You’ll find it at the doctor’s office, at the gym, and in online calculators: the body mass index, or BMI, has been ever-present since its introduction in the 1970s.But this metric of a ...

"These drugs have the potential to change societies, not just individuals." — Michael Le Page, New Scientist, March 29, 2025 ...

One of the main risks for heart attacks and strokes is high cholesterol. Depending on risk factors, testing should begin ...

A large, multi-ethnic US cohort study found that combining healthy lifestyle factors—non-smoking, regular physical activity, ...

Kraft said that it will instead use natural colors for impacted products sold under brands including Crystal Light, Kool Aid, Jell-O and Jet Puffed.

Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) have positive and negative associations with diabetic complications among people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to study results published in ...

African-Americans tend to have less visceral fat (fat around their organs) and more muscle mass. An African-American with a BMI of 28, considered overweight by the standard chart, may be as healthy as ...

Fred Johnson, founder of the Black Men of Labor, leads a second-line during a memorial service for 19 African Americans repatriated from Germany, at Dillard University’s Lawless Memorial Chapel in New ...

New Orleans celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century.

Three models shared adjectives most strongly associated with African Americans in the earliest Princeton trials: ‘ignorant’, ‘lazy’ and ‘stupid.’ Ultimately, the team concluded that the associations ...

Dr. Donna Patterson explains how social factors, not genetics, drive heart disease disparities among African Americans and offers prevention strategies.