Ice baths and muscle growth: cold plunges ease soreness, but studies suggest they can trim your gains. What the research says, and the free recovery that works.
Do Caregivers Live Longer? What 1.1 Million People Show
Do caregivers live longer? The famous study said caring kills. Bigger studies of over a million people found the opposite, with one real catch you need to know.
Genetic Risk for Depression: Why Moving Helped Most Where Risk Ran Highest
Genetic risk for depression is not the final word. In 23,517 adults with fitness trackers, moving more eased symptoms most for those with the highest risk.
Scientists Turned an 80-Year-Old’s Blood Into Young Brain Cells
Scientists turned old blood cells into young brain cells from an 80-year-old donor. Molecular age under 20. What the Bonn study found, and its real limits.
Do Transplanted Hearts Take On the Age of Their New Body?
Transplanted hearts take on the age of their new body, an early Harvard study finds. Young hearts aged faster in old bodies. What it means, and its limits.
Strength Training Shrinks Fat Cells Before the Scale Moves
Strength training shrank deep belly fat cells in obese mice in one week while their weight stayed the same. What the study found, its limits, and what it means.
Open Dialogue Trial: Fewer Hospital Stays, Same Relapses
The first Open Dialogue trial cut psychiatric admissions sharply but did not reduce relapse. The social networks it was built on never measurably grew.
Cancer Caused by Infections: 1 in 8 Cases, Most Preventable
Cancer caused by infections: about 2.3 million cases in 2024, 1 in 8 worldwide. The top cause isn’t a virus, and most of these cancers can already be prevented.
Can Knee Cartilage Grow Back? One Protein Was in the Way
Can knee cartilage grow back? Blocking one protein that builds up with age regrew real cartilage in aged mice, with no stem cells. Here is the honest catch.
Colorectal Cancer in Teens: The Symptom Most People Miss
Colorectal cancer in teens is usually advanced by the time it is found. In a study of 84 patients aged 21 and under, the most common symptom was not bleeding.