Do your genes dictate how your lifestyle choices impact ageing?
Lifestyle-behavioral factors and socioeconomic status play an important role in shaping healthy ageing, but their effects may differ…
Sleep duration and genetics interact to affect functional health
Lifestyle-behavioral factors and socioeconomic status play an important role in shaping healthy aging, but their effects may differ…
Vaping beats traditional tools for quitting smoking
A sweeping analysis of global evidence suggests nicotine e-cigarettes may outperform traditional quit aids, but lingering safety uncertainties…
How do diet, smoking, alcohol, and stress reshape the female microbiome?
A wide-ranging review finds that everyday factors from diet and alcohol to stress, hygiene, and sexual behaviour may…
Global indicators identified to monitor health before pregnancy worldwide
The key health and social indicators needed for a new global system to monitor people’s health before pregnancy…
When will shots like Ozempic be covered by health insurance?
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have long helped people eat less — now, they’re showing promise in helping people…
Acute cannabis intoxication appears to broadly disrupt most of the memory systems
Smoking cannabis can do more than blur memories. It can reshape them. A new Washington State University study…
Childhood cavities and gum disease raise adult heart disease risk
A national study suggests that cavities and gum disease in childhood may echo decades later in the arteries,…
Are socially isolated people more likely to develop cancer? Study of 350,000 adults explores the risk
A massive UK Biobank analysis suggests that objective social isolation may modestly increase cancer risk, particularly in women,…
Sharp decline in tobacco sales linked to illegal sales, not people quitting, says researcher
Business managers and researchers are concerned that a sharp decline in tobacco sales in Alice Springs could mean…
Indoor air quality plays major role in adult asthma symptoms
For adults with asthma, having fans, air purifiers or other ventilation and exhaust systems – especially in kitchens…
Global study reveals disparities in early-onset gastric cancer
Gastric cancer remains the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Although its overall incidence has declined, early-onset…