A two-year study suggests that lifestyle changes can improve cognition in older adults at risk for dementia. The LatAm-FINGERS study involved people across 11 Latin American countries. [...]
A study found that each additional hour spent in prolonged, uninterrupted sedentary periods was linked to a 9% greater risk of dying from cancer. The research was published in PLOS [...]
More research shows that, along with ADHD’s challenges, comes an extra shot of creativity. A study, published in iScience, looks at how attention and creativity overlap in the brain. The [...]
Coffee and tea are, once again, the center of a study which doesn’t have good news for women who drink more than five cups of coffee a day. Research from [...]
You don’t necessarily have to accept “death by chair.” Getting up and walking more during the day may help reduce health risks linked to spending too much time sitting. [...]
Which is better for your body: spending your workout time on strength training and jogging, or doing a little less of those activities while adding yoga, fitness classes and karate? A study published in [...]
Eccentric training can be paired with very hard lifting, but it doesn’t have to be intense to work. So what happens when you focus mostly on eccentric movements at a [...]
Creatine is usually associated with bigger lifts, explosive power and better gym performance. But this white powder has a role beyond exercise. You don’t need supplements to have creatine. Your [...]
Dogs and humans may have more in common when it comes to aging than previously thought. Research from the Dog Aging Project found similar biological patterns linked to lifespan in [...]
Research suggests that an exercise regimen may reshape the nerves that control how the heart functions. Scientists have found that moderate aerobic exercise changes the heart’s nerve system in different [...]
You’ve surely seen it: peculiar movements of the body after someone takes a blow to the head: The motions almost seem deliberate. These include arm positioning and what appears to [...]
Walking can become slower and more tiring as we get older, and new Australian research may help explain why. Researchers from Flinders University and the University of Canberra found that [...]
A recent study found that people who regularly did strength training had a lower risk of dying early, even without spending hours in the gym. The researchers analyzed data [...]
Dogs have been living with humans for thousands of years but where did dogs come from? They didn’t just magically appear alongside people one day. Archaeologists have found dog burials [...]
You’ve heard that 150 minutes/week of exercise is needed for heart health, but is 150 minutes over seven days really enough for optimal heart health? […]
Just how effective is exercise for the prevention of getting fat (or fatter) vs. transforming a fat body into a lean body? Research has surprising results. […]
A new study from Rockefeller University found that just a few minutes of very intense exercise produced a much larger immediate molecular response than longer periods of moderate exercise. Researchers [...]
Has pushing off the armrests of a chair when rising become a habit due to stiff knee joints? With age, the cartilage and lubricating fluid inside your joints gradually decrease. That can leave joints less [...]
Knee pain becomes more common with age, and osteoarthritis is one of the biggest reasons people develop ongoing discomfort and stiffness. The condition occurs when the cartilage inside the knee [...]
Many in middle age begin worrying that dementia is around the corner, even if they’s still mentally sharp. An exercise program will offset the worry for good reason. Staying physically active and keeping blood sugar [...]
The “everyone has autism now” camp should know that the first man diagnosed autistic had the high functioning type that they say isn’t “real” autism. “Mild” autism DOES exist, and it's just as real [...]
Once a week interval walking may be all you need to finally see stubborn belly fat disappearing. Interval walking is more effective than fixed pace walking for burning fat. [...]
The TV has long been known as the “idiot box.” Now there’s research that shows it really can negatively affect brain health later in life. […]
Many people worry more about brain health than heart health as they get older. And that makes a lot of sense, since age related mental decline is common. But do [...]
You’ve heard of “take the stairs instead of the elevator” many times, but you’re going to hear it again: It could add years to your heart and life, so ditch the elevator and get on [...]
A morbidly obese diabetic influencer is announcing you can’t give yourself diabetes. But if someone can reverse type 2 diabetes, this means you CAN give yourself this metabolic disease. Amanda [...]
“You owe thinness to nobody” is a mantra sung by many fat activists on social media. They keep saying “thinness” as though fat and skinny are the only two ways to exist. [...]
Autistic and terrified of aging? There’s ways to combat the fear of aging even if money is limited; here’s what to start doing NOW. Autism doesn’t mean you must age [...]
Ever wonder how an influencer with cringe or boring content can amass a million followers? Is it mostly luck? One post that went viral? Like, HOW? So there’s an influencer – I won’t identify her [...]
Do you have thigh abundance and are convinced this is due to muscle even though you don’t or hardly work out with weights? Size can mean fat, muscle or both. I was inspired to cover [...]
It’s suspicious for facilitator bias when a nonspeaking autistic who spells elaborate paragraphs is somehow not able to hold down a simple job. […]
If nonspeaking autistic spellers are the actual composers of their advanced narrative via letter boards held by parents, why are they in day programs? This is a very fair question. For example, the alleged author [...]
Why is it that a woman who’s starved herself to the bone gets sympathy for her eating disorder, but men with bigorexia are seen as narcissistic and arrogant? Along those same lines, a morbidly obese [...]
Seems that researchers are closing in on a drug that can reduce or even eliminate autism traits. UCLA scientists have come upon a drug that did this for mice that had autistic traits. [...]
To expect autistic people to automatically like anyone with a disability is to be judgmental and condescending. I have this feeling that non-disabled neurotypical people expect Autistics to embrace every single disabled individual. [...]
Losing a little sleep each night may not seem like a major health concern, but over time it could make you gain fat. […]
The human body is full of flaws — and this points to evolution more than any other explanation for “how we got here.” The body may seem magnificent. Various processes may seem wondrous, even miraculous. [...]
I spent over three hours answering the questions, but… …that doesn’t mean YOU will. […]
Scientists are working on a new approach to osteoarthritis that goes far beyond managing pain. Instead of simply slowing symptoms, the goal is to help damaged joints regenerate and repair themselves. […]
Scientists have long assumed that complex thinking largely shuts down when a person is unconscious under general anesthesia. […]
