(Christopher Ragan and Courtney Howard/ The Conversation) — Doctors and economists may seem like strange partners. We spend our days working on very different problems in very different settings. But climate change has injected a common and urgent vocabulary into our work. We find ourselves agreeing both about the nature of the problem  …

(Ana Sandoiu/ Medical News Today) —New research has examined the potential of spinach extract as an enhancer of athletic performance. The active compound in spinach extract significantly improves muscle strength, leading the study authors to recommend banning the supplement in sports.

Rich in calcium, magnesium, and iron, some  …

(Serena Gordon/ HealthDay News) — Somewhere between the Mom who obsessively wipes down every knob and toy her child might touch, and the Dad who thinks rolling in the dirt is “good” for kids, there’s a healthy medium, British experts say.

“We have to find a way to protect against infectious diseases and  …

(Steven Reinberg/ UPI) — If you’re an older woman, your heart disease risk might be shaped by the shape of your body.

Researchers report that if you look more like an apple than a pear, your chances of heart trouble are heightened, even if you are a normal weight.

Interestingly, women who carried their weight in their legs had a significantly  …

(HealthDay News) — Researchers who eliminated HIV from mice say their results are an important advance in efforts to develop a cure for HIV infection in people.

This is the first time that the AIDS-causing virus has been eradicated from the genomes of living animals, according to the authors of the study.

“Our study shows  …

(Lisa Rapaport/ Reuters) — More American and Canadian teens are vaping than ever before, according to a new study, and researchers say the availability of e-cigarettes with more nicotine may partly explain the trend.

The study team examined data on smoking and vaping by youth in Canada, England and the U.S. and found that between 2017  …

(Nicole Spector/ NBC News) — Experts predict that this year’s heat waves are going to be frequent and severe. We’ve already seen some scorching temperatures blister across the country of late, and it’s likely that, unless and until climate change is forcefully addressed, heat waves will continue to worsen, threatening the lives of   …

(Katherine Ellen Foley/ Quartz) — Researchers still don’t know all the reasons people go on to develop dementia, and why. What they do know, however, is that 5% to 8% of the world’s population over 60 suffers severe cognitive decline with age, with some 10 million new cases every year.

Last week, researchers from the University of Nottingham  …

(Rosie McCall/ IFL Science) — The microbes in our guts may interfere with medication – by eating it.

Harvard researchers writing in Science describe one of the first clear-cut examples of the microbiome impeding a drug’s progress through the body by exposing the bacteria responsible for weakening the medication for Parkinson’s  …

(Ben Taub/ IFL Science) — One of the biggest barriers to treating Parkinson’s disease is the fact that the disorder has no known cause, meaning it can’t be diagnosed until symptoms begin to appear. Yet that could be about to change, thanks to new research that has identified a key early warning sign that could allow doctors to identify those  …