Middle-aged men with muscle are 'at lower risk of a heart attack'
Staying muscly ‘could ward off heart disease in middle-aged men and protect them from heart attacks and strokes’ Researchers followed …
Report reveals Mississippi leads the pack of 'fattest' US states
United States of obesity: Report reveals Mississippi is the ‘fattest’ state in the nation with staggering rates of high blood …
On the front lines of mental health care, emergency rooms are adapting
Patients seeking mental health care, sitting in emergency rooms for hours as clinical staff conduct physical tests unrelated to their …
Tablets are so powerful ‘they may not belong in the hands of toddlers’
A new study using sophisticated brain scans found an association between screen use and the development of young children's brains, …
Children of strict mothers may 'grow up to have alcohol problems'
Children of strict mothers ‘may grow up to be alcoholics in later life because they are more likely to drink …
New model of irregular heartbeat could boost drug efficacy
Patients with irregular heartbeats, or arrhythmia, have few effective treatment options—available drugs are not always effective, and an implanted defibrillator …
Groundbreaking study improves understanding of brain function
Researchers at KAUST are officially one step closer to understanding the brain and its function. Dr. Corrado Calì, a research …
Is Leaving a Child Alone Before the Age of 12 Really Child Neglect?
It’s the age-old question of every parent: What’s the right age for my child to be left home alone? Well, …
Father-of-six gets married in hospital just hours before dying of cancer
A young father got to fulfill his final wish – to marry his girlfriend – just hours before he died …
E-cigarette flavors decrease perception of harm among youth
As more and more youth use electronic cigarettes, combined with research showing the health consequences of vaping—including nicotine addiction—researchers at …
Inflammation and autism—an important piece of the puzzle
Autism spectrum disorder has neither a distinct pathogenesis nor pharmaceutical treatment, yet evidence continues to mount demonstrating immune dysfunction and …
The role of Klumpfuss in intestinal cell differentiation
Stem cells are essential for homeostasis and cell renewal in organs like skin, lung or intestine. During the course of …
Aldi Has a Free Wine Course for All of Us Wine Novices
If you’ve ever roamed the Aldi wine aisle — or any grocery store’s wine aisle, for that matter — and …
13-year-old is the youngest of 33 Americans killed by vaping
13-year-old is the youngest of 33 Americans killed by vaping as the number suffering the mysterious e-cigarette lung illness nears …
Female athletes with high levels of testosterone can run for longer
Olympic gold medallist runner Caster Semenya DOES have an advantage over other female athletes because of her high testosterone levels, …
New class of drugs could stop cancers developing treatment resistance
Scientists at Massey University in New Zealand have taken the first step towards a new class of drug that could …
Half of NHS A&E departments 'are inadequate or require improvement'
More than half of A&E units are failing as hospitals buckle under pressure from the broken social care system, damning …
Some anxiety is ‘an essential part of subjectivity and also creativity’
Research from Reuters released earlier this year found 32 per cent of audiences actively avoid the news for the sake …