Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Counting steps? Here's how many you need to boost health
Taking that often-cited 10,000 steps a day—or even slightly fewer—may indeed be enough to improve your health, a new study suggests.
Oct 17, 2022
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News tagged with health condition
Psychology & Psychiatry
Palliative care doesn't improve psychological distress, finds study
Palliative care—a specialized medical care focused on quality of life for people with a serious illness such as cancer or heart failure—isn't likely to reduce psychological distress, according to a Rutgers study.
Feb 24, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
People who live to be 90+ with superior thinking skills found to be resilient to Alzheimer's pathology in their brains
A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers has discovered that the oldest-old, those who live to be 90+ and have superior cognitive skills, have similar levels of brain pathology as Alzheimer's patients, however, ...
May 24, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
People at risk of future heart disease and stroke may be at greater risk for severe COVID-19
New research to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23–26 April), suggests that people with elevated risk of developing a stroke or ...
Apr 14, 2022
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Cardiology
Poor oral health more likely for children with heart conditions
(HealthDay)—Children with heart conditions are more likely to have poor oral health and teeth in fair or poor condition than those without heart conditions, according to research published in the Feb. 11 issue of the U.S. ...
Feb 11, 2022
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Cardiology
Fat matters more than muscle for heart health
New research has found that changes in body fat impact early markers of heart health more than changes in body muscle, suggesting there are greater benefits to be expected from losing fat than from gaining muscle.
Sep 13, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
People who are 'double jointed' may be at heightened risk of long COVID, says study
People who are "double-jointed," a condition formally known as generalized joint hypermobility, may be at heightened risk of long COVID, suggests a case-control study published in the open access journal BMJ Public Health.
Mar 19, 2024
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HIV & AIDS
Climate change reduces HIV treatment adherence in Africa
Droughts caused by climate change can have an impact on HIV treatment, according to a new study led by researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS), Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) and the University of ...
Apr 11, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Post-COVID-19 symptoms, conditions identified in U.S. children
Postinfection symptoms and conditions with elevated adjusted hazard ratios among children and adolescents with versus without COVID-19 are described in a report published in the Aug. 5 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Aug 5, 2022
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Medical research
Why thinking hard makes you tired
It's no surprise that hard physical labor wears you out, but what about hard mental labor? Sitting around thinking hard for hours makes one feel worn out, too. Now, researchers have new evidence to explain why this is, and, ...
Aug 11, 2022
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