Why living to 100 may depend on far more than diet and exercise
From diet and exercise to social ties and genetics, researchers examined why the habits linked to healthier aging…
Specialized blood vessel cells found to actively drive lung fibrosis
Millions of people worldwide are affected by diseases that cause scarring of the lungs, often leading to breathing…
Study maps rising lifetime risk of digestive cancers in China
The global landscape of oncology is shifting, and nowhere is this transition more complex or consequential than in…
These simple fitness tests revealed which older adults had the lowest death risk
Simple tests of balance, mobility, strength, and aerobic fitness revealed striking differences in survival across more than 13,000…
A childhood shaped by sugar rationing was linked to mental health more than 50 years later
A postwar rationing experiment offered researchers a rare window into how sugar exposure during the earliest stages of…
Wake-activated brain circuits reveal what drives the urge to sleep
By mapping the brain during prolonged wakefulness, researchers pinpointed neuronal populations whose activity rises with time awake and…
Key molecule released during exercise strengthens muscles
Scientists have discovered that a key molecule released during exercise strengthens muscles, improves exercise performance and could be…
Immune signaling pathway protects newborn heart cells from injury
Researchers at the University Hospital of Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn have identified a previously unknown…
Self-guided online compassion therapy may improve quality of life in chronic illness
An eight-week online compassion program helped adults living with chronic conditions report better quality of life, suggesting that…
Daily tomatoes lowered a key marker of liver fat in MASLD trial
A six-week tomato-rich diet outperformed a tomato-free diet on an important marker of hepatic steatosis, pointing to a…
Persistent financial hardship tracks with poorer memory and processing speed by midlife
Seven decades of cohort data connect chronic financial strain with cognitive differences by midlife and complex patterns of…
Cigarette smoke extract primes airway cells for greater nanoplastic damage
A laboratory model reveals how smoke-damaged epithelial barriers may leave airway cells more vulnerable to a second environmental…