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.
What does it mean to be happy? A good relationship? What about a full bank account and an after-work sports team? Achieving happiness is not always easy and not always expected, but in 2020 being happy can be harder than ever.
“Some years, it’s harder to be happy than others,” wrote WalletHub’s Adam McCann in an article about the country’s happiest states. “In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life as we know it, causing sickness, limiting social interactions, and leading to widespread job losses.”
WalletHub, a personal finance website, used 32 metrics to rate state-by-state happiness and drew on data from its own research to draw up 2020’s Happiest States in America. Their data sources included the Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
So, what did they find? Hawaii, Utah, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Maryland are the happiest States, and Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and West Virginia rank last. Interestingly, Hawaii and New Jersey were also named among the healthiest states earlier this month, according to another survey. And the same states that ranked last in happiness were also last in well-being.
