Health

A new study has found that a healthy diet is more important than your weight when it comes to risk of death. By Rosie Saunders It is well-established that being overweight puts you at higher risk of several illnesses,...

By Mandy Oaklander  - Time.com When a contagious, deadly pandemic sweeps around the globe, people look to the World Health Organization (WHO) for guidance. It’s not easy to be the person in charge under those...

FILE - In this March 16, 2020, file photo, Neal Browning receives a shot at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential...

by Stuart Wolpert, University of California, Los Angeles During pregnancy in mice, the billions of bacteria and other microbes that live in a mother's intestines regulate key metabolites, small molecules that are important for healthy fetal...

by Thamarasee Jeewandara , Medical Xpress Cartilage injury is a common cause of joint dysfunction and existing joint prostheses cannot remodel with host joint tissue. However, it is challenging to develop large-scale biomimetic anisotropic constructs...

From how many calories you can expect to burn, to the foods you need to fuel your training. Medically reviewed by Dr Louise Wiseman MBBS, BSc (Hons), DRCOG, MRCGP and words by Annie Hayes Running is a great way to...

Binge eating disorder is a serious mental illness and is not just “overindulging”. Dr Louise Wiseman explains the signs to look out for, and how to get help early. By Dr Louise Wiseman MBBS, BSc (Hons),...

Johnson & Johnson By Alice Park  - Time.com Johnson & Johnson announced today (Sept. 23) that it is launching a large-scale Phase 3 test of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which was developed based on science supported...

by Michael Miller, University of Cincinnati With personal protective equipment still in short supply, researchers at the University of Cincinnati examined what common household fabrics might work best as a face covering. Next to a single-use N95...

by Trippe Ross, University of Georgia Achieving herd immunity to COVID-19 is an impractical public health strategy, according to a new model developed by University of Georgia scientists. The study recently appeared in Proceedings of the National...

Weight training is an essential part of any workout routine – here’s an expert guide on how to get started. By Michelle Njagi Weight training, also known as strength training or resistance training, is beneficial for everyone, especially...

Getty Images/Cultura RF By Alice Park  -Time.com Blood tests can tell us a lot about what’s going on in our bodies—from whether we’re eating too much sugar to whether we’re harboring any infectious diseases. Scientists lately...

The practice of forest bathing has been proven to be good for your mind, body and soul – but what is it exactly, and how do you do it? By Claire Chamberlain We all know that spending time...

by University of Bristol A druggable pocket in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein that could be used to stop the virus from infecting human cells has been discovered by an international team of scientists led by the...

by British Medical Journal Attitudes towards cannabis products for medicinal use need to change with much greater appropriate use of such products to help alleviate patients' pain, suggests research published in the journal BMJ Open. Researchers found that...

Vaccine-derived polio occurs in rare instances Photo: AFP/File By Monique Ngo Mayag and Simon Valmary - Japan  Today LIBREVILLE/PARIS As scientists around the world rush to find a vaccine to stem the spread of COVID-19, another deadly...

By Lisa Baertlein, Angela Moore LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anthony and Rosemary Terio, married for 65 years, died five days apart in separate New York hospitals last spring, two lives among the nearly 200,000 that the...

Everything you need to know about eczema, and how to get rid of it. By Dr Roger Henderson Eczema is the term used to describe skin conditions that cause the skin to become itchy, red, inflamed and cracked. There...

by Yale University An inflammatory autoimmune response within the central nervous system similar to one linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) has also been found in the spinal fluid of healthy people, according...

by Institute of Cancer Research A drug used to treat breast and ovarian cancer can extend the lives of some men with prostate cancer and should become a new standard treatment for the disease, concludes a...