SHOCKING: 4 - What They Never Told You

Night Owls At Higher Risk Of Diabetes: Study

Compared with an intermediate chronotype, participants with a late chronotype had a 46% higher risk of type 2 diabetes, even after adjusting for other factors including age and lifestyle factors.

Medical Daily · Sep 9, 2024

Renpho Morpho Scan smart scale review: First-rate range of metrics, second-rate health advice

The Renpho MorphoScan smart scale is one of the cheapest segmental body composition scales, but it has a few glaring app-related issues.

Tom’s Guide · Aug 14, 2024

QardioBase X Review: This $95 smart scale looks the part — but the app holds it back

The QardioBase X smart scale looks great in any house, but its app lacks the depth of rivals.

Tom’s Guide · Aug 1, 2024

Neck thickness is overlooked in health

Experts agree that neck thickness is a key factor which correlates with strokes, heart attacks and other diseases

Salon · Jul 9, 2024

Obesity Diagnosis Needs Change, Study Says Fat Distribution More Important Than BMI

The researchers of the latest study put forth a new framework for the diagnosis, staging, and management of obesity in adults that takes into account not just BMI but the way the body fat is distributed.

Medical Daily · Jul 9, 2024

Do women get cold more easily than men?

Does a person's sex make a difference in how they react to temperature changes? Here's the science.

LiveScience · Jun 21, 2024

Should we ditch BMI and use the ‘body roundness index’ instead?

Body mass index (better known as BMI) has long been used to get a quick and easy snapshot of a person’s body fat levels. To calculate someone’s BMI, you divide their weight in kilograms by their height in metres times itself. The resulting number is used to determine a person’s…

The Conversation · Jun 20, 2024

TOI Health News Morning Briefing| A new side effect of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine found, how to prevent hypertension if you are genetically susceptible, immense health benefits jeera pani offer, why you must chew food 32 times and more

Another side effect linked with AstraZeneca COVID vaccine: All about VITT

The Times of India · May 18, 2024

Kartik Aaryan drops from 39% body fat to just 7% for ‘Chandu Champion’: Here’s what it means to reduce body fat

Kartik Aaryan has set a new record in Bollywood and this time it has really taken aback everyone! The new poster of "Chandu Champion" is out and the actor's comment box is already filled with compliments.

The Times of India · May 17, 2024

Why BMI is not a good metric for checking obesity or overweight in Indians, shares expert

BMI is a standard measure to assess an individual as underweight, normal, overweight, or obese. However, it may not be accurate to measure health in Indians. This means that the weight may be normal but disproportionate fat muscle mass ( fat to protein disproportion).

The Times of India · Apr 15, 2024