Rates of colorectal cancer in older adults have generally improved over recent decades, but the trend is moving in the wrong direction for younger people. Early-onset colorectal cancer – cases ...

A large UK study suggests that screening children for type 1 diabetes using a simple finger-prick blood test could help ...

Type 2 diabetes is closely tied to heart attacks and strokes, and the risk does not stay static – it rises year by year. A study from Karolinska Institutet adds an important detail to that picture: it ...

Even without a diagnosis of diabetes, metabolic syndrome increases the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Participants followed a calorie-reduced diet for two days ...

The research strengthens the gut brain connection but it is not evidence that probiotics can treat mental health or boost intelligence. Humans have unusually large brains for our body size and brains ...

Each person completed a vigorous cycling test lasting about ten minutes. Blood samples taken after exercise showed measurable ...

Researchers found previously unknown compounds in roasted coffee that strongly blocked alpha glucosidase, a digestive enzyme linked to post meal blood sugar spikes. In lab tests, three compounds ...

Overall, they found no clear evidence that retirement itself led to meaningful changes in body weight for men or women. Diet also showed few shifts, suggesting people generally keep eating patterns ...

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Adults who followed a year long aerobic exercise programme had brains that looked about a year younger on MRI compared with a control group. The routine aimed for around 150 minutes per week of ...