Photo Essays
LIFE Behind the Picture: Marines Blasting a Cave, Iwo Jima, 1945
In April 1945, LIFE magazine published one of the most memorable cover images of its four-decade run as a major photographic weekly. The picture, made in March...
The Salt of Life
Life is hard for the nomadic people of the Sahara Desert who live and work along the 450-mile salt road from Timbuktu
Time.com Specials
FDA Warns Pregnant Women Of Migraine Medication Risks
U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and women of child-bearing age that half-a-dozen medications used to treat migraine headaches can decrease children’s...
Articles from Around the Web
Questions Raised Over Cutting Salt
People eat too much salt but surprising report questions if eating too little could be harmful ...
No Benefit Seen in Sharp Limits on Salt in Diet
Health experts for the government say there is no good reason for many Americans to keep sodium consumption below 2,300 milligrams a day, as national dietary guidelines advise. ...
Obsessed with sugar, salt and fat
How did Lunchables get created? Why does soda have so much sugar? Michael Moss pulls back the curtain on processed food. ...
Personal Health: Sodium, Hiding in Plain Sight
A new report projects that a small, steady reduction of sodium in the American diet could save up to half a million lives in a decade. ...
