One hour of physical activity per day could offset health risk of 8 hours of sitting. Image Credit: Flickr/Yuichi Sakuraba
The health risks associated with sitting for eight or more hours a day - whether at work, home or commuting...
While most military children grow into resilient adults, they are not always visible to the outside community, the journal reports.
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Since 9/11, the United States has seen the largest sustained deployment of military service men...
Iowa State University researchers, left to right, Metin Uz, Suprem Das, Surya Mallapragada and Jonathan Claussen are developing technologies to promote nerve regrowth. The monitor shows mesenchymal stem cells (the white) aligned along graphene circuits (the black).
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The vegetarian diet was found to be almost twice as effective in reducing body weight than the conventional diet.
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Dieters who go vegetarian not only lose weight more effectively than those on conventional low-calorie diets...
This study has important implications for the introduction of smoke-free policies, not only in psychiatric hospitals but also in other institutions such as prisons.
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New King's College London research reveals a 39 per cent drop...
These findings are notable because they diverge from the predominant narrative in divorce literature, which suggests that the offspring of divorced parents are more likely to get divorced themselves because they see their parents struggling to manage conflict or...
Smart kids can look forward to a long life, study suggests.
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Higher intelligence (IQ) in childhood is associated with a lower lifetime risk of major causes of death, including heart disease, stroke, smoking related cancers,...
Happiness is not a warm phone, according to a new study exploring the link between adolescent life satisfaction and screen time. Teens whose eyes are habitually glued to their smartphones are markedly unhappier, said study lead author and San...
The human brain actively develops until a person reaches their early twenties. Studies suggest that adults who smoked pot regularly during adolescence exhibit reduced neural connectivity in regions responsible for memory, learning and inhibitions.
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When high...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been informed by the State of Florida that Zika virus infections in four people were likely caused by bites of localAedes aegypti mosquitoes. The cases are likely the first known...
Three out of four (75 per cent) people in the UK are unaware of the link between obesity and cancer, according to a new Cancer Research UK report.
The nationwide survey found that people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less...
