When an older parent or grandparent starts losing weight without trying, eating less, or struggling with everyday tasks, it’s easy to chalk it up to aging. But these changes can also signal malnutrition or muscle loss. A recent study1 explored whether resting metabolism, or how much energy the body burns at rest, could offer another clue to these health concerns.
This hammered copper artifact depicts an Indigenous person wearing a bird costume and holding a severed head and a mace. (Image credit: Smithsonian National Museum […]
The FDA on Monday granted accelerated approval to the PD-1 inhibitor dostarlimab (Jemperli) to help select patients with operable rectal cancer potentially avoid surgery. The […]
So often, our attention gravitates toward what is wrong, challenging, or missing. Yet when we focus solely on what is not working, we lose sight […]