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At about age 50, people begin to lose skeletal muscle. However, protein builds and preserves muscle mass. Eating enough protein can help the body maintain strength and help reduce the

Protein is essential to our diets for building, maintaining and repairing our bodies’ tissues — but how much do we really need?

Don’t be fooled by their size. Pulses — a class of legume that includes dry beans, dry peas, chickpeas and lentils — may be small in stature, but they pack

Due to the pandemic, vaccines have been at the forefront of the conversation more than ever before. As of March 2022, there have been more than 950,000 COVID-related deaths in

Do you live with joint pain? Are you a weekend warrior who overdoes it? Whatever your complaint, if it involves joints, ligaments or muscles, there’s a good chance a doctor

Could you have a heart attack without even realizing it?

Some people might believe cardiovascular disease primarily affects men or the elderly, as it often does in shows and movies. However, even after the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Heart Association’s

After dinner, the mood is set—candles, romantic music, the works. But maybe, for a reason you can’t explain, you’re just not feeling it. If that describes you, you’re not alone.

The word “stroke” may bring to mind someone elderly suffering from the condition in a movie. However, after 40 years of declining stroke-related mortality, strokes are on the rise among