The study also revealed that individuals who quit smoking, regardless of age, can achieve a life expectancy similar to non-smokers within approximately 10 years after quitting, and nearly half of this benefit can be noticed within just three years.
Researchers found that a combination of genetics and environmental factors reduces longevity in dementia patients. The same combination may shorten the lives of their siblings even without dementia.
The suicide rates increase substantially when air pollution rises, and the effect was particularly strong in the elderly, with older women 2.5 times more at risk than other groups.
While mental stress is commonly acknowledged in connection with grief, it is crucial to understand that grief can also present physical symptoms, including illnesses, fatigue, pain, and sleep disturbances.
The use of antidepressants, particularly fluoxetine, could affect the development of the prefrontal cortex of the infant's brain, potentially raising the risk of mental health disorders later in their life.
Researchers have developed smart earrings that could continuously monitor a person's earlobe temperature. The innovation known as Thermal Earring could also be potentially used to track signs of ovulation, stress, eating, and exercise.
The researchers made the interesting finding using a trial involving patients with a rare genetic condition called Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD).
People infected with the flu were more likely to need hospital care in the following year for common neurologic conditions than people who had the SARS-CoV2 infection.
Among women with a history of pregnancy complications, those who achieved or maintained high heart health after pregnancy were at a similar risk for heart disease as women without adverse pregnancy outcomes and good cardiovascular health, the study stated.
The study published in the journal BMJ indicated that individuals with hypermobile joints had a 30% higher chance of not fully recovering from COVID-19 and experiencing persistent fatigue associated with long COVID.
The studies showed that COVID antigens lingered in the blood up to 14 months after infection and more than two years in tissue samples of people who had the infection.
Those individuals who receive a COVID-19 vaccine during the first half of their menstrual cycle are more likely to experience cycle length changes than those receiving a vaccine in the latter half.
April is nearly upon us, which means a pollen-filled spring of irritated eyes and throats is also upon us. Spring allergies affect even the best of us, but whether the city or town you live in is equipped to help you treat those allergies could be just as vital to your overall health.
Some cities may have few people with severe allergies, yet have even fewer allergists than another city with more allergic people. If you ask the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, which recently released its 2014 list for the 50 worst cities for allergies, that fact could seriously hurt a city’s overall score. It could also help it, as the industry-heavy New York and Los Angeles both fall out of the top 10.
The AAFA formed its list based on three criteria: pollen scores (airborne grass/tree/weed pollen and mold spores), number of allergy medications used per person, and number of allergy specialists per person. With roughly 45 million Americans living with nasal allergies, the AAFA reports, covering for all three of these factors ensures a city can adequately protect its at-risk inhabitants.