21 minutes of daily walk could save your health
Summary Researchers continued to build a case for green light therapy in the chronic pain population, despite rocky preliminary data from a small randomized trial. Wearing green spectacles may lessen anxiety caused by fear in particular. Among 34 opioid users with fibromyalgia, the 12 randomized to wear green glasses trended nonsignificantly toward reduced anxiety on […]
US$2.2 trillion could be saved if the number of people who are obese stayed at 2019 levels. According to a recent report by the World Obesity Federation and RTI International, the prevalence of overweight and obesity would cost the global economy 3.3% of GDP by 2060. The analysis of the present economic effects of overweight […]
Exercise and eating fruits and vegetables can boost happiness, according to new research from the Universities of Kent and Reading. According to a recent study, eating fruits and vegetables, exercising, and being active makes people happier, not the other way around. Women who ate more fruits and vegetables and males who exercised more reported feeling […]
The results of the study by Anna Cook, “Activation of TrkB-Akt signalling reverses impairments in a mouse model of SCA6,” were posted in Science Advances. Motor coordination is hampered by the genetic neurological condition known as Spinal Cerebellar Ataxia 6 (SCA6). SCA6 has received little attention from medical experts because it only affects one in […]
Research completed at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars Sinai and published in JAMA Cardiology states that women could have a 50% higher risk of developing AFib than men. Atrial fibrillation (also called Afib or AF) is an irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia) that begins in the upper (atria) of your heart. More than 454,000 people are hospitalized with AFib annually in […]
A recent mouse study from the National Eye Institute suggests that the depletion of the protein pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), which safeguards retinal support cells, may be the cause of age-related alterations in the retina (NEI). The light-sensitive tissue called the retina is located in the back of the eye, and age-related retinal illnesses such […]
A new study suggests that sports and sporting equipment are increasing traumatic brain injuries in children. Traumatic brain injuries are a significant health concern and a new study reports a significant increase of injuries in children since 2000. With an average of 308,000 annual cases, traumatic brain accidents have become much more prevalent in children ages zero […]
The FDA approval is a development that is being cheered by many, but for Tonja Johnson, the founder of the vitiligo support group Beautifully Unblemished, there are mixed emotions. Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder(the body’s immune system attacking healthy cells) affecting as many as 2 percent of the world’s population. It’s estimated that about 2 million adults in the United States […]
According to Staiano, director of the paediatric obesity and health behaviour lab at Louisiana State University’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, the percentage of obese children rose from 18% in the 2011 cycle to 22% in the 2020 cycle. According to a new analysis of data from a national health survey, obesity rates […]
In July 2022, Diabetes Care published the findings. According to the results of a recent study involving over 1,700 American adults with prediabetes or diabetes, walking 10,000 steps per day may lower the risk of death for people who have problems controlling their blood sugar. Using information from the CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination […]
