Mandy Oaklander

Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. She writes and edits health news.

Recent Articles

Popular Diets Are Pretty Much The Same For Weight Loss, Study Finds

If your goal is to lose a few pounds, there’s a crowded library of best-selling programs to get you there. But which one is best? A new analysis published in JAMA shows that you might...

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Obesity Is A Big Contributor To Diabetes Boom

Diabetes is one of the most common diseases in the U.S., and there’s a single biggest culprit to blame, found a new study released today in Annals of Internal Medicine: our ever-increasing body mass index,...

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Low-Carb Diet Beats Low-Fat for Weight Loss

How cutting carbs improves your waist and heart

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Your Home Is Covered In Bacteria

And the bugs you live with are unique to you

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You’re Eating More Trans Fat Than You Think, Study Finds

Scan the grocery store shelves, and you’ll find “0 grams of trans fat” labels nearly everywhere you look. But a new study published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) journal Preventing Chronic...

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Eating Junk Food Changes Your Cravings

What unhealthy foods do to your palate

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Why Waiting Makes You Happy

Want to know the secret to happiness? Wait for it.No, really. Wait for it. As long as the “it” is an experience, according to a series of new studies published in the journal Psychological Science.We...

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Skin Whitening Candy Is Coming

Want to keep your skin safe? You can glug a glass of drinkable sunscreen—which, yes, is a real product that had experts raising their eyebrows back in May.If slurping SPF isn’t your bag—or if you’ve...

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The Bacteria That May One Day Cure Food Allergies

As a kid, Cathryn Nagler used to eat a daily peanut butter and jelly sandwich at school. That’s a lunch she can’t pack for her children. “There’s an estimated two children in every classroom with...

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E-Cigs Should Be 'Last Resort' for Quitters, Experts Say

E-cigarettes are everywhere—and are reportedly quitters’ favorite tool with some experts claiming it’s a healthy alternative to traditional tobacco. But vaping doesn’t deserve its health halo, says the American Heart Association (AHA) in a policy...

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The Soy Milk Ingredient That's Getting the Axe

Organic food lovers tend to give multisyllabic ingredients the side-eye, so the natural stabilizer carrageenan—count ’em: four—raises flags as red as the seaweed from which it’s extracted.The marine-sourced additive is used in many packaged foods...

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Studies Question Breakfast Wisdom

Breakfast can be a solid nutritional dividing line. Cross into the realm of whole grains and eggs, and you feel great about embracing what we’ve come to know as “the most important meal of the...

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Instant Ramen Can Hurt Your Heart

In the proverbial pantry of cheap, convenient eats, nothing beats ramen. You no longer even have to be a college student to indulge: the processed noodle has graduated from dorm room to restaurant, popping up...

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