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ROCHESTER, Minn. -- You may have heard of the mind-body connection: the broad concept that thoughts and feelings, especially those related to stress, can influence physical health. Mohamad Alkhouli, M ...

Building strong legs isn’t just about physical fitness or mobility. Emerging research shows that lower body strength plays a ...

For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, ...

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A groundbreaking analysis reveals that chronic consumption of fatty foods triggers a biological disconnect, flooding your gut with stress signals while starving your brain of the chemical it needs for ...

How the brain changes as people age As a person gets older, changes occur in all parts of the body, including the brain. Certain parts of the brain shrink, including those important to learning and ...

When "The Oprah Winfrey Show" started “Oprah’s Favorite Things” during the holiday season in the United States, I recall the ...