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.
Forget tablets, blood transfusions and syringes. Here's a list of some pretty unusual, but less sophisticated ways Olympic dopers use to boost their game.
Dopers back in ancient Greece chewed on raw animal testicles. Like modern steroids, the earliest athletes chewed on raw testicles to get an extra testosterone boost to kick start their game. Testosterone is a steroid hormone and is used by dopers to enhance muscle development, strength, or endurance.REUTERS/Patrick PriceOlympian Thomas Hicks famously won the 1904 Olympic marathon with the help of brandy shots his coach gave to him in regular intervals during the race. Alcohol is a drug, but it can also be considered as a bodily nutrient because it provides the body nutrient.
While many major studies have concluded that alcohol has no beneficial effects on muscle strength, short-term muscular endurance and speed, psychologically alcohol may benefit performance by increasing self-confidence, lowering sensitivity to pain, and reducing anxiety and hand tremors and is sometimes used in precision sports like pistol shooting.REUTERS/Andrew WinningNasal decongestants, an over-the-counter remedy for stuffy noses, often contain pseudoephedrine. While pseudoephedrine was recently removed from the International Olympic Committee’s list of banned substances and placed on the monitoring program because there was no conclusive scientific evidence to show that the drug enhanced athletic performance.However, a previous study found that athletes given pseudoephedrine capsules 90 minutes before a trial run ran on average 5.8 seconds faster than runners taking the placebo.NIHWhile past studies have shown that the marijuana or hashish or any other cannabis product does not actually directly enhance sports performance, it can reduce anxiety. A study on Australian athletes has shown that almost 60 percent believed that marijuana improved athletic performance, and were unable to clearly explain how using the drug would negatively impact their athletic performance. The athletes in the study said that said that some of the enhancing effects of marijuana included enhanced relaxation and increased confidence.REUTERS/Jerry LampenPoison, strychnine in this case, has been used for doping purposes in the Olympics. Often fatal, very low dosages of strychnine could be used as a stimulant. In the 1904 St. Louis Games, Thomas Hicks was given strychnine in order to finish a marathon while in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics Wu Dan was banned from competition.Flickr/savagecatsDoping goes beyond just two legs in the Olympics. Capsaicin, the part of peppers which makes it hot, is banned from equestrian sports. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, four athletes were banned after their horses were found to have elevated levels of capsaicin, which is a mild stimulant and has pain relieving properties. .Caffeine is a stimulant that was once banned from use in the Olympics. Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency no longer tests for caffeine. Elevated levels of caffeine cost Bakhaavaa Buidaa his silver medal in judo at the Munich Olympics while Australian fencer Alex Watson was banned from competition from the 1988 Seoul Olympics.REUTERS/Richard ChungA beer could cost you the gold for some Olympic competitions. While Olympians can indulge in their alcoholic beverage of choice outside of competition, a few sports ban alcohol use during competition. Alcohol acts as a depressant, helping to calm nerves. Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was a pentathlete who was banned from the 1968 Mexico City Olympics for having two beers before the shooting portion of the competition.Peter MacDiarmid/Reuters
