Category: 4. Health

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…

What impact does cannabis have on workers’ compensation benefits? This is what a recent study conducted by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a connection between the legalization of cannabis and work-related injuries, along with the compensation benefits that are typically associated with those injuries. This study has the potential to help researchers, medical professional,…

A new study published in the journal Biomarker Research has shown that insufficient sleep, even over relatively short time periods, can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

The study, which had a crossover design, included 16 healthy young men of normal weight who reported healthy sleep habits. The participants spent time in a sleep laboratory over two different sessions where their diet, activity levels, and sleep times were carefully…

A decades-old dental health treatment may soon vanish in the United States. Access to fluoride supplements, prescribed to prevent cavities in children without access to fluoridated water, is now under threat from a controversial move by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The agency announced May 13 that it plans to remove fluoride products that can be ingested by children from the market, citing concerns about potential harm to gut microbes, links to thyroid disorders,…

Now, a new study combining data from two separate phase 1 clinical trials shows that a targeted vaccine strategy can successfully activate early immune responses relevant to HIV, and, in…