Category: 4. Health

• Chronic insomnia — trouble sleeping at least three days a week for three months or more — could speed up brain aging.
• People with chronic insomnia were 40% more likely to develop dementia or mild cognitive issues than people without insomnia.
• Insomnia with perceived reduced sleep was associated with lower cognition comparable to being four years older.
• Better sleep isn’t just beauty rest — it might protect your brain health.

People with chronic insomnia may experience faster…

The research focused on people with keratoconus, a visual impairment that generally develops in teenagers and young adults and tends to worsen into adulthood. It affects up to 1 in 350 people. In some…

“This level of drop off is…

Here’s something Academy Award-winning actress Julianne Moore wants you to keep in mind. Your mind. What’s happening with your brain. You know, that thing that sits on top of your body and oversees like everything that you do. Moore wants everyone to prioritize brain health, well, more. And she’s partnered with Eli Lilly for the…

Many of these toxic chemicals are highly acidic, meaning they easily give up their protons and become negatively charged. This allows them to dissolve and spread in water more easily.

Now, new research has found that some PFAS are even more acidic than previously thought — an insight critical for predicting their mobility in the environment…

You might think that modern medical…

Employee health costs are likely to surpass $5,000 next year as companies see their biggest cost increases in at least five years, according to projections from Aon.

A new report out earlier this week from Aon shows total employee costs at $4,920 for this year, which is about 5% more than $4,662 in 2024. The total figure…

After finding high levels of corisin — a small peptide produced by Staphylococcus bacteria in the gut — in the blood of patients with diabetic kidney…

A collaborative research team led by Professor Jang Hyun Choi from the Department of Life Sciences at UNIST, in partnership with…

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the hunt for extraterrestrial life, the Lasker Awards for biomedical research, gene editing to cure diabetes and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here.

The James Webb Space Telescope has its sights set on seven planets circling a red dwarf star called Trappist-1, about 40 light-years away. One of them, Trappist-1e, may have…