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 noted that the intensity of the activity was directly linked to the extent of improvement in depression symptoms. However, certain low-intensity activities also had significant benefits.
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 found that female victims surpassed a shock index greater than 1.0 more frequently than men, even in cases when they had fewer total or less severe injuries compared to men.
In children with neurodevelopmental comorbidities such as learning disabilities, eczema raised the risk of cognitive impairment two to threefold times compared to those without eczema.
Researchers of a recent study investigated how protein intake impacts sleep quality and identified the superior protein source that could improve sleep.
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.
The study found that typical ingredients of the vaping liquid -propylene glycol/vegetable glycerin- alone or with the use of nicotine enhanced susceptibility to COVID-19 infection.
Women's health
Women's health refers to health issues specific to human female anatomy. These often relate to structures such as female genitalia and breasts or to conditions caused by hormones specific to, or most notable in, females. Women's health issues include menstruation, contraception, maternal health, child birth, menopause and breast cancer.
During pregnancy, the body makes preparations for delivery, such as thickening the mother's blood so she does not bleed excessively during delivery. But thickened blood can increase blood clot risk.
When an otherwise healthy young person goes to the emergency room complaining of nausea, pain, and uncontrollable vomiting, doctors might assume the worst. But for some of these patients, if they use cannabis, it may not be.
According to a new study published in The Lancet Public Health, among the over 4 million children in the United States not yet vaccinated against HPV, nearly 60 percent of the parents were not planning on starting the vaccination series at all.