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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Researchers identified fat derived molecules called epoxy oxylipins that help switch off inflammation by limiting harmful immune cell changes in humans. A drug that blocks the enzyme that breaks down ...

The review pulled together UK based reports of complications linked to elective surgery carried out overseas, focusing on what happened when people returned and needed NHS care. Most cases involved ...

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Injectable weight loss drugs such as semaglutide and tirzepatide have attracted huge attention, but new real-world data suggest they deliver far less weight loss than surgery outside clinical trials.

A major analysis published in The Lancet reports that global new cancer cases have more than doubled since 1990, reaching an estimated 18.5 million in 2023. Over the same period, annual cancer deaths ...

A nationwide county level analysis found insufficient sleep was linked to lower life expectancy across most US states and across multiple years The association was stronger than several other ...