A study found that Americans today are less likely to recognize overweight status than they were in previous decades, ...

In honor of some lesser-known marvels of the female body, we bring you a list of five strange capacities and capabilities of the feminine form.

People who naturally stay up late, self-described night owls, are more likely to have poor heart health than people with a ...

There are various types of body composition tests (more on these below). Still, each one measures the percentages of fat and fat-free mass (muscle and bone) in the body. Knowing these percentages can ...

The body-positive movement has encouraged people, especially women, to see beauty in all shapes and sizes, and it's reminded us that body ideals are culturally constructed and not based on science.

Exercise is the single most important thing we can do for our physical and mental health, says Dr. Jessie Fudge, a sports medicine doctor with Kaiser Permanente Everett Medical Center. Particularly so ...

Share on Pinterest Compared to BMI scores, body-fat percentages were a stronger predictor of the 15-year mortality risk of young adults, a new study found. Thana Prasongsin/Getty Images A new study ...

This age-old connection, based on the notion that celestial forces affect our physical being, provides intriguing ...

Jul. 3, 2025 -- How does oral health affect your entire body? What is the oral microbiome, and how can oral bacteria trigger inflammation beyond your mouth? In this episode, we spoke to Nammy Patel, ...

A new preventative healthcare clinic called Neko has opened in Birmingham city centre offering a £300 body scan which has ...