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Credit: HABits Lab / Northwestern University Wearable technology could overhaul the treatment of obesity, research suggests, with sensors on a necklace and wristband together with a body camera capturing real-world overeating patterns for treatment. The tech, outlined in npj Digital Medicine, sets the scene for personalized interventions that can identify the specific drivers of overeating, tailoring treatment accordingly. The study identified five general patterns of overeating that occurred among the participants, which were triggered by specific behavioral and psychological and contextual factors. “Overeating is a major contributor to obesity, yet most treatments overlook the unconscious habits that drive it,” said…

This copycat recipe uses just five ingredients and takes about 10 minutes to make.The homemade version is less sweet and skips Starbucks’ flavored syrups.Frothing the pumpkin cream topping is the most time-consuming step, but worth it. When it comes to seasonal Starbucks drinks, I can’t get enough of them, especially in the fall. As a pumpkin lover, the Pumpkin Spice Latte and Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew are basically my kryptonite. One of my favorite TikTok creators Bria Lemirande is a fellow Starbucks lover, so when she came out with her version of a homemade Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew, I was…

While developing his theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin was horrified by a group of wasps that lay their eggs within the bodies of caterpillars, with the larvae eating their hosts alive from the inside-out.1Darwin didn’t judge the wasps. Instead, he was troubled by what they revealed about evolution. They showed natural selection to be an amoral process. Any behavior that enhances fitness, nice or nasty, would spread.Selection isn’t limited to DNA. All systems of inheritance, variation and competition inexorably lead to selection. This includes culture, and I’m one of a team of researchers at Arizona State University’s Institute of…

Bio Protocol’s first longevity-focused initiative, Aubrai, raised more than $900,000 in research funding within weeks. Decentralized science company Bio Protocol has raised $6.9 million to expand its AI-native DeSci platform designed to accelerate biotech funding and drug discovery. The round, coincides with the launch of Bio V2, an upgraded version of its decentralized research infrastructure. The Switzerland-based entity is billed as a full-stack platform for decentralized science, combining AI-driven research tools with blockchain-based funding and coordination. Its goal is to address the bottlenecks that often stall early-stage biotech – bottlenecks that are particularly relevant in longevity research, where promising projects…

AI-designed bacteriophages were capable of infecting and killing host bacteria. Credit: Lee D. Simon/Science Photo LibraryScientists have created the first ever viruses designed by artificial intelligence (AI), and they’re capable of hunting down and killing strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli).“This is the first time AI systems are able to write coherent genome-scale sequences,” says Brian Hie, a computational biologist at Stanford University, California. “The next step is AI-generated life,” says Hie, but his colleague Samuel King adds that “a lot of experimental advances need to occur in order to design an entire living organism”.The study, by Hie, King and…

“Bring over the cookbook,” Grandpa said, motioning to the tattered blue hardcover, its pages browning and spine showing signs of wear. “There’s a honey cake recipe in there,” he pointed as I turned to the “Cakes” chapter. My grandfather had not had an appetite for the last two weeks, but now suddenly wanted honey cake, a dessert traditionally served during the Jewish High Holidays to welcome a sweet new year. Before I could make the cake, though, my grandfather, Si Spiegel, passed away peacefully in his Manhattan apartment. The cookbook was still open to page 239; the cake still just…

If you’re recovering from surgery for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) — which includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis — you’ve probably got questions about what you can (and should) eat. The right nutrition after surgery is about more than comfort; it can help you heal faster, feel more energetic, and avoid complications down the road. e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629a08e3178-9490-485c-b4b8-e2a683e7e662 Here’s a clear, step-by-step guide to nutrition after an IBD procedure. What Should I Eat the First Few Days After Surgery? First Few Days Those first days after surgery are all about gentle meals and smart hydration . You may actually be able to…

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I didn’t always have problems sleeping. But once I hit peri-menopause, staying asleep through the night became a struggle. I started waking up at odd hours—3, 4, or 5 in the morning—and not being able to fall back asleep. Sometimes I would need to get up to use the bathroom, but other times, I would wake up out of nowhere.

We’ve spent too long talking about fitness as a way to shrink ourselves. But if you’re in midlife—or anywhere close—it’s time to flip the narrative. Strength is the goal. Vitality is the reward. And your workout? It should be built to support both, not break you down.