Living in an area with more heat days ages you faster
Longevity has become a popular buzzword in anti-aging conversations, including those related to real estate. Simply put, this approach asks how the places where we live can help us stay…
Category: 5. Health
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Shingles Vaccine Reduces Dementia Risk by 20% in Seniors
Older adults who received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years than those who didn’t receive the vaccine. The corresponding study was published in
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Decoding Your Brain For Work-Life Integration
BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM – MARCH 10: Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images
In today’s fast-paced work culture, the traditional boundaries between professional and personal life are increasingly blurred. The idea of work-life…
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We’ve Come So Far, So Why Aren’t Women Thriving?
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – AUGUST 8, 2018: Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images
In the twenty-first century, women are achieving more than ever before. They’re breaking barriers in boardrooms, earning degrees at unprecedented rates…
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Mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy improve chronic low back pain
The list of treatments for low back pain is endless, but few offer relief for the one in four Americans who suffer from this persistent pain and leading cause of disability globally. More than 80% of those with chronic low back pain wished there…
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Researchers use AI to improve diagnosis of drug-resistant infections
Drug-resistant infections — especially from deadly bacteria like tuberculosis and staph — are a growing global health crisis. These infections are harder to treat, often require more expensive or toxic medications and are responsible for longer…
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Childhood experiences shape the brain’s white matter with cognitive effects seen years later
Mass General Brigham investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the white matter communication highways throughout the adolescent brain. This reduced connectivity is also associated with lower…
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A gentle approach offers new hope for inflammatory lung diseases
Pulmonary sarcoidosis is a lung disease characterized by granulomas — tiny clumps of immune cells that form in response to inflammation. It’s the most inflammatory of the interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), a family of conditions that all involve…
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Hantavirus Killed Three More People—How You Can Stay Safe
Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), a possible transmitter of the Hantavirus, 1990. Image courtesy … More
To everyone’s surprise, the virus that…
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Perceiving one’s own body: Babies sense their heartbeat and breathing
Body signals such as heartbeat and breathing accompany us constantly, often unnoticed as background noise of our perception. Even in the earliest years of life, these signals are important as they contribute to the development of self-awareness…
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