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Housework linked to sharper memory in older people

In a new study from the Singapore Institute of Technology, researchers found housework is linked to sharper memory, attention span, and better leg strength,...

Aspirin is linked to higher risk of heart failure

In a new study from the University of Freiburg, researchers found aspirin use is linked to a 26% raised risk of heart failure in...

Common gout drug cannot reduce severe COVID-19 or death

In a new study, researchers found colchicine, a cheap anti-inflammatory drug normally used to treat gout, doesn't lessen COVID-19 severity or stave off the...

What happens to our immune systems when we get a booster?

Questions about COVID-19 vaccine boosters—like who is eligible and how to choose one—have dominated scientific discussions, news headlines, and dinner-table conversations recently, but the...

Are you a morning or an evening person? It might be due to your...

In a new study from the University of Haifa, researchers found specific gut bacterial groups that differ between the early risers and late sleepers. Many...

What are the links between COVID-19, brain harm and dementia risk?

Headaches, brain fog and that peculiar inability to smell or taste things. By now most people know these symptoms as a few of the...

Vitamin K may lower your heart disease risk by a third

In a recent study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers found that people who eat a diet rich in vitamin...

These diets can greatly benefit women with diabetes

In a new study from the University of California, Irvine, researchers found eating patterns similar to the Mediterranean diet and the blood pressure-lowering DASH...

Depression increases during migraine headaches

In a new study from Leiden University, researchers found increased depressive symptomatology in the migraine headache phase of a migraine attack. They performed a prospective...

This finding may lead to new COVID-19 vaccines

In a new study from UCL Infection & Immunity, researchers found next-generation vaccines for COVID-19 should aim to induce an immune response against 'replication...