Lack of sleep not only makes you feel groggy the next day, but the effects can be long-lasting. In addition to mounting evidence, scientists have found that destitute sleep quality during the Middle Ages is linked to accelerated brain aging over the next ten years. A recent study that assessed participants’ brain health using brain […]
Accidental ingestion of medications left at home or ingestion of illicit substances causes life-threatening seizures in thousands of children each year in the United States. A recent study shows that the number of such cases has doubled in the last 15 years. In the latest study presented at the European Congress of Emergency Medicine, scientists […]
A recent follow-up study to the MAVIDOS study confirmed that vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy improves bone mineral density in offspring, and these benefits persist up to seven years of age. Test: Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy and childhood bone mineral density in offspring. Follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Photo source: April / Shutterstock.com […]
In a recent study published in the journal natural medicine, Researchers in the United Kingdom (UK) estimated the age of onset, years spent, and life lost to diabetes-related multidrug-resistant chronic conditions (MLTC) among 46 million English adults. They found that diabetes accelerates the onset of severe MLTC by 15–20 years, significantly shortens life expectancy, and […]
The long-term health consequences of heart attacks, including their impact on life expectancy, are well known. But do they affect men and women differently? Scientists have found that women lose more years of life after a heart attack than men. Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Danderyd Hospital examined the life expectancy of 335,000 heart attack […]
Diabetes is associated with an increased risk of disability and fatal complications, including heart attacks and strokes. People with prediabetes can significantly lower their risk of death and complications by delaying the onset of diabetes by four years, according to a recent study. Based on the findings of the latest testA research team led by […]
