Anahad O'Connor

Moderate drinking is unlikely to impair the immune response to the Covid vaccine, but heavy drinking might.

Companies can tell you the kinds of microbes that live in your gut, but the results may not help you lose weight or fend off disease.

In “Hooked,” Michael Moss explores how no addictive drug can fire up the reward circuitry in our brains as rapidly as our favorite foods.

Overweight people who ate fewer carbohydrates and increased their fat intake had significant improvements in their cardiovascular disease risk factors.

Well readers share a range of strategies they use to get back to sleep in the middle of the night.

A new study has found that even moderate drinking can increase the risk of A-fib, a heart rhythm abnormality that afflicts some 3 million Americans.

Foods like yogurt, kimchi, sauerkraut and kombucha increased the diversity of gut microbes and led to lower levels of inflammation.

A diet high in omega-3s, the fats found in fish, and low in omega-6s, found in many vegetable oils, led to fewer headaches.

Sleep experts offer advice on sleeping soundly through the night.

Teenagers are more likely to get hooked on marijuana, stimulants and other recreational drugs than college-aged or older adults.

People whose gut bacteria transformed over the decades tended to be healthier and live longer.

The link between the gut and metabolic disease is a growing area of obesity research.

A global study confirms that during the pandemic, many of us ate more junk food, exercised less, were more anxious and got less sleep.

Many of us are stress eating because of the pandemic.  The New York Times

Popular YouTube channels often bombard young children with thinly veiled ads for junk food, a new study finds.

Many patients who were critically ill with Covid-19 face arduous recoveries, often requiring extensive physical rehabilitation.

Scientists helping to update the latest edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans are taking a harder stance on alcohol.

People who followed a diet of ultra-processed foods ate about 500 more calories a day compared to when they ate a whole foods diet.

Wondering what you should be wondering about in terms of your health? We’ll guide you through what to ask your doctor and what you need to know, when.

A growing body of research suggests that our bodies function optimally when we align our eating patterns with our circadian rhythms.