Category: 4. Health

A new study published in the journal Age and Aging has shown that regular moderate-to-vigorous exercise improves various aspects of brain health, including processing speed, working memory, and executive function in older individuals.

The cross-sectional study examined how time spent in various activities during a 24-hour day, including sleep, sedentary time, light activity, and moderate-to-vigorous activity, was linked to cognitive performance in older…

Patients hospitalized for heart failure who have cannabis use disorder (CUD) are significantly more likely to experience cardiogenic shock, acute myocardial infarction, and arrhythmias than those without the condition. The corresponding study was presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2025 Scientific Sessions. 

“Despite major public health campaigns to raise awareness for the harms of tobacco and cannabis,…

New research published in the journal eBioMedicine has shown that exposure to certain chemicals used to make plastic items have been linked to an increased risk of death from heart disease worldwide.

The study used cardiovascular mortality data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and chemical exposure estimates collected regionally from several sources. The specific chemical additive focused on in this study was di-2-ethylhexylphthalate…

Research published today shows how an MRI scan can reveal your heart’s functional age — and how unhealthy lifestyles can dramatically accelerate this figure.

It is hoped that the findings could transform how heart disease is diagnosed — offering a lifeline to millions by catching problems before they become deadly.

The team say their cutting-edge…

About half of all malignant brain tumors are glioblastomas, the deadliest form of brain cancer with a median survival rate of 14 months.

“Surgery…

But a new artificial intelligence system developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Nevada and Virginia Tech is making that task a lot easier — and potentially bringing big relief to allergy sufferers.

“With more detailed data on which…

Is there a link between legalizing cannabis and committed illegal behavior? This is what a recent study published in JAMA Network Open hopes to address as team of researchers in Canada investigated how legalizing cannabis across Canada has how cannabis is used. This study has the potential to help scientists, legislators, and the public better understand the benefits and risks of legalizing cannabis and whether it increases or decreases cannabis…

The pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk…

That is the message of a new peer-reviewed study, published in the Annals of Medicine (Elevate), that found smoking and other vices are associated with declines in health in people as young as 36.

The impact is even greater when these bad habits are indulged in over the long-term, state experts whose study tracked the mental and physical…

A twice-yearly injection of a drug known as Sunlenca offered 100% protection against HIV among young women and girls in South Africa and Uganda, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Over 5,000 girls participated in the…