Healthy daily habits may do more than support physical health, they may also help the mind stay adaptable when stress strikes. Do you ever feel mentally stuck when stress hits, as if you cannot handle what is happening? New research from…
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Want To Handle Stress Better? Science Recommends These Surprising Daily Habits
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The best strength training plan might be simpler than you think
The first major update to resistance training recommendations in 17 years delivers a straightforward message. Even small amounts of resistance training can improve strength, increase muscle size, enhance power, and support overall physical…
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Morning workouts tied to lower cardiometabolic risk in Fitbit study of 14,000
People who regularly exercised early in the morning were significantly less likely to have coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes or obesity compared with people who exercised later in the day, according to a study being…
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This Diet Could Delay Brain Aging by Years, According to Scientists
A long-running study suggests that the MIND diet may be linked to slower structural brain changes that often accompany aging. New research published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry suggests that the MIND diet, a blend of the…
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Python blood compound could lead to new weight loss therapies
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy.
The research, a…
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Caregiving without a net: Poll shows who needs help most
Nearly a third of Americans over age 50 provide regular care to an adult relative or friend with a health issue or disability, a new poll finds. But many of them don’t know about, or use, local resources that could help them with caregiving.
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Cutting sweet foods doesn’t reduce cravings or improve health
A new clinical trial found that adjusting how sweet a person’s diet is does not affect how much they enjoy sweet foods. Whether people ate more or less sweet-tasting items, their preference for sweetness stayed the same.
The study also found no…
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Tumor debulking fails to improve survival in colorectal cancer
A major randomized trial challenges the assumed benefit of tumor debulking in advanced colorectal cancer, showing no survival gain despite increased risks and raising questions about its role in routine care.
Study: Tumor Debulking…
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Is This Metabolic Molecule from Pythons the Next Big Weight-Loss Drug?
If you were to tour a certain lab at Stanford University, you’d find some very svelte mice. After ingesting a newly discovered compound identified by researchers in a study published this morning in Nature Metabolism, obese mice dropped a…
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A liquid biopsy blood test may improve children's survival of cancer in Africa
In a study published in Nature Medicine, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania have shown that a minimally invasive liquid biopsy test can diagnose…
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