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Proteins are important nutrients, and they are needed for building, repairing, and maintaining the tissues in our body. And so, every cell in our body– from muscles to skin and even hair– contains protein. It also supports the immune system, helps in hormone production, and carries oxygen in the blood. Thus, having enough protein in our meals is important for …

Dr. Jacqueline Olds and Dr. Richard Schwartz told CNBC, “One thing we hear a lot from clients is, ‘You treat everyone else better than you treat me!’ And often, their partner responds with something like, ‘I’m just being my real self. Real love means not having to pretend.'” They further shared that this kind of tension usually pops up when …

A shift in the atmosphere Ms. Petrova’s return flight from Paris landed in Boston on the evening of Feb. 16. As the plane sat on the tarmac, she texted back and forth with Dr. Peshkin, trying to confirm how she should handle the package in customs. But by then, the passengers were already filing off the plane, he said, and …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spoken of an “existential threat” that he said can destroy the nation. “We have the highest chronic disease burden of any country in the world,” Mr. Kennedy said at a hearing in January before the Senate confirmed him as the secretary of Health and Human Services. And on Monday he is starting a tour in …

Kilmer S. McCully, a pathologist at Harvard Medical School in the 1960s and ’70s whose colleagues banished him to the basement for insisting — correctly, it turned out — that homocysteine, an amino acid, was being overlooked as a possible risk factor for heart disease, died on Feb. 21 at his home in Winchester, Mass. He was 91. His daughter, …

Cancer researchers examining the use of artificial intelligence to detect early signs of breast cancer. Pediatricians tracking the long-term health of children born to mothers infected with the coronavirus during pregnancy. Scientists searching for links between diabetes and dementia. All these projects at Columbia University were paid for with federal research grants that were abruptly terminated following the Trump administration’s …