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.
Based on the findings of a rat study, researchers suggest that early life stress could contribute to the worsening of postpartum depression from a pathophysiological standpoint.
The study found that a single low-dose injection of esketamine given just after childbirth could reduce the risk of postpartum depression in new mothers who experienced prenatal depression.
With over two decades under her belt, Wellness Coach Karen Corona is not just a practitioner but a testament to the transformative power of expressive arts.
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.
Children whose mothers contracted dengue fever during pregnancy faced a 27% higher likelihood of hospitalization from birth to age three, the study revealed.
Having a healthy sleep pattern could cut the risk of cardiovascular diseases and stroke among midlife and older adults, regardless of their genetic predisposition for these conditions, a recent study revealed.
Researchers have now found that certain emulsifiers, a common food additive used in many processed and packaged foods are linked to an elevated risk of type 2 diabetes.
Since respiratory viral infections are known to increase asthma risk in young children, researchers of a new study investigated if contracting the SARS-COV-2 virus could bring in a similar outcome, and determined no association exists between the two.
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.
Movie deaths are notoriously unrealistic, but what about the Nazis in "Raiders of the Lost Ark," whose faces melted when they opened the Ark of the Covenant? The science-backed possible causes of face-melting syndrome.
Japan on Tuesday acknowledged the first possible casualty from radiation at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, a worker who was diagnosed with cancer after the crisis broke out in 2011.
Patients who undergo neurosurgery after being diagnosed with low-grade glioma, a type of brain cancer, are still at risk of developing a more malignant state of cancer and their odds of survival has been unknown until now.
The latest American College of Radiology white paper, Strategies for Radiologists in the Era of Health Care Reform and Accountable Care Organizations, published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, offers strategies for successful radiologist participation in accountable care organizations (ACOs). ACOs are intended to create incentives for health care providers to work together to treat an individual patient across care settings — including doctor's offices, hospitals and long-term care facilities.