Eating French fries often may raise your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal. The study looked at health data from over 205,000 medical workers in the U.S. over nearly 40 years. During that time, over 22,000 cases of type 2 diabetes...
Older adults who walked just a little faster saw big improvements in their physical health, according to a new study published in PLOS One. The study involved 102 older adults living in 14 retirement communities around Chicago with an average age of 79. They were considered either frail or close to...
Published in Nature Medicine, a recent study explored the link between the consumption of processed food items and sugary beverages, and the risk of serious health conditions. After analyzing the findings from over 60 previous studies, the researchers found that eating just one hot dog or a similar...
Researchers from the University of Washington and the National University of Natural Medicine recently shared the results of a small study in men on something called the methylation diet, a process that affects the working of DNA, according to UCLA Health. The study involved 38 healthy men between...
A six-month study by University College London found that people lost more weight and unhealthy fat when eating minimally processed foods compared to ultra-processed foods or UPFs. In the study, participants followed two different diets - one with UPFs like breakfast bars and ready-made lasagne, and...
Walking around 7,000 steps a day may be enough to boost your brain health and lower the risk of several major diseases, a new study suggests. The research, published in The Lancet Public Health, also found that people who walked this much had lower chances of getting cancer, heart disease, and dementia. To...
In a new study published in Nature Partner Journals: Aging, scientists found that psilocin, a substance the body makes after taking psilocybin, helped human skin and lung cells live over 50 percent longer. Notably, psilocybin is the hallucinogenic compound in magic mushrooms. Researchers from Emory...
The number of people using cannabis and related products has grown a lot in the past 10 years. While earlier research suggested it could affect heart health, the exact level of risk wasn't known. Recently, a large new analysis looked at data from about 200 million people, mostly aged 19 to 59, using...
Marijuana use among older adults in the U.S. is increasing, according to research led by the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research at NYU's School of Global Public Health. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, used data from a national survey. It found that marijuana use in older adults...
Haribo has issued a recall of select one-kilogram bags of its Happy Cola F!ZZ gummies in the Netherlands after several people, including children, fell ill from consuming products found to contain cannabis, Dutch authorities confirmed.
British drug major GSK plc (GSK, GSK.L) announced Thursday that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved a prefilled syringe presentation of Shingrix, GSK's Recombinant Zoster Vaccine or RZV, for the prevention of shingles or herpes zoster. The company added that the prefilled syringe presentation...
New York and Kentucky-based Danone U.S. is recalling YoCrunch products on potential presence of plastic pieces in the dome topper, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or FDA. The recall was initiated on July 11, after a consumer complaint about transparent plastic pieces found in the...
A new study suggests that oxytocin, often called the 'love hormone,' may help protect women from mood problems caused by sleep disruptions and hormone changes during postpartum and menopause. To reach this conclusion, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School looked...
An experimental vaccine, ELI-002 2P, has shown encouraging results in preventing the recurrence of pancreatic and colorectal cancers two of the deadliest and most treatment-resistant malignancies.
British drug major GSK plc (GSK, GSK.L) announced Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration has accepted for priority review a supplemental New Drug Application for gepotidacin as an oral option for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea in patients 12 years of age and older. The...
According to a study published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the mental health benefits of exercise don't just depend on how much you move, but also on why and how you're doing it. Researchers looked at over 700 studies published between 2018 and 2023. They studied how different types...
A new study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has challenged the common belief that burnout is mainly caused by work. "People who experience burnout describe stress in their daily lives which leads to a form of depression," said psychologist Renzo Bianchi, as per Science...
Fathers' mental health problems are linked to slightly poorer development in their children, including how they think, speak, interact with others, and grow physically, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. The researchers noted that this link is especially strong during the perinatal...
A new international study finds that the risk of dementia is going down in newer generations of older adults. "Younger generations are less likely to develop dementia at the same age as their parents or grandparents, and that's a hopeful sign," said Dr Sabrina Lenzen, a co-author of the study. Led...
Parents who mock, threaten, or humiliate their children increase the risk of their children developing poor mental health later in life by 64 percent, according to a new study published in BMJ Open. "Our study reveals that degrading, humiliating and abusive language directed at children can have...