Health
Heavy drinkers risk muscle loss, new study finds
Heavy drinkers could be putting themselves at risk of muscle loss and frailty in later life, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
May 24, 2023
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News tagged with alcohol consumption
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hundreds of millions of life years lost to pandemic: WHO
Nearly 337 million life years were lost in the two first years of the COVID-19 pandemic, as millions of people died prematurely, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
May 19, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study: Blood vessel damage could be an Alzheimer's driver
Blood vessel abnormalities in the eye are a major factor in the progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to research from Cedars-Sinai investigators published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia. These changes correspond ...
May 19, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Is loneliness really as damaging to your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day?
Vivek Murthy, the US surgeon general, recently warned that "being socially disconnected" has a similar effect on mortality as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. This statement was widely reported in the media, including in ...
May 12, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Vast majority of tweets about obesity are negative, study finds
New research to be presented at next week's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Dublin, Ireland (May 17-20), has found that tweets about obesity are predominantly negative.
May 11, 2023
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Health
Working in an office can harm your health—depending on where it is and the length of your commute
In the past year, a growing number of companies have asked employees to return to the office either full- or part-time after years of pandemic-induced remote working. While this is a good thing when it comes to being able ...
May 4, 2023
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Cardiology
Blood pressure: What do the numbers mean and why do they matter?
It's a standard part of any medical visit. Someone, typically a nurse, wraps a cuff around your arm and asks you to sit quietly while the cuff squeezes to the point of discomfort, then slowly eases its grip. Some numbers ...
May 2, 2023
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Genetics
Researchers explore the role of the epigenome in non-genetic disease inheritance
The nature versus nurture debate has a new talking point, with research into the role of the epigenome in non-genetic disease inheritance.
Apr 27, 2023
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Health
What to eat when you have COVID—and why reaching for the chicken soup is not a bad idea
Got COVID? Again? Deciding what to eat can be mentally taxing, especially when you are not feeling well. However, our diet plays a role in preventing and managing poor health, including COVID.
Apr 27, 2023
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Addiction
How alcohol consumption contributes to chronic pain
Chronic alcohol consumption may make people more sensitive to pain through two different molecular mechanisms—one driven by alcohol intake and one by alcohol withdrawal. That is one new conclusion by scientists at Scripps ...
Apr 22, 2023
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