Ida-Marie Palm Varbæk

My name is Ida-Marie Palm Varbæk, and I work as an editor at the health media platform Welltica, which is part of Media Group Denmark. Here, I write daily articles focusing on health and lifestyle.I hold a master’s degree in Film and Media Studies and have been part of Media Group Denmark since August 2024.

Early menopause may be linked to brain ageing

A new study involving more than 2,600 women has found a link between a natural change in the body and brain health later in life.

Common pesticide linked to more than double the risk of Parkinson’s disease

Long banned from American homes, it still reaches people through farm fields across the United States.

Lifting weights for about two hours a week may lower your death risk

Three decades of data on 150,000 adults point to a sweet spot that most people could actually hit.

Your calorie app may be lying to you about how much you eat

The National Institutes of Health weighed every ingredient in a controlled kitchen, then watched the AI estimates come back off.

Drinking tea this way could cancel out its health benefits

It turns out the way you drink it may matter just as much as drinking it in the first place.

Over 16,000 older adults studied: Multivitamin showed promising results

The gains didn't show up on a cardiologist's scan, but on an ordinary afternoon of stairs, laundry and groceries.