Category: 8. Health

Older adults can dramatically reduce the amount of ultraprocessed foods they eat while keeping a familiar, balanced diet – and this shift leads to improvements across several key markers related to how the body regulates appetite and…

Sleep problems in seniors are widespread, affecting nearly half of adults over 65 who report difficulty maintaining restful nights. Age-related changes in circadian rhythms, reductions in deep sleep, and heightened sensitivity to…

People and animals are very susceptible to infections from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). This deadly infection still causes an estimated 1.5 million deaths…

Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven have identified a molecular process that allows motor neurons to maintain protein production, a process that fails in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The study, published in Nature Neuroscience,…

Television characters who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital are more likely to receive CPR than people in real life. But the CPR on these shows often depicts outdated practices and inaccuracies about who is most likely to…