Experts from Harvard University tracked the diets of 100,000 people over three decades in a research study. “Planet-friendly” foods may also help reduce a person’s risk of death from cancer, heart disease and other chronic illnesses by 25%, researchers have said. Scientists in the US found those who followed a sustainable diet of more plant-based…
Sleep has a huge impact on health, well-being and productivity, but how long and how well people sleep these days has not been accurately reported. Previous research on how much and how well we sleep has mostly relied on self-reports or was confined within the data from the unnatural environments of the sleep laboratories. So,…
A new study has found that individuals who report consuming diets high in fat and sugar tend to perform worse on two memory tasks known to heavily engage the hippocampus region of the brain. These participants were both less successful in these tasks and had longer reaction times. The study was published in Physiology &…
Following reports in May of enterovirus-echovirus 11 (E-11) neonatal sepsis cases in France, five more countries in Europe have reported similar cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a recent update. In its initial report, the WHO said the French cases involved a recombinant enterovirus (echovirus 11 [E-11]) that hadn’t been detected in France…
The European Medicines Agency is investigating Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug Ozempic and weight-loss treatment Saxenda after Iceland’s health regulator flagged three cases of patients thinking about suicide or self-harm. Shares of the Danish drugmaker fell 1% on Monday following the news. A European Medicines Agency, or EMA, safety committee is looking into adverse events raised…
The time of year when eggs are collected from women’s ovaries during fertility treatment makes a difference to live birth rates, according to new research published in Human Reproduction [1], one of the world’s leading reproductive medicine journals. Researchers in Australia have found that transferring frozen then thawed embryos to women’s wombs from eggs collected…
First patient of Naegleria fowleri in the province has breathed his last at Services Hospital on, health officials confirmed. Mustafa Shafique, 30, was brought to the Services Hospital Emergency two days back with symptoms of flu, high fever, and headache. On suspicion of Naegleria fowleri infection, healthcare providers took samples, and the same were sent…
According to ABC News, an unnamed man may have detected testicular cancer by taking a pregnancy test as a joke. When the pregnancy test came back positive, the man drew out the episode as a comic strip and posted it on Reddit. One of the Reddit users commented that results may indicate that he has…
While intermittent fasting may be taking over the C-suite, a new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine suggests the popular diet trend produces similar weight-loss results as traditional calorie counting. “There were no long-term studies that looked at the way people usually do time-restricted eating with an eight-hour window [of restricted eating],” says Krista…
Every day, we hear bits and pieces about new coping mechanisms for anxiety. Some say that ice cubes on your neck or a cold shower can do the trick, while others claim that a rubber band on the wrist can bring relief. However, “sour candy” is now stealing the show as one of the most…
