Category: 4. Health

From predictive tools to digital companionship, AI is transforming how we care for the world’s fastest-growing age group.

The world is aging—fast. By 2050, more than 2.1 billion people will be over the age of 60, with 80% living in low- and middle-income countries, according to the World Health Organization. For the first time in history, older adults now outnumber children under five.

Yet while lifespans are increasing,…

CVS Health Thursday night confirmed plans to “acquire and operate” 64 Rite Aid stores in…

The gene editor — called evoCAST — goes a long way toward solving a problem that has confounded the development of gene therapies from the field’s beginnings: How to add long stretches of DNA…

For several years, researchers have known that hyperactivity of a subset of neurons located in the hypothalamus, called AgRP neurons, is common in mice with diabetes.

“These neurons are playing an outsized role in hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes,” said UW Medicine…

Humans perceive and navigate the world around us with the help of our five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. And while scientists have long known that these different senses activate different parts of the brain, a new Yale-led study indicates that multiple senses all stimulate a…

Until now, it was thought that lung function increased until it peaked at around 20-25 years of age, after which it stabilised. It was also…

The research showed when children who were picky eaters as preschoolers got to choose their own food (school dinners) at lunchtime, they were less picky in what they ate, compared with a packed lunch. To the research team’s…

A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has shown that the risk of death and complications due to Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome, is high and has remained high in recent years.

The study used information from a database of nearly 200,000 adults in the United States. Using this data, trends, mortality, and complications were evaluated for patients admitted for broken heart syndrome between…