Scientists find the key to optimal aging
What are the keys to "successful" or optimal aging?
In a study from the University of Toronto, scientists found the key to optimal aging.
They followed...
Scientists find why obesity can increase your cancer risk
Obesity is now a global epidemic, and it is increasing people's risk for cancer.
The National Cancer Institute lists more than a dozen cancers that...
How to reduce the health risks of night shifts
Night shift work increases the risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, and obesity.
It disrupts the body’s circadian rhythms—the 24-hour internal “clock” that controls when...
Holiday burnout: why it happens – and three research-proven ways to help you recover
Although Christmas only lasts a few days each year, many of us spend months planning for it.
But as enjoyable as all the parties and...
More exercise linked to less-severe COVID-19
Scientists found people who were more physically active prior to being diagnosed with COVID-19 had a lower risk of severe outcomes.
Doctors often give ineffective weight loss advice to people with obesity
In a study from the University of Oxford, scientists found that when doctors tell patients living with obesity to lose weight, the guidance they...
These high blood pressure drugs may harm your sleep
A recent study from the Berlin Institute of Health found beta-blockers treat various heart diseases and were not more likely to cause depression compared...
Time in nature can increase your well-being
In a study from UCL and elsewhere, scientists found nature is a powerful tool that can be harnessed by social prescribers to improve people's...
A big cause of age-related weakness
A recent study from Ohio University and elsewhere found that the nervous system plays an important role in age-related weakness.
The team found that physical...
People sleep the least from early 30s to early 50s
In a study from UCL, the University of East Anglia, and the University of Lyon, scientists found people sleep less in mid-adulthood than they...