that after lung cancer, colon cancer is the second-deadliest cancer in men. But that’s also why scientists are researching better, easier methods …

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Whether you’re drilling a fastball out of the park or commuting through busy streets on your way to work, eye-hand coordination is an invaluable (and often underconsidered) component of what it means to be healthy. It’s necessary for a host of daily activities, from typing and writing to protecting yourself against falls. And it’s not …

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