Health

Sweet additives like saccharin and aspartame might fast-track cognitive decline

Diseases that cause suffocation, paralysis, and childhood death are poised to come surging back

Learning how to cope with heatwaves, from an ultrarunner

Effective CPR is hard when both patient and rescuer are floating

When vaccine research funding is cut, people will die

Coral plays a surprising role in modern bone grafts

The evolutionary story behind meat consumption is less convincing than it sounds

The biological age of your organs could predict your health—and death

People who sleep according to their culture’s norms are healthier overall

The line between life and death has never been clear—and modern technology blurs it further

Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes

Two physicians get frank about uncertainty in medicine