Category: 4. Health

The study used data from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) trial, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), and other published literature to simulate lifetime health…

Anyone who has shivered through winter knows how powerfully the body responds to cold. But what if simply remembering the cold could trigger the same effect?

Cold is one of the oldest forces our bodies have had to reckon with. For mammals, surviving it depends on a delicate coordination between the brain and the body’s heat response systems, especially brown adipose tissue, a specialized fat that…

Nicole Spartano does not have diabetes. But the Boston University epidemiologist has occasionally worn a continuous glucose monitor, or CGM, a device once reserved for those with the condition. Her desire to understand how factors such as food, sleep and exercise influence her blood sugar levels stems from her own research into how CGMs might help individuals ward off diseases like diabetes and feel healthier overall.

People with diabetes use CGMs to monitor their blood sugar…

Portable air cleaners aimed at curbing indoor spread of infections are rarely tested for how well they protect people – and very few studies evaluate their potentially harmful effects. That’s the upshot of a detailed review of nearly 700 studies that we co-authored in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

Many respiratory viruses, such as COVID-19 and influenza, can spread through indoor air. Technologies such as HEPA filters, ultraviolet light and special ventilation designs…

August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month. It’s a time of celebrating organ donation and educating people about transplantation by encouraging donor registration and promoting healthy living.

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People thinking about starting a business or retiring early—before they’re old enough for Medicare—may want to wait until November, when they can see just how much their Affordable Care Act health insurance will cost next year. Sharp increases are expected.

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From 2023 to 2024, coverage with one or more doses of the tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) and the quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MenACWY) increased, while human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage remained stable, according to research published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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U.S. adults aged 65 and older with high blood pressure, heart failure or stroke had significant declines in cardiovascular health, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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UCSF scientists caught cancer cells in the act of breaking into fat cells and releasing their fat. The energy heist seems to be critical for the growth of deadly breast cancer. The study appears in Nature Communications.

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