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Want a younger brain? aerobic exercise could help
Protecting your brain as you age isn’t about one big change—it’s about habits built over many years.
A new study from the AdventHealth Research Institute...
Could bamboo be the next superfood?
A new academic review has found that bamboo, a plant best known for its fast growth and use in furniture or building materials, might...
The hidden health cost of growing up with ADHD traits
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, often called ADHD, is usually discussed in terms of learning, behavior, and mental health.
However, new research suggests its effects may...
CPR – and knowing how to help someone choking – could prevent a heart...
To understand why you should know how to help someone who is choking, and why that has been given new prominence in the latest American...
A star went dark for 9 months—scientists now know why
Astronomers have discovered a vast cloud filled with vaporized metals and powerful winds orbiting a mysterious object far from its host star.
The finding offers...
Vitamin B12 may help improve muscles, metabolism, and healthy aging
Vitamin B12 is well known as an important nutrient that helps our bodies make red blood cells and keep our nerves healthy.
But a new...
Questions about heart attack, blood pressure, BMI or stroke? Find answers here
When you’re searching for health advice online, finding simple, trustworthy answers can be hard to find. But you’ve come to the right place.
We compiled...
Study finds major cause of hearing voices in schizophrenia
A new study from UNSW Sydney provides some of the clearest evidence yet that hearing voices in schizophrenia may come from the brain confusing...
Brain waves could help paralysed people move again
Every year, thousands of people around the world experience spinal cord injuries that change their lives forever. Many of them lose the ability to...
Cannabis-based drugs show no clear relief for nerve pain
Many people living with chronic nerve pain, also known as neuropathic pain, are searching for better ways to manage their symptoms.
Traditional medications often don't...
This one gene may be key cause of most Alzheimer’s cases
Scientists at University College London have uncovered new evidence suggesting that a single gene, called APOE, may be the key factor behind most Alzheimer’s...
New heart treatment can heal hidden cholesterol damage inside cells
A global team of scientists has made an exciting discovery that could change how we treat heart disease.
They found that cholesterol doesn’t just clog...
Older people may have unique blood pressure trend before death
As we grow older, many people know that blood pressure tends to go up from childhood through middle age. But what happens to our...
Can popular sleep drugs increase your dementia risk?
A new study from the University of California, San Francisco, has found that older adults who often use sleep medications might have a higher...
Too much or too little thyroid drug could raise heart death risk
Levothyroxine is a man-made thyroid hormone that helps people whose bodies do not make enough of this hormone naturally. It is one of the...
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Your dog’s dinner could be warming the planet more than your own
Many dog owners carefully think about what they eat for the sake of the planet—but new research suggests they may want to pay just...
The rise of fish began with a mass extinction, fossils reveal
About 445 million years ago, life on Earth nearly collapsed. In a relatively short geological moment, Earth’s climate flipped dramatically.
Massive glaciers spread across the...
How ‘red geyser’ galaxies stay silent for billions of years
Some of the universe’s largest galaxies have gone strangely quiet.
They stopped forming new stars billions of years ago and have remained dormant ever since—even...
Whale hunting in south America began 5,000 years ago—far earlier than we thought
The history of whale hunting is much older—and more global—than researchers once believed.
A new study shows that Indigenous communities living along the southern coast...
Dark stars could be the missing link in the universe’s earliest mysteries
A new study suggests that a strange and long-theorized type of object called a dark star could help explain several major mysteries uncovered by...