Hidden Mental Health Warning Signs May Appear Years Before Bowel Disease Diagnosis

Inflammatory bowel disease, often called IBD, is a long-term condition that causes ongoing inflammation in the digestive tract. The two main forms are Crohn's disease...

What Eight Months of Tracking Revealed About Healthy Aging

Most people learn about their health through occasional doctor visits and yearly blood tests. These checks are useful, but they capture only what is...

Why Walking Gets Harder With Age

Walking may look simple, but every step requires the brain, nerves, muscles, and joints to work together. New Australian research suggests that this carefully controlled...

Belly Fat and Low Vitamin D May Be a Dangerous Mix

Having too much fat around the waist and very low vitamin D levels at the same time may be especially risky after age 50. A...

Can Strength Training Help You Live Longer?

Many people think of exercise as walking, running, swimming or cycling. But a long-running Brisbane study suggests that working the muscles may be just as...

Wearable Patch Helps People Reach REM Sleep Faster

Scientists have developed a soft patch that may offer a new way to improve an important stage of sleep without using drugs or surgery. In...

Scientists Find New Clues to Why Spinal Discs Harden

Back pain affects millions of people and can make everyday activities such as walking, sitting, working and sleeping difficult. New research suggests that changes in...

Three Minutes of Sprinting Can Transform the Blood

Just a few minutes of very hard exercise may trigger surprisingly large changes throughout the body. New research from Rockefeller University found that short bursts...

Weight-Loss Hormone May Also Protect Liver Health

A hormone already known for reducing appetite and helping with weight loss may have another important job. Researchers at McMaster University have discovered that GDF15...

Why Astronauts Get Constipated in Space: Their Blood Offers a Clue

Constipation is a surprisingly common problem for astronauts living in space. Scientists have long known that digestion can change when people leave Earth, but exactly...