Category: 4. Health

In this perspective, led by Takuji Kawamura from Tohoku University, researchers reviewed existing evidence from scientific studies showing that regular exercise, physical activity, and fitness may influence epigenetic aging and potentially reverse it, offering a promising way to extend healthspan and improve long-term health.

Epigenetic aging refers to changes in…

Researchers at the University of Exeter conducted the study, published in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine, comparing responses between a group of older adults to that of younger adults. Previous research has shown that a high nitrate diet can reduce blood pressure, which can help reduce risk of…

Artificial intelligence shows great promise in helping physicians improve both their diagnostic accuracy of important patient conditions. In the realm of gastroenterology, AI has been shown to help human physicians better detect small polyps (adenomas) during colonoscopy. Although adenomas are not yet cancerous, they are at risk for turning into cancer. Thus, early detection and removal of adenomas during routine colonoscopy can reduce patient risk of developing future colon cancers.

But as…

The team set out to solve this problem using artificial intelligence (AI) and routine lab tests like cholesterol, blood counts, and…

Now, a new study in mice led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Baylor College of Medicine reveals a previously unknown cellular purging…

An international team of scientists has…

The landmark discovery, led by an interdisciplinary team at the University of South Florida and Florida Atlantic University, with collaborators in India and Australia, identified Yersinia pestis, the microbe that causes plague, in a mass…

Quitting smoking cigarettes could enable a person with a substance abuse disorder to recover from their addiction to alcohol or drugs, a recent study stated. The findings highlighted that there was a 42% increase in the odds of an individual staying in recovery from their addiction to alcohol or drugs once they quit cigarettes for…

In an analysis of the genomes of all known amblyopsid species, the researchers found that the different species colonized caves systems independently of each other and separately evolved…

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