Health

“Everything that we are as human beings is in our brain,” Dr. Theodore Schwartz says. Brian Marcus/Penguin Randomhouse hide caption toggle caption Brian Marcus/Penguin Randomhouse Neurosurgeon Theodore Schwartz still remembers …

Magnesium is important for many processes in the body, including regulating muscle and nerve function, blood sugar levels and making protein and bone. Mizina/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mizina/Getty …

Is there anything to the social media craze for using magnesium supplements to help you get to sleep?

Hot weather adds to the challenge of competing at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The Olympics advised athletes to acclimatize before the games with a technique called heat training that …

Bird flu continues to spread among dairy cattle. And new research shows there may be more cases among farm workers than health officials have confirmed to date. Robert F. Bukaty/AP …

The short documentary is called The Visionary Women of Indonesia. It profiles women ophthalmologists who are addressing the high rate of blindness in their country — and fighting sexism as …

New blood tests that help detect Alzheimer’s disease are opening up a new era in diagnosis and treatment, doctors say. Marcus Brandt/picture alliance/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Marcus Brandt/picture …

Rebeca Andrade grew up one of 8 kids raised by a single mom. At age 4, she showed off at a gym tryout. After her silver medal in the Paris …

New blood tests are set to change how Alzheimer’s is diagnosed and treated by offering an easy way to see if patients have amyloid plaques and tau tangles in their …

Episode 6: Christine and Max are some of the most recent female athletes in this century-long history to face tests, stigma, and restrictions. But they are unlikely to be the …