Nutrition

  1. Health & Medicine

    Brain’s support cells play role in hunger

    Once considered just helpers for neurons, astrocytes sense the hormone leptin and can change mice’s appetites.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Humans

    Childhood program improves health 30 years later

    A preschool intervention for kids from poor families benefits their health as adults, especially among men.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Health & Medicine

    Casinos may reduce poverty, obesity in Native American communities

    A modest reduction in overweight youth was observed after the addition of slot machines.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Meaty diets may raise risk of dying young

    Reducing protein consumption can lengthen life and improve health, studies in mice and people suggest.