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Pollutants from industrial and domestic sources in the Lagos lagoon represent a cocktail of environmental contaminants.
‘Normal’ body temperature varies from person to person by age, time of day, where it’s measured, and even menstrual cycle. External conditions also influence your thermometer reading.
Though exercising at around 50-72% of our VO₂ uses more fat as energy, the amount of actual fat burned is minimal.
Researchers know the basic biology of what happens to your system after a night of heavy drinking. Unfortunately, evidence-based cures for the common hangover are still at the investigation stage.
Understanding how pregnancy changes some of the body’s fundamental systems could help treat cancer and other diseases.
Why getting up and doing housework can pile on the pounds.
What research says about how to stick to your New Year’s resolutions
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Death is inevitable for individuals and also for species. With help from the fossil record, paleontologists are piecing together what might make one creature more vulnerable than another.
Sweat comes from special parts in our skin called glands. You might be able to see them if you have a very strong magnifying glass.
Nearly all the weight we lose is exhaled.
Four in five of us have a “biological” age older than our real age, which means we have at least one risk factor that is higher than the number set as “normal”.
Facial flushing when drinking alcohol is caused by an inherited deficiency in one of the enzymes involved in the breakdown of alcohol.
If you’re planning to become a parent, better lifestyle habits can reduce the risk of obesity in your children.
Weight loss often leads to declines in our resting metabolic rate – how many calories we burn at rest – which makes it hard to keep the weight off. So why does weight loss make resting metabolism go down?
One would imagine the body would generally be supportive of weight loss. If so, why is persistent weight loss and weight maintenance so difficult?
Many people struggle to get an eating plan and exercise routine to follow. The trick is that individualism is key.
Researchers in the UK have created an atlas of genetic associations with metabolic molecules, providing new insights into…
Shivering is not an activity many of us enjoy. We do it because we are cold and uncomfortable. But perhaps the news that it could have some of the same benefits as moderate bouts of exercise will stop…
People who are obese and have normal blood pressure, cholesterol and blood-sugar readings will still be unhealthy and die sooner compared with people who have a normal body weight, according to researchers…
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