The latest health craze to hit social media: magnesium lotion. Magnesium is an essential mineral that the body uses for a number of functions. It has long been thought to help with sleep when taken as ...

Magnesium is essential for brain, bone, muscle, and heart health, but not all forms work the same way. While oral supplements have strong evidence for raising magnesium levels, sprays and patches lack ...

Katia Riddle is a correspondent at NPR covering mental health. She has reported extensively on the impact of events such as Hurricane Helene, Los Angeles wildfires and the loneliness epidemic. Prior ...

Social media influencers claim that using lotion with magnesium promotes sleep. But there's little evidence magnesium taken in this way is effective. Is it the magnesium or the massage? The facts ...