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People with type 2 diabetes respond differently to exercise

Regular exercise helps prevent and delay the development of type 2 diabetes and its complications. In a study from Karolinska Institutet and elsewhere, scientists found...

How exercise keeps your brain healthy and protects it against depression and anxiety

We know how exercise improves cardiovascular, metabolic and related health. What we may not know is how this happens within the brain.

Weight loss treatments are not a permanent fix – that doesn’t mean they ‘don’t...

Weight loss is the easy part (relatively speaking). The problem is when you come off a diet or stop taking a weight-loss drug, the weight will creep back up.

Alcohol abuse may increase risk of severe COVID-19

Some people are known to be more vulnerable than others to severe COVID-19, including older adults (age 65+) and those with certain pre-existing health...

Hormone could help predict men’s long-term health years in advance

It would be ideal if we could predict in early adulthood, while a person is still healthy, whether or not they are at risk of becoming ill or needing medical support when they are older.

Scientists find why you should not spank your kids

Corporal punishment can be simply defined as the "intentional infliction of physical pain by any means for the purpose of punishment, correction, discipline, instruction,...

How often you exercise is more important than how much you exercise

Scientists found a little bit of daily activity could well be the most beneficial approach, at least for muscle strength.

Morning exercise may reduce high blood pressure in older people

Scientists found that in sedentary overweight older people, morning exercise reduces systolic blood pressure.

Moderate exercise can help people with colon cancer live longer

Not counting skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States, with 106,180 new cases of colon cancer and...

Artificial sweeteners may make you fat

With nearly 40% of the world’s population now classified as obese, and increasing evidence pointing to sugar as the culprit, people are turning to...