Researchers discover that the genes active in a person’s belly fat are significantly different from those in his or her thigh fat, a finding that could shift the way we approach unwanted belly fat—from banishing it to relocating it.
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Probiotics may relieve symptoms of depression, suggests a new study.
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Probiotics may relieve symptoms of depression, as well as help gastrointestinal upset, research from McMaster University has found.
In a study published in the medical journal Gastroenterology,...
Hormone replacement therapies, or medications containing female hormones, may help cancer to spread.
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Hormone replacement therapies, or medications containing female hormones that substitute those no longer produced by the body, often are prescribed to reduce...
What Our Wandering Thoughts Can Teach Us About Mental Health
University of Arizona researchers analyzed idle thoughts for 10 minutes. What they learned may be useful in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues such as depression.
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Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization says.Credit: Flickr/vtpoly
Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution...
A county-level survey conducted in 2015 and 2016 by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the historic occurrence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes between January 1995 and December 2016 in the United States. Counties with black dots...
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...
A new paper reports where in the brain numerical quantity evaluation is processed.
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Cognitive neuroscience researcher Joonkoo Park at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who recently received a five-year, $751,000 faculty early career development (CAREER) grant...
Walking one-third of a mile longer from home to the nearest tobacco shop to buy cigarettes was associated with increased odds that smokers would quit the habit in an analysis of data in Finnish studies, according to an article...
Pregnant women in Latin American countries were more likely to seek an abortion after receiving health alerts about Zika virus, according to a study co-authored by Princeton University researchers and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The researchers...
More than 2 billion children and adults suffer from health problems related to being overweight or obese, finds a new study.
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Globally, more than 2 billion children and adults suffer from health problems related to...
