New obesity criteria that add waist and body fat measures to BMI could classify nearly 70% of U.S. adults as obese, according ...

Using a new definition that includes waist-based measurements, the team found that more than 75% of adults may meet criteria ...

Do you suspect you have long COVID, but aren't sure? The answer you get will largely hinge on whom you ask, a new study says. The medical field still lacks a clear answer as to what constitutes long ...

Are you impulsive, stressed, or moody? Perhaps organized, active, and helpful? A new study suggests that the latter traits may define the human lifespan. Researchers have identified that specific ...

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If you’re reading Hyperallergic, you’re already well aware of the importance of culture to society, but what exactly is culture? How do we define it now? And is that definition different from what ...

Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, and Science, and Transportation, today introduced the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019. This legislation ...

The prevalence of obesity in adults in the United States could rise sharply under a new definition of the condition released earlier this year by the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Commission, ...