What if you could look at all the things you do daily—walking from room to room, preparing a presentation at your desk, running up and down stairs to deliver folded laundry, or taking a jog around the block—and know which ones will best help or hurt your brain? A new study attempted to answer that […]
A new study shows that financial illiteracy is costing Americans more and more every year, over $436 billion in 2022 alone. Certified financial planner Andrew Latham from supermoney.com says that not understanding money has very serious consequences.
You may know that being adequately hydrated is important for day-to-day bodily functions such as regulating temperature and maintaining skin health. But drinking enough water is also associated with a significantly lower risk of developing chronic diseases, a lower risk of dying early or lower risk of being biologically older than your chronological age, according […]
The idea that humans sailed the seas hundreds of thousands of years ago no longer seems that far-fetched. A new coastal analysis claims that they did, based on ancient artifacts Greek archaeologists discovered on the Aegean Islands. The study published in Nature suggests that ancient humans must have found ways to travel over large regions […]
A National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases official said the agency will further evaluate a controversial Boston University-commissioned preprint study that developed a COVID-19 hybrid that killed “80 percent” of lab mice, saying the team involved didn’t clear the work with the federal agency. Speaking to STAT News, Emily Erbelding, the head of NIAID’s division […]
Sleeping for five hours or less a night if you’re age 50 or older could increase your risk of getting two or more chronic diseases as you age, research has found. The study was published on Oct. 18 in the journal PLOS Medicine. Researchers from University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom tracked the health and sleep […]
Hair-straightening products may significantly increase the risk of developing uterine cancer among those who use them frequently, a large study published on Monday suggests. “We estimated that 1.64 percent of women who never used hair straighteners would go on to develop uterine cancer by the age of 70, but for frequent users, that risk goes […]
Counties across the United States where the majority of residents voted for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election are recouping all their COVID-19 pandemic job losses at a faster rate than those that voted for President Joe Biden, according to an analysis by the Economic Innovation Group. The analysis is based on local employment data from the Bureau of Labor […]
Beachgoers in some urban areas are probably swimming near sharks without realizing it, according to a University of Miami study that tracked their movements off the southern Florida coast. As part of the study, three different species of shark—bull, nurse, and great hammerhead—were tagged with small transmitters and their movements were monitored for several years. […]
