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Dietary Habits
Top 10 foods rich in lithium – and why this overlooked mineral matters for your brain
Lithium is best known as a psychiatric treatment, but in tiny amounts it’s naturally present in what we eat and drink. New research suggests this trace element could support...
Exercise
How Many Push Ups should you be able to do? Amount sorted by age
Have you ever heard that completing 40 push-ups a day can significantly lower the risk of cardiovascular disease? Push-ups are an effective and simple way to measure upper body...
Tips for a Long Life
More than 100,000 people in Japan are over 100 – three traditions may help explain why
Researchers believe that both living conditions in Japan and certain Japanese customs may help explain the trend.
Diseases
Levetiracetam paired with a blood thinner may nearly double clot risk
A new study flags a safety signal for patients on Keppra and a DOAC.
Diseases
4 in 10 with fatty liver disease reversed scarring with one diet change and daily walks
A large real-world study points to a simple regimen behind the effect.
Body
The Body Can Sense Death – And It All Starts With The Nose
Death remains one of life’s biggest mysteries, but new research reveals that our bodies might detect it before our minds do.Through scent and instinct, our subconscious reacts to...
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Diets
No calorie counting: A 10-hour eating window may help with prediabetes weight
A trial tested time-restricted eating in adults with obesity and prediabetes.
Dietary Habits
How it can affect your body, if you eat pumpkin seeds every day
A small serving of pumpkin seeds each day can affect everything from fullness to cholesterol, but there is...
Tips for a Long Life
Diet with regular exercise may cut your death risk after 65
A new study of 6,468 older adults links the combination to a 27 percent lower mortality risk.
Exercise
You don’t need to walk 10,000 steps to benefit from your walk
New research shows that several factors may play a role in determining how walking benefits your health.
Mind
Reading for an hour may cut your Alzheimer’s risk by a third
An hour with a novel or comic may quietly protect your brain for decades.
Vitamins and Supplements
New study: Dietary supplement may help maintain weight loss
Many people find that they regain weight after dieting. Now, a new study points to something that may make it easier to maintain weight loss.
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Dietitian recommends: These carbs can help with weight loss
Carbohydrates do not need to be eliminated from the...
A single blood test could catch 50 cancers before symptoms show
The test screens for cancers that have no routine screening today.
Your waist measurement may reveal how vulnerable you are to everyday air pollution
A new trial suggests belly fat, not BMI, decides who suffers most from air pollution.
How your weekly egg habit may quietly shape your Alzheimer’s risk after 65
One large US study followed 39,498 adults aged 65 and older, and egg lovers came out ahead.
Latest Articles
Your nightly melatonin may come with a heart risk most users never expect
A study of 130,828 adults with insomnia links a year or more of melatonin use to higher heart failure rates.
Waking briefly at night in middle age may be a hidden early clue to Alzheimer’s risk
A new sleep study links brief nighttime brain awakenings to a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer's, but only in middle-aged adults.
Your gut bacteria may be quietly shaping how strong you are
Older adults who carried one fiber-loving microbe had far stronger hands.
What eating flaxseeds every day may do to your cholesterol and blood pressure
Trials of an everyday kitchen habit keep pointing at the same pair of results.
What your hands can quietly reveal about your heart, liver and overall health
Experienced clinicians look at the hands early in a physical exam, and there is a reason for that.
The home blood pressure mistake 3 in 4 people make, and how much it can skew your reading
A study of hypertension patients found 76% place the cuff wrong, and small errors can add up to 50 mmHg.
How many push-ups should you be able to do? The number by age and sex
How many push-ups you can do in a row may quietly predict your risk of heart trouble.
Cutting ultra-processed food may double your weight loss without eating less
In a UK crossover trial, home-cooked meals doubled the fat lost at matched calories.
The surprising mental health risks behind excessive daydreaming
New findings suggest compulsive daydreaming often appears alongside anxiety, depression and other mental health issues.