In the operating room of a large metropolitan hospital, a young nurse was completing her first day on the job. “You’ve only removed eleven sponges, Doctor,” she said to the surgeon closing an incision after surgery. “We used twelve.” “I removed them all,” the doctor...
A few studies indicate that drinking coffee or tea with caffeine may slightly boost weight loss or prevent weight gain. But there's no evidence that increased caffeine consumption results in significant or permanent weight loss. And some of the studies looking at...
Healthy habits can quickly go out the window when we’ve got a tight deadline, no time for the gym, and few options but takeout food. Losing weight is no easy task, and doing it the healthy way can be even harder. We’re advocates for making small changes each day,...