Category: 4. Health

New research published in Psychological Medicine suggests that recreational cannabis use during adolescence and young adulthood is associated with more frequent psychotic-like experiences. These experiences may resemble symptoms of psychosis but…

With age comes a natural decline in cognitive function, even among otherwise healthy adults without dementia. A new study finds that a cognitive training program may boost production of a brain chemical that plays a role in memory and attention.

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• In early 2023, Hailey Robb and her family discovered a small lump on their 2-year-old son, Carter, leading to a series of medical visits and a life-changing diagnosis

• What initially seemed minor quickly escalated into a challenging…

It’s a popular saying, ‘An apple a day, keeps the doctor away’ and rightly so!
Apart from being rich in fibre and vitamins, apples also contain malic acid which helps in neutralising uric acid and reduce its buildup in the blood. According to a

Bart Mansi used to haul a thousand pounds of lobster a day. Now he sets out just a couple dozen traps, out of curiosity — or force of habit — and he’s lucky to catch 10 lobsters.

“I’ve been doing it all my…

But Hartmann sees this as less of a concern for people who do live together. “People who live together share a higher proportion of the microbes in their mouth than people who don’t,” she says. “I doubt this is driven by such an indirect route as…

Lainie Jones believed in the power of being early.

She credited early detection as the reason she survived six different types of cancer—and it became the driving force behind her lifelong advocacy for early detection research and support for…