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Recent research has again suggested that drinking coffee can be good for heart health and more. Drinking caffeinated coffee without added sugars, flavors or cream has been linked to a lower risk of heart failure, heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes.

But can there be too much of a good thing?

Apparently yes. A recently issued statement ...Read more

Some places are more stressful than others, like your in-laws' house or the dentist's office. Also cities. The personal finance company WalletHub surveyed 182 U.S. cities to determine which were most or least stressful, at least in terms of how residents were faring economically.

Cities were ranked according to 39 metrics, such as average ...Read more

A meta-analysis of the weight loss effectiveness of GLP-1 drugs found that tirzepatide (marketed as Zepbound for weight loss) and Mounjaro (marketed for treatment of type 2 diabetes) helped patients lose more than 20% of their starting body weight.

Semaglutide (marketed as Wegovy) and liraglutide (Saxenda) also caused weight loss, but it was ...Read more

A study that used existing brain scans and questionnaires of more than 23,000 middle-aged and older adults identified three sleep behaviors that researchers said are distinctly associated with a marker (white matter lesions) for brain aging in healthy people:

-- Sleeping less than the recommended seven to nine hours per night

-- Frequent ...Read more

In a recent poll by The Physicians Foundation, more than six in 10 doctors surveyed said their patients were influenced by misinformation and/or disinformation at least a moderate amount over the past year.

Rural physicians appeared to experience the phenomenon more often than urban doctors.

Nine out of 10 doctors said the problem is that ...Read more

New research suggests your quality of sleep can be measured through metabolic changes in your saliva.

Swiss scientists studied 20 healthy young men who normally sleep seven to nine hours a night. The men underwent three experimental conditions in random order: one night without any sleep, four consecutive nights of six hours' sleep, and a ...Read more

U.S. life expectancy ranks roughly 55th in the world, just behind Panama, according to the United Nations. After generations of improvement, life expectancy in this country has barely budged since the 2010s.

Some evidence points to distinct phenomena, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and rising death rates from drug overdoses, suicides, ...Read more

In the textured hair care market, products labeled "clean beauty" are increasingly popular, the implication being that the phrase indicates the hair treatment for curly, coily and wavy hair is natural and chemical-free.

Well, maybe not.

Like a lot of things, there are significant shortcomings in how products are regulated. There is no ...Read more

The human shoulder is the most complex, mobile joint in the body, which makes it especially vulnerable to injury in people of all ages. Most often, injuries are related to aging as tendons become more vulnerable to repetitive or strenuous activity, leading to inflammation, pain and worse.

Acute shoulder injuries can result from sports, ...Read more

Cognitive decline with age is a normal process. Our brains simply don't function as effectively as they did in our youth. But in otherwise normal healthy adults, the changes are gradual and subtle.

The best way to slow cognitive decline is to adhere to a few basic behaviors: Get plenty of sleep. Handle stress. Interact socially. Learn new ...Read more

Kratom is a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia whose leaves are used as the active ingredient in a host of compounds and supplements to self-treat conditions such as pain, coughing, diarrhea, anxiety and depression. In low doses, it acts as a stimulant; in higher doses, it produces sedative, opioid-like effects.

The Food and Drug ...Read more

The long-term effects of using GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss remain to be fully determined. Though GLP-1 drugs have been used for more than 20 years to treat diabetes, the first drug for weight loss was only approved in 2014, with many more following in recent years.

There are, of course, known potential adverse effects ...Read more

Leprosy is a very, very old disease. The first documented evidence of it dates back to 4,000-year-old skeletal remains found in India. It is chronicled throughout human history, across all cultures.

With a declaration from the World Health Organization, Chile just became the first country in the Americas and the second country in the world (...Read more