From head to toe, our bodies are adapting to accommodate our devices. A majority of U.S. workers spend most of each weekday seated and looking at screens. We've thereby put ourselves in the midst of a slow-moving health crisis ...
Nov 13, 2023
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It appears beneficial for mothers and babies to have one hour of skin-to-skin contact per day in the first five weeks after birth. Mothers who do so may experience less anxiety and fatigue and often continue to breastfeed ...
Nov 13, 2023
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Sensors in smartphones and smart speakers could help determine a person's level of alcohol intoxication based on the changes in their voice, according to a new study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Nov 9, 2023
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What's the best type of exercise you can do for your health? The answer seems to change every week. Lately, many fitness enthusiasts and influencers have been talking about the importance of "functional fitness"—especially ...
Oct 26, 2023
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With smoke from Canadian wildfires once again descending on the Northeastern United States, residents of New England and New York are being urged to take precautions to protect their health.
Oct 11, 2023
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Two of the best predictors of life-long health and well-being are early childhood self-control skills and healthy eating habits. A new program that teaches parents how to cook with their 2-year-olds is helping toddlers excel ...
Sep 28, 2023
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Our metabolism is the force inside our bodies that mysteriously decides whether to convert the food we eat into a burst of energy, or extra kilos on the scales.
Sep 13, 2023
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We usually associate aging with a shrinking life span, sickness and death. The difficulty of imagining ourselves as old means that we go to great lengths to avoid planning for later life. Yet researchers argue that we have ...
Jul 25, 2023
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It could be the shopping trip that saves your life: supermarket carts are helping to diagnose atrial fibrillation which can then be treated to prevent disabling or fatal strokes. The research was presented at ACNAP 2023, ...
Jun 23, 2023
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Many people think of postnatal depression as a condition that only affects women. But in reality, postnatal depression affects almost as many men as women—with some research estimating it occurs in up to 10% of fathers.
Jun 5, 2023
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