Health

Each additional daily cup of coffee was associated with a 1 percent decrease in the risk of prostate cancer. Drinking coffee may lower the risk for prostate cancer. Researchers combined data from 16 prospective studies that calculated the risk associated with the highest versus the lowest coffee consumption. In all, …

Something about some men just makes it difficult to keep that mask where it should be. When I saw Bill Clinton’s mask slip below his nose during the inaugural festivities, I figured, well, it could happen to any of us. But then John Roberts’s mask was not entirely covering his …

As alcohol consumption increased, so did the risk of the potentially fatal heart rhythm disorder. Even one alcoholic drink a day may increase the risk for atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is an intermittently irregular and rapid heart rate that can increase the risk for heart failure, stroke and other cardiovascular …

High-intensity workouts get a lot of attention and can be great for health. But moderate physical activity may have metabolic advantages. The best exercise for many of us may not be the briefest, according to a provocative new study comparing the head-to-head health benefits of short, intense, interval training with …

People with knee arthritis were less likely to report pain and stiffness if they wore stable, supportive shoes, versus flat-soled, flexible ones. Some experts recommend flat, flexible shoes for people with knee osteoarthritis, whereas others say stable, supportive shoes are better. Now a randomized trial has found that the latter …

It’s more contagious than the original and spreading quickly. Upgrade your mask and double down on precautions to protect yourself. New variants of the coronavirus continue to emerge. But one in particular has caused concern in the United States because it’s so contagious and spreading fast. To avoid it, you’ll …

The coronavirus pandemic has devastated medical tourism, but pent-up demand remains for affordable treatment in foreign lands. On a cold February morning last year, as she lay curled up in a fetal position on her kitchen floor, Melissa Jackson called her manager at a New Jersey beauty salon to ask …

For many Egyptians, a video offered a rare and uncensored view of the coronavirus’s real toll at the peak of Egypt’s second wave of the pandemic. EL HUSSEINEYA, Egypt — A cry pierced the night from the balcony of an Egyptian hospital. A nurse was screaming that the patients in …

It was minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit, and a lot of the children were wearing jeans. They forgot to bring snow pants again. But they wanted to go skiing anyway, and that’s why we were there, so we took them skiing — even if a few of the less appropriately dressed …